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MR. ZUZA3 Yes. Those commissions that <br /> we refer to. there- of being deleted-as we .referred to a moment . <br /> ago for example, the planning commission, would relate to the <br /> planning department and that would be one retained. The same <br /> as your board of ethics would be retained. The same as your <br /> personnel _commission may want to include the items of civil <br /> service, salary, and pension. And yet, as you notice, under <br /> the department of public affairs •one of the areas is personnel . <br /> So that you may wish to retain a commission that pertains to • <br /> personnel for those three reasons. . <br /> MR. SCHUTTE: You are not necessarily saying <br /> then that these other commissions be abolished and that they <br /> be , contained now under these various departmenta that you are <br /> . suggesting. <br /> MR,_ ZUZAK- J Well , in many instances , for <br /> example, the water commission, the liquor commission, the <br /> police commission and so forth, yes, that they be placed under <br /> departmental heads. <br /> MR. SCHUTTE: ,Directly under the Mayor? <br /> MR. ZUZAK:2Y In effect, the department ' s head <br /> would be under the responsibility of the Mayor by the steps of <br /> the organizational chart and we feel that you shoula consider <br /> . that. <br /> . • MR.� SCHUTTE; With this in mind, just looking <br /> at this chart;- I look at it 'as , being an. exceptionally . st,rong <br /> mayor type of government. From what I can gather what is <br /> happening here is . th.at. you are consolidating a number of these <br /> • . . departments that• are 'presently operating under commissions <br /> that I think have more public input into them. Then combining <br /> tiem under department heads that would be appointed by the <br /> Mayor. Aren ' t you giving the. Mayor a considerable amount of <br /> power in this respect? '. . - <br /> MR. ZUZAK:._ Have you seen the current chart? <br /> This one 'you see shows everything in the chart breakdown under- <br /> neath the managing director--the deputy managing director and <br /> in turn under the managing director and in turn under the Mayor. <br /> • So that what we have done is to take this whole grouping of ' <br /> various little departments , or little segments ofbureauc'rac1. <br /> and try to streamline, to put them together under departments <br /> of headings with more strength. <br /> MR. SCHUTTE : `A r,e=gyougsuggeskt ung :that we do <br /> away with the commissions of these various departments? <br /> MR. ZUZAK,L 1 We are suggesting that you con- . <br /> sider doing away with the commissions and 'put them under the <br /> departments. <br /> MR. SCHUTTE : And my question to that is, are <br /> we not, by elckminating the commissions, giving the Mayor a <br /> stronger position? I look at the commissions as being kind <br /> - 12 - - <br />