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somebody has to control this. So I think if there is going to be any control there should be one for fiscal control , second for efficiency, are the two areas , and coordination as the third are the three areas where the Mayor' s office must have in the case of one, the Police Department. In the case of the Water Board. I know that they have had these separate provisions of funding. That is no problem. But you must have the approval of the County Council on their rules and regs. Rules and regulations must have, I believe, approval from the Mayor and the County Council . We are the ones who are accountable for the rules. Sure, there are public hearings. They go to the public hearings and they set it. There must be someone who is elected who is accountable for that and I think he should be. As far as the Water Board, the reason I chuckled and looked at Akira is that I know that again in the past in his coordination. I guess in ' 63 , Akira, under your serving, I took a very strong stand that it should be autonomous. I recognize this . I guess it was '67, somewhere along there, I did take ar,;p"osition to be very strong that they be kept separate as in the case of the Water Board. But as I see the development taking place and we want to be able to say move the county and push it forward._ There must be somewhere the county using its credit for its financial powers to make things happen. To do that, you know this one last water general obligation bond of • two million dollars where the county is floating to develop something. It ' s a water system that we are developing. When the County Council passed it, if you' ll go back on your records you are going to find that this is probably the first time that they have used general obligation bonds to develop the County Water System. And this is then going to stimulate the efforts in South Kohala, North Kona and parts of North Kohala. It is going to stimulate it, but if it is=,that kind of thing that is necessary if this island is to grow. . .If that is the case, then some of the water problems should be under the Mayor' s office. This is my position. Okay? MRS . KOBAYASHI : It was brought out at our last meeting, though, that you appoint the commissioners, the Police, the Water and the Civil Service, and that was the reason that was given to us where you would have MAYOR MATAYOSHI : I 'm glad to asked that because a couple things come into mind. Yes, I appoint these people. Next question is that this is not citizen participation. If I step in there and tell them, "you will act accordingly" , either that or get out of the commission, you don ' t need the commission. You are really overstepping. Now, if they want autonomy and doing their own bit, which I think they should be doing, then you've got another problem. You 've got an agency that is running without elected officials having the say. A real hybrid. A real problem. -14-