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be one guy who is accountable, if he doesn ' t do it then he is out. MR. SCHUTTE: Mr. Mayor, how would this differ then from the state where the Governor receives confirmation of his department heads from the senate? How does the county differ in respect to the state? MAYOR MATAYOSHI : . . . .When you get to be two bodies, like senate and house, you get a big area like the state, the idea is not confirmation but advise and consent. So as you confirm the person you would want philosphywise, programwise, prioritywise, you would advise as to what the thoughts are and if the department then concurs and all then you consent toit.So there is advise and consent in these areas. But in the case of the county level , it is just everyday operation systems. It ' s fixing the road here, fixing _this , getting this done. I guess the scope of program, an area _ I guess is the only thing that is different, right? The county is much smaller and I think that it is not necessary for , -the advise and consent portion of confirmation. MR. CADINHA: Mr. Mayor, one last question while you are here. Why do you want the Water Board under your administration? MAYOR MATAYOSHI : I think and I feel very strongly about this, by the way. You' ll notice now they are going to float some bonds and it is a doggone good idea that maybe it is finally happening. When I talk about coordination of efforts , all of the services that are coming through the county or the county can deliver has got to be from one source,; point( 1 ).So when you think about the coordination between the Water Board, Public Works , Parks, Planning Department, Fire, it has got to be a lateral coordination. That is extremely necessary. That can happen when the administrators -of each division are answerable to one person. He sets the- goal. He says where the things are going to go and that thing moves in that direction and everybody has to then coordinate and go in that particular direction. This , I believe to be correct. Point ( 2 ) , I think that the money coming from the services rendered is something like our gasoline tax, our weight tax and so on. They are separate and a separate account. The users fee concept , so you put it into a special account. The water fund, as is, I have no objection to. But when it comes to a capital investment of some sort, now if you are going to go CIP, capital investment, you have to look at two things. Is it an area service or is it ofg eneral benefit to all. And I think if you look at development as an example, South Kohala' s water development areas. Yes , it would benefit South Kohala but I think the whole Northern section and possibly the whole island would benefit from this investment. Then I think it is proper to use the general obligation bonds, if you will , to finance it. Because we will all benefit from this water development that takes place. Yet, if you were to come_back _again and say if there is an industrial zoned area or farm _area and say -18-