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Commissioner Bertsch agreed with the DCC and explained that procedurally, the <br />budget was put together by the administration and it was basically rolled out to the <br />commission for a rubber stamp and the commission had the opportunity to <br />comment on it. When the budget was presented to the County Council by the Fire <br />Chief the commission may attend to support it. <br />DCC Gonzales commented that one of the benefits of Chief Oliveira is his ability <br />to work with key people and getting everyone’s input. As Chief of the department, <br />some of the tough calls are going to be his. Essentially, he’ll be held accountable. <br />And, as executive of the department, it’s his call, authority and responsibility. <br />DCC Gonzales also explained that according to the Charter, the Chief has the <br />commission review the budget in order to provide him further input. The DCC <br />further commented that he sees that the Chief is having dialogue with the <br />commission before he prepares his final budget or draft of the budget. DCC <br />Gonzales did not see a problem with that, but was making sure that the <br />commission understood that the Chief, ultimately, will be held accountable, <br />because he’s the administrator and it’s his call. <br />Chair Bowles commented that it’s educational for each commissioner to hear <br />some of the concepts and strategies. <br />Continuing with Committee reports listed on the agenda, it was decided that the <br />commissionÓs committees as derived in the original commission remain listed on <br />each monthÓs meeting agenda. <br />Commissioner Bertsch provided input on Committees while he was Chair. One of <br />his missions was to abolish the Committees and assign Committees based on <br />tasks as they presented themselves. Budget as an example, which is going to be <br />an issue, will probably require a Committee. In the minutes of past meetings, <br />there were no Committee reports from the pseudo committees, simply because <br />there was no business. Commissioner Bertsch recommended to the Chair, that <br />they vote to abolish committees. <br />At Chair Bowles’ suggestion, Commissioners Kaoiwi and Robinson agreed to be <br />responsible for following up on the Budget issue with the Chief before the next <br />meeting. with hopes that the Chief could come up with perhaps a more <br />comprehensive presentation and focus on the budget. <br />Commissioner Bertsch offered direction to commissioners Kaoiwi and Robinson <br />that they ask the chief specific or pointed questions from the commission, as there <br />are topics that need to be addressed in the budget area. He also opened the <br />opportunity for any commissioner to email Commissioner Robinson their <br />questions to ask the Chief. <br />11 <br /> <br />