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matter ;pf power.. Here you have an attorney that is representing <br /> the council and one that is representing the county and they <br /> both represent one entity. Whereas through the existing pro- <br /> cedure, as it is today, the corporation counsel ' s office with <br /> a sufficient amount of people to do the job could delegate a <br /> deputy to any department as they are doing now. To write a <br /> legal opinion or whatever has to be done. It is unfortunate <br /> that you have the situation that a legal opinion is referred to <br /> asleaning in a particular direction. <br /> MR. ZUZACK: ,.) I think it was not necessarily <br /> directed to the legal battle that seems to have gone on <br /> recently between the County Council and the Mayor--or adminis- <br /> tration--whatever, as much as the fact that if a legal counsel <br /> works primarily in legislative areas that certain things that <br /> a council needs can be performed much quicker than they have <br /> been according to past performance. It takes so long, now, <br /> for ordinances to be prepared by the present corporation counsel. <br /> Where the legal counsel employed by the County Council would be <br /> engaged and involved in that particular assignment for the <br /> county. We feel that that would be a very definite benefit <br /> to them. Now we were not really involved in the two corporation <br /> counsel fighting back and forth , as you point out. That was <br /> really_not our major thinking with respect to recommending ,the _ 5 <br /> rli legal=counsel. <br /> MR. . SCHUTTE : Yes , but I. had to bring it up <br /> because this is what would exist. Just take a look at the <br /> situation at hand today and if you had a separate counsel this <br /> county government , I imagine, could be tied up in court quite <br /> a longtime just over one specific. I see no way of taking <br /> and maybe improving the situation , the facilities and the <br /> services of the corporation counsel ' s office and having a <br /> particular deputy aside for any specific department that will <br /> work continuously than we have. I think maybe this would be <br /> a better approach than tryingto split this thing up. I 'm <br /> just afraid of this. .. . <br /> MR. ZUZAKb_ ; May we ask one question with <br /> respect to review. Review as it pertains to ordinances. Review <br /> to laws, commissions, actions of the County Council that should <br /> not go on indefinitely. We have discussed it. We'd like to <br /> throw it out to you and ask you if it has been presented to <br /> you so that at least there would be some means of review in <br /> all of the voluminous number of ordinances that are put on the <br /> books and are not enforced . That have outlived their time. <br /> Certain commissions that are inactive. That they be reviewed <br /> and be eliminated. They either activate it or abolish,,;,it. <br /> Has that been considered? Similar to what is referred to as <br /> the Sunset Law. <br /> MR. CADINHA: The finance director didn ' t <br /> exactly hit this thing head on but he, with respect to approp- <br /> riates that weren ' t used, . . . <br /> MR. ZUZi<: j It would apply to that, too. <br /> - 25 - <br />