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Page 31 <br />1 commission chairperson came in, from either the Fire <br />2 Commission or the Police Commission or the Merit <br />3 Appeals Board or Liquor Commission or any of the other <br />4 departments under commission and said, "Oh, my chief/my <br />5 department head is doing a terrible job." And I think <br />6 if we're going to go through that whole process, I <br />7 could almost assure you with nearly 100 percent <br />8 certainty that everybody is going to come in and say <br />9 their person is the greatest thing since sliced bread, <br />10 because if that individual wasn't performing at that <br />11 level or meeting their expectations, then I don't think <br />12 the commission would be too tolerant of allowing that <br />13 individual to go forward. So, there's a built-in entire <br />14 process for that through the commission, and I think we <br />15 have to be somewhat mindful and clearly separate the <br />16 two when we move forward. <br />17 CHR. ONO: Thank you. <br />18 MR. BRILHANTE: That's just my two cents. <br />19 MR. BECKER: If I may. The commission, we <br />20 have the ability to terminate the chief, we have a <br />21 responsibility to hire a new chief -- but we don't <br />22 supervise the chief. The chief is supervised by the <br />23 mayor. So it's, kind of, a bifurcated issue here. <br />24 Makes it a little bit different that way. <br />25 But we did feel that we needed to have a <br />ISLAND COURT REPORTING & TRANSCRIPTION SERVICES <br />(808) 933-9800 <br />