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MR. CADINHA: Mr. Mayor, could you clarify a Iittle ,bit your <br /> corporate form. In other words, abolishing the departmental <br /> aspect of the charter and leaving it up to the Mayor to <br /> organize, I believe is what I heard. And procedurely. . . <br /> MAYOR MATAYOSHI: When they set up the structure though it <br /> must be approved of somewhere along the line. He cannot set <br /> it up himself. He would recommend a change or whatever it is <br /> and will go to the County Council for adoption. Council will <br /> adopt. Once it is on board, now, it stays on until such time <br /> a subsequent change is made. Obviously, at every election there <br /> may be a change in the Chief Executive, so you cannot have a <br /> sudden chaos where everything goes nowhere. But in the meantime <br /> when a new person comes on board and he wants to restructure <br /> that thing he does not have to follow any kind of written guide- <br /> lines but if he thinks he should want to change the structure <br /> so he recommends a change. He sends it to the County Council <br /> for adoption. The County Council adopts it and it becomes a <br /> structure of operation. <br /> MR. CADINHA: The people in charge of the different functions <br /> of government are appointed by the Mayor. <br /> MAYOR MATAYOSHI : That ' s right. <br /> MR. CADINHA: With the approval of the council? <br /> MAYOR MATAYOSHI : I think it should be strictly the Mayor' s <br /> prerogative to appoint. Let me qualify that and also say that <br /> I think also the council should have its staff. I have no <br /> objections to that too. <br /> MR. ISHIDA: In light of your last statement I want to ask you <br /> if the separation of powers as far as the corporation counsel ' s <br /> office is concerned, I know there may be some disputes between <br /> the Counsel'"s and the Mayor ' s office, however, in the charter, <br /> it provides for one counsel . Now because of that situation <br /> do you have any views concerning possibly a counsel separate <br /> from the Council ' s? <br /> MAYOR MATAYOSHI: Let me state that I have gotten to the <br /> conclusion that the County Council should have its own. <br /> MR. ISHIDA: Would you go along with the fact that the County <br /> is one corporate body that as far as any legal representation <br /> that it should still be retained by the official branch of <br /> office. <br /> MAYOR MATAYOSHI : I think so. It terms of the legal office of <br /> the County of Hawaii, it should be a corporation counsel. <br /> The Attorney ' s office as well as the Mayor' s office to handle <br /> it. As far as the legislative branch, be it corporate counsel <br /> or otherwise, I think they should be given the power to hire <br /> their own staff. Let meput it that way instead of being <br /> specific where they should be an attorney or otherwise. They <br /> should have their own staff. The structure again should be <br /> left to the council members so that they feel comfortable in <br /> the kind of services that they are going to be getting. <br /> -18- <br />