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they don ' t know the nuts and bolts of processing a building <br /> permit or processing a subdivision. and until you hear .a guy ., <br /> grumble it becomes hard to plan for tomorrow. <br /> MR. OMONAKA: Mr. Fuke, the present charter <br /> now provides that the Mayor appoint and the County Council <br /> comfirm. Do you think that something should- be written into <br /> the charter with regards to professionalism insofar as the <br /> Planning Director ' s position? <br /> MR. FUKE: Whether there should "be minimum <br /> qualifications for the position? <br /> MR. OMONAKA: In fact, for the rest of the <br /> members of the staff, also. <br /> MR. FUKE: First of all , to answer your <br /> second question, Mr. Omonaka. I think that maybe the charter <br /> should be amended to reflect at least a deputy' s position <br /> because tho--s'e are all exempt positions. Secondly, I don ' t <br /> think. that we necessarily need to specify the minimum quali- <br /> fications for the Planning Director and again it is only ' <br /> based upon hindsight because I cannot but help but feel that <br /> one of the better planners that Hawaii County and the State , <br /> has had "isLRaymond:i Suefuji and he didn ' t have a formal <br /> planning, education. To only restrict it to guys who went <br /> through the formal education process, I think , might be doing <br /> some amount of disservice to the county. I think the Mayor <br /> should be sufficiently akamai to choose someone who meets., <br /> in his own mind, the minimum professional test for being a <br /> competent Planning Director. <br /> MR. OMONAKA: He could also appoint acrony <br /> in that position, if the charter is silent. <br /> MR. FUKE : There is that possibility. <br /> MR. SCHUTTE : Mr. Chairman, I just want to <br /> take 'this opportunity to thank Mr. Fuke for coming back a <br /> little more prepared and for answering the questions that <br /> were shot to him today. It was clearly in the best of his <br /> ability and I would just like to thank him for doing it. <br /> MR. FUKE: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, <br /> as I indicated earlier, if, for example, there comes a need, <br /> after we have studied it, to propose changes to 'the charter <br /> as they relate to the general plan, I will make a formal <br /> presentation to the Charter Commission and hopefully that <br /> should be done within the next. couple of months. <br /> CHAIRMAN SAKATA: -Thank you very much, Mr. Fuke. <br /> RECESS : At 5 : 20 p.m. the Chair called for a short recess. <br /> RECONVENE: At 5 : 38 p.m. the meeting reconvened with all <br /> members present. <br /> - 32 - <br />