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don't know what the code provides or the regulations for the <br />Mayor's office or any department here to issue a sole source <br />contract. But I would...I'm not a gambling man, but I would make <br />a bet that there are steps and procedures including public notices in <br />all sorts of steps and anyone can come in and challenge it and so <br />on. So I am...I am opposed against us reviewing a special contract <br />in number 2. And to weigh in on the justification for that. I mean <br />these justifications that are... I'm very familiar with it cause...as <br />one of my special calendars as a judge was all administrative <br />appeals. You know majority of them were all procurement issues <br />and sole source contracts. But in my experience, these sole source <br />contracts, all these steps they go through. There's numerous <br />justifications in there...you can't get a sole source contract in any <br />civilized government without having a justification. A good one. <br />Not just a...some blanket provision. So these steps are all in there. <br />And for us to take the position that we wanna look at these before <br />issuance. I think is creating a very unnecessary layer of <br />bureaucracy, red tape and delay. And I don't see any need for <br />our...and who are we to weigh in on the justification. Especially <br />most sole source contracts have a specific specialty, specific <br />professions or skills or experience in the government where there's <br />public works or computers or something. And we don't have that <br />expertise among us. So for all those reasons plus a lot more I <br />could go on with. I'm against number 2 on the proposal. Number <br />2. <br />Ms. Sumner -Mack: But the...could we just ask for the Charter Commission to consider <br />this because we found out through a case that came before us <br />recently that there were 14 such contracts issued by the County and <br />that seemed to be a huge number. So I think...I think that was Mr. <br />Robinson's basic concern that at least there should be you know a <br />paper trail and give us a chance. I don't know how is best to do it <br />but for the count maybe the Charter Commission could consider <br />whether some other body could be... <br />Ms. Kahakalau: Mr. Goodenow and then Judge... <br />Mr. Goodenow: <br />Yeah. I just note that you know when you look at the current <br />provisions of the charter that...except for...there are standards <br />about conflict of interest and financial gain and all that. But <br />there's nothing really in here about contracts such as the new code <br />that we had and July where these contracts they gotta get clearance <br />by us. It's not really there and I think what it says that you know it <br />shall constitute a conflict of interest...just so...solicit, accept gifts, <br />or use your position in these things that would cover a sole source <br />contract gone bad for example. And that would fit in the current <br />8 <br />