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HAWAII COUNTY POLICE COMMISSION <br />MINUTES — REGULAR SESSION <br />APRIL 19, 2002 <br />HILO POLICE DEPARTMENT TRAINING ROOM <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />Chair Okabe called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. <br />ROLL CALL <br />Present: Wilfred M. Okabe, Chair Also Present: <br />Lawrence Mahuna, Assistant Chief <br />Horace S. Hara, Vice Chair <br />David Kawauchi, Major <br />John M. Bertsch, Member <br />Gary Maesato, Business Manager <br />Peter L. Hendricks, Member <br />Lincoln Ashida, Corporation Counsel <br />Phoebe M. Lambeth, Member <br />Josie Pelayo, Secretary <br />Dwight K. Manago, Member <br />Walter Moe, Member <br />Peter P. Muller, Member <br />Absent: Daniel C. Kama, Member <br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br />Corporation Counsel Ashida requested that Office Management and Staffing be placed in <br />executive session because it deals with personnel matters. Vice Chair Hara moved to place this <br />in executive session and to approve the agenda. The motion was seconded by Commissioner <br />Lambeth and unanimously carried. <br />COMMENDATIONS <br />Assistant Chief Mahuna presented a certificate of merit to Mr. Michael Gomes for aiding in the <br />rescue of a missing hiker. <br />STATEMENT ON AGENDA ITEMS (Open to the Public) <br />Lillian Beaufrere came before the commission and stated that they have 150 people registered <br />for the Solutions 2002 Conference. Commissioner Bertsch will be attending the conference, but <br />she would like to have a commissioner from East Hawaii attend the conference. <br />STATEMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (Executive Session) <br />Commissioner Lambeth moved to meet in executive session to consider discipline and charges <br />against officers or employees of the Hawaii County Police Department where consideration of <br />matters affecting privacy will be involved and a closed session is requested, and to consult with <br />Corporation Counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the commission's powers, duties, <br />privileges, immunities, and liabilities. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Muller and <br />unanimously carried. The commission convened into executive session at 10:20 a.m. and then <br />reconvened back into regular session at 11:25 a.m. <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br />Commissioner Manago moved to approve the minutes of March 15, 2002, regular and executive <br />sessions. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Lambeth and unanimously carried. <br />