2019-01-10 (draft) Cost of Government Commission minutes

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Cost of Government Commission January 10, 2019 meeting minutes Arthurs: You had a question on page 2 about the health education welfare. What paragraph was that? Jones: That was it looks like a word is missing. It starts with “it was noted that the Kulaimano Housing…”. That sentence. When you get to the next sentence, in some cases actual expenditures seem to exceed revenue and it may because, it needs a “be”. And then the other one was on page 3, the first sentence that starts Roy Takemoto. Kauka: May I? Mr. Takemoto, I believe at the time was just trying to make a point that…he was trying to convey is that some cost of government, I know he said it translates but he was trying to say that if we may find ways to utilize such programs like friends of non-profits or friends of the zoo program is to take over to volunteer services at the county will otherwise provide. That sometimes translates to finding ways to find ways to save costs for cost for government. But it could be better worded, I could rephrase it. Jones: Yeah if you could just figure out a way to make it more clear. Jones: Okay, any further discussion? All in favor of the corrections as noted? All: Aye Jones: All those opposed? Motion carried the minutes are accepted for October thth 25. Last one is for December, is that right? December 27 let me find those Kauka: That’s not yet included in the folder Jones: Oh, okay so we’ll just move forward with where we’re at. Moving on to item 4 sub-committee reports. I would like to ask if anybody has had a problem or had a success with getting support answers and responses with the departments you have contacted. Any issues to discuss there or are we all happy with what we have got. No issues? I am concerned because we haven’t. We, from our sub-committee, have not gotten a response from anyone we have sent a question to. I did stop and see them, the golf course management again, and he had assured me that he had responded. That response is not filtering down to us. So I am not sure where to turn from here other than to just go forward without anyone’s input. We just go forward. If there is somebody that is having a problem or issue, please mention it so I can help or at least note that we did not get a response. Okay who would like to start with their sub-committee reports? Mr. Allen? Allen: I just wanted to mention that I brought just an example of a template that I mentioned in our last meeting that I tried to shrink down some of the items that we had discussed with Pam Mizuno over at Parks. Again this is just a draft and it is something that you can tear apart or utilize but trying to put everything into a single page as far as recommendations and I put in what we recommend and then an example and then what the outcome or result would be hopefully less cost to the county as far as revenues 3