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Commissioner Rosehill questioned the objective of the control burns. <br />Chief Oliveira replied that Mike Robinson, who manages Hawaiian Homeland, <br />approached the Mayor’s Office with its plan to burn the seven acres of gorse. <br />Chief Oliveira was called in to assist and partner the project. At that time, he <br />asked both the Mayor and Mr. Robinson if the Fire Department could use the <br />project as a training opportunity to have a hands-on exercise for the personnel. <br />Commissioner Rosehill inquired on the future of the land. <br />Chief Oliveira responded that Mr. Robinson would like to eradicate the gorse and <br />replant with koa or some other type of a shade tree. <br />Commissioner Maedo suggested that the department consider sending the <br />Volunteer Fire Chief to the Hawai‘i Fire Chief’s Conference. <br />Chief Oliveira agreed. <br />UNFINISHED BUSINESS <br /> Fire Chief’s Evaluation form – Changes and Suggestions. <br />After reviewing the document, Commissioner Maedo informed the <br />commission that she noticed an error with the point ratings and the numbers <br />did not add up. The tools should have a rating only for the purpose of giving <br />the chair direction from each of the commissioners. It should be a guide for <br />the Fire Commission’s chair to aggregate input from all commissioners and <br />then submit the one page anecdotal sheet. The other addition based on <br />comments from the last meeting was with the schedule. Rather than <br />choosing just one month, she revised it to allow the commission a two month <br />time allowance for the following: <br /> January/February – Goals/Benchmarks to Commission <br /> October/November – Strategic Plan Update (Benchmarks met, etc.) <br /> December – Annual Evaluation by Commission. <br />COMMITTEE REPORTS <br />Budget & Finance (Kudlo) No report. <br />Office Management and Staffing (Bertsch) No report. <br />Rules and Policies (Rosehill) No report. <br />10 <br /> <br />