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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-29-2019 CC APPROVED Minutes Open Session COUNTY OF KAUAI Minutes of Meeting OPEN SESSION Board/Commission Kaua‘i Cost Control Commission Meeting Date July 29, 2019 Location Mo`ikeha Building – Meeting Room 2A/B Start of Meeting: 1:40 p.m. End of Meeting: 2:00 p.m. Present Chair Tyler Rodighiero; Vice Chair James Whitfield; Commissioners Joanne Nakashima and Preston Chong. Also present: Board & Commissions Office Staff: Support Clerk Mercedes Omo; Office of the County Attorney: Deputy County Attorney Todd Jensen. SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Call To Order Chair Rodighiero called the meeting to order at 1:40 p.m. with four members present to conduct business. Chair’s Announcements Next meeting – 1:30 p.m. on Monday, September 9, 2019 at the Mo’ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A/2B. CCC 2019-01 Election of Chair and Vice Chair for the remaining of the calendar year 2019. Chair Rodighiero opened the floor for nominations for the Chair’s position. Following the naming of Chair-elect Whitfield, Chair Rodighiero relinquished the chairmanship and Chair-elect Whitfield took over the meeting. He called for nominations for the Vice Chair position. Mr. Chong nominated Vice Chair Whitfield to serve as the new Chair. Hearing no objections, Mr. Whitfield accepted the nomination and became the new Chair. Mr. Rodighiero nominated Ms. Nakashima to serve as the new Vice Chair. Hearing no objections, Ms. Nakashima accepted the nomination and became the new Vice Chair. CCC 2019-02 Communication dated July 3, 2019 from Charter Review Commission Vice Chair Jan TenBruggencate to Chair Rodighiero and members of the Cost Control Commission inviting the Commission to present any proposals on any Charter amendments for the Charter Commission to consider. Cost Control Commission Regular Open Session Meeting Minutes Of July 29, 2019 Page 2 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Chair-elect Whitfield stated that there have been a few discussions in the past to change the Cost Control Commission to a Cost Control Revenue Enhancement Commission. Mr. Rodighiero stated that it has been always a challenge for the Commissioners to come up with recommendations to reduce the cost of government because almost always there is some portion of spending involved. He pointed out that as it stands right now, the language under Section 28.02 of the Kaua‘i County Charter states that the goal of the Commission is to reduce the cost of county government spending while maintaining a reasonable level of public services, but if the Commission is able to provide good rationale as to why it would benefit the County to allow the Commission to broaden goals and not only make recommendations to reduce the cost of county government spending, but to make recommendations on certain revenue enhancement measures to help improve the fiscal positon of the county. Deputy County Attorney Todd Jensen stated that he would be willing to assist the Commission on drafting the proposed language for the Charter, but procedurally, staff would have to send a request to his via email describing in detail what the Commission wants his office to do. Chair-elect Whitfield asked Staff to send a memo or email the Office of the County Attorney requesting that they draft proposed language for the Charter for Commissioners to review at its next meeting. Ms. Omo acknowledged the Chair’s request. With no further discussion, Chair-elect Whitfield moved on to item CCC 2019-03. CCC 2019-03 Discussion on possible areas to investigate to reduce the cost of county government while maintaining a reasonable level of public service in accordance to Section 28.04 of the Kaua‘i County Charter Article XXVIII Cost Control Commission. Ms. Omo stated that since 2009, 19 audits have been performed and suggested that the Commission request the information on those audits that have been conducted in the past five years from the County Council. The request should include the date of audit, scope, any recommendations that were made for those audits and how much progress the County has made to implement those recommendations. Cost Control Commission Regular Open Session Meeting Minutes Of July 29, 2019 Page 3 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Chair-elect Whitfield asked Staff to send a memo to the County Council requesting information on those audits. He also noted that another area of interest that he would like to explore is the overtime expenditures particularly for Fire and Police and the rationale behind the overtime. Staff was instructed to send a memo to the County Council requesting the information on the audits. Adjournment With no further business to conduct, Chair-elect Whitfield called for a motion to adjourn the meeting. Vice Chair elect, Joanne Nakashima moved to adjourn the meeting. Mr. Chong seconded the motion. The motion carried 4:0. At 2 p.m. the meeting adjourned. Submitted by: __________________________________ Reviewed and Approved by: _________________________________________ Mercedes Omo, Staff Support Clerk James Whitfield, Chair-elect ( x ) Approved as circulated on September 9, 2019 ( ) Approved as amended. See minutes of ___________ meeting.