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ment that is in the baseyard. There is no heavy equipment in <br /> the baseyard. The equipment is very minimal . We could not <br /> understand where the money is being spent. The money funded <br /> for projects through the county council. <br /> MR. CADINHA: What about the mayor' s promotions? <br /> Isn ' t the water department under civil service? <br /> MR. KONNO: It is. <br /> MR. CADINHA: How can one circumvent civil <br /> service? <br /> MR. KONNO: Let me give you an example. Consider <br /> the problem that we presently have with the department of water <br /> supply. Maybe those are serious charges for one to make <br /> There is a matter of a garage man being promoted to a position <br /> that is not on the table of organization , all the mariager has to <br /> do is ..g.o_to the commission and ask for a change of appeal of the <br /> department—creating a position. We have complaints on these <br /> matters regarding promotions which did not go through the normal <br /> procedures. <br /> MR. CADINHA: What you are saying is that the <br /> head of the water supply--head of the department-is creating a <br /> separate table of organizational item that is exempt? <br /> MR. KONNO: No, we are not saying a separate t.o. <br /> we are saying that what they have done or are allowed to do is <br /> to change the positions within the present t.o. to raise some <br /> other positions. <br /> MR. CADINHA: You mean upgrade one position <br /> and thereby creating a promotion for that person in the position. <br /> Is that what you are referring to? <br /> MR. KONNO: Yes. <br /> MR. SENSANO: Mr. Konno. In your statement you <br /> mentioned that there is in the eyes of your organization dupli- <br /> cation of work. You mentioned the garage, for example, of the <br /> department of water supply. Has your organization ever looked <br /> at and studied rthe various departments and perhaps carried this <br /> consolidation or merging of departments beyond to include, for <br /> example, the department of planning and research and development <br /> and public works and the parks and recreation. Has your organi- <br /> zation ever looked at the possibility of perhaps making merging <br /> of departments? <br /> MR. KONNO: We haven ' t really made a compre- <br /> hensive study of such a merging of the various departments. <br /> Because of collective bargaining, before such a move is made, <br /> the county cannot, we feel, under the collective bargaining law <br /> just merge departments without talking to the union involved in <br /> the respective departments. We have seen the minutes of this <br /> commission and a lot of proposals were made by various speakers <br /> for consolidation, but we have not really stud:=ed .: the proposal <br /> - 9 - <br />