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MR. TRULSON: That is one of the arguments that I have heard. That why the Water Department wants to be semi-autonomous. That if they want to purchase something they can go out and purchase it, they don ' t have to wait for somebody on the council , I believe, the approve the purchase. MAYOR MATAYOSHI : Well , in the case of the water, I would assume that operationally, they would have their own purchasing department as far as the equipment, .,material and supplies are concerned. I think in terms of: acquisition of assets be it in real estate, say, a piece of land. It has to go the board, the Water Board, for approval . MR. TRULSON: I 'm not really concerned about land approval but just regular purchases. Equipment, etc. MAYOR MATAYOSHI : The procedure is the same as it is for the county. With the Purchasing Department, the same thing. MR. TRULSON: If the Water Department wants to purchase a big vehicle, do they, they don ' t come to the county? MAYOR MATAYOSHI : No, they don ' t come to the county, they have their own purchasing department. Right now, they have their own. But if they went under the county we could work right through our own purchasing department. The exchange of assets is a different story. By change of assets , I mean real estate. When you buy something like that you have to go through the council. Well , in this case, the Water Board has to act on it. Well , anyway, it made it a little interesting for you folks to think about that one. I 'm sure it is going to hit the newspaper and the media and suddenly all the little departments are going to start jumping up and down and making all sorts of noises. But, 3it is a thought and the reason I say that is that the Mayor' s office always, we pick the end of the line, but it ' s okay, fine, that is part of the job and all. But if we are going to be accountable for it then I ' ll also want to structure it according to the way I think it would deliver the services. If it doesn ' t work, then it' s my neck. MR'a' SCHUTTE: Are you suggesting that the Water Board come under your control and lose its semi-autonomous status. MAYOR MATAYOSHI : Thatsright. In the past, as you recall , they had in the old Board of Supervisors system back in 1940, whatever it was , ' 49 , ' 48, s'omeplacef_around there, they took it out of the county. It was under the old Board of Supervisors and what was,^happeningiis; .hat_there rwere_.all ,kindsof opolitics being played in it and they decided that they should take it out, so back in 1951 , ' 52 they set up an autonomous body, the Water Board and from there we go back into the 1963, '65 , °67 when the commission was studying it, we thought that if the -2i