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hopefully the commissioners will have an opportunity at the next couple meetings <br />to converse with the Chief. <br />Deputy Corporation Counsel Brilhante recommended that discussion regarding <br />the Chief’s evaluation be agendized for the next meeting in December in Kona.It <br />was further recommended that one of the previous commissioners give a brief <br />background presentation as to how the process transpired previously, what type <br />of areas the commission took under consideration in the evaluation process and <br />how the process went forward and how the recommendation was submitted to <br />the Mayor. <br />Chair Bowles then stated that Commissioner Rosehill’sterm and his term will be <br />ending shortly. <br />Deputy Corporation Counsel Brilhante stated that Commissioner Rosehill and <br />Chair Bowles may be asked to extend their term for another three months,which <br />is allowed in the rules.That being the case, it’s really imperative that one of the <br />primary tasks of this commission is to provide an annual evaluation and to make <br />sure everyone is up to speed. It would also be beneficial to sample Chief’s past <br />evaluation as to what transpired. <br />Deputy Corporation Counsel Brilhante stated that this isan annual evaluation <br />which should be submitted to the Mayor at the end of the year, however, it hasn’t <br />always been submitted in January/February as there has been some lag time <br />due to issues with privacy andwhether or not there’s consent to release <br />information. <br />Deputy Corporation Counsel Brilhante further stated under State law, any time an <br />employee is evaluated, that evaluation is privileged to the employee.What <br />happens is when we initially have the Chief’s evaluation, we have a findings that <br />is presented to the Chief in executive session, which is closed to the public. <br />Once that session is over, a request is made to the Chief if he will consent to <br />allow his evaluation to be made public. If he chooses not to, that’s fine, he has <br />that option. If Chief consents, the discussion of the Chief’s evaluation is <br />agendized for the next meeting.Once the evaluation is finalized, a letter then is <br />submitted to the Mayor which states the findings and the position of the <br />commissioners. <br />Chair Bowles stated that’sthe issue that they’ve wrestled with for the last 10 <br />years on how to evaluate a fire chief. He suggested that it be explained to the <br />commissioners how it was done in the past and suggested aformat of what we <br />could do to proceed. In the past, there was a series of categories to rate the <br />Chief and a form was given to each of the commissioners for their own personal <br />use in evaluating the Chief’s performance. <br />It was asked if an evaluation had to be done by the end of the year and Deputy <br />Corporation Counsel Brilhante stated that there is no set deadline. <br />6 <br /> <br />