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REPORT OF THE <br /> COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY <br /> AND MASS TRANSIT <br /> DATE: January 23, 2018 Re: Comm. No. 684/Bill No. 91 <br /> PLACE: Council Chambers <br /> Kailua-Kona, Hawai`i <br /> TIME: 9:09 a.m. <br /> Council Chair and Members <br /> Hawai`i County Council <br /> Hilo, Hawai`i 96720 <br /> Your Committee on Public Safety and Mass Transit, to which was referred Bill 91, reports as <br /> follows: <br /> Bill 91, transmitted by Council Chairwoman Valerie Poindexter, via Communication 684, dated <br /> January 4, 2018, amends Chapter 26 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2016 Edition, as <br /> amended) by adding a new Article 3,that would reestablish the Fire Board of Appeals. <br /> This bill was introduced at the request of the Fire Department. Among other duties, the Fire <br /> Board of Appeals hears and issues rulings on appeals from final decisions of the Fire Chief <br /> relating to Article 1, the County Fire Code and Article 2, the Fireworks Code. <br /> Fire Battalion Chief Robert Perreira was in the Hilo Council Chambers and said the restarting of <br /> the Fire Board of Appeals was needed so that specific fire code requirements could be enforced <br /> and upheld. Currently, the Fire Inspectors tie violation notices to building and electrical code <br /> violations to avoid their findings being void upon appeal. Also discussed was adding ex officio <br /> board members. <br /> Your Committee on Public Safety and Mass Transit is in accord with the purpose and intent of <br /> Bill No. 91, and recommends its passage on first reading. <br /> nh <br /> AYES NOES ABS EX Respectfully submitted, <br /> CHUNG _ X <br /> DAVID _ x COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY <br /> EOFF x AND MASS TRANSIT <br /> KANUHA X <br /> LEE LOY X i <br /> O'HARA _ X <br /> POINDEXTER x JE 4 IFE' RUGGLES, CHAIR <br /> RICHARDS _ X PSMTC REPORT NO.: 3 <br /> RUGGLES X ADOPTED: FEB 0 7 2018 <br />