2002-11-29 Police Commission Minutes

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Regular Session Minutes November 29, 2002 Page 3 was absolutely wrong. He acted in an intimidating manner in uniform. No one from the school contacted him about having the officer speak to his daughter. Commissioner Manago stated that he would like to question Mr. Mendes in executive session because the case involves a minor. EXECUTIVE SESSION Commissioner Bertsch moved to meet in executive session to consider discipline and charges against officers or employees of the Hawaii County Police Department where consideration of matters affecting privacy will be involved and a closed session is requested and to consult with Corporation Counsel on questions and issues pertaining to the commission's powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities. The commission convened into executive session at 10:55 a.m., and reconvened back into regular session at 1:30 p.m. at which time lunch recess was called. The commission reconvened into regular session at 2:33 p.m. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Manago moved to approve the minutes of October 25, 2002. The motion was seconded by Vice Chair Hara and unanimously carried. PERSONNEL ORDERS Commissioner Manago moved to accept Personnel Orders 2002 -152 to 2002 -167. The motion was seconded by Vice Chair Hara and unanimously carried. Commissioner Bertsch inquired into why Whitney Jenkins and Rodney Aurello resigned. Acting Chief Mahuna reported that Aurello would be retiring to work for the TSA and Jenkins will be moving to the mainland. COMMUNICATIONS Commissioner Manago moved to accept the communications as listed. The motion was seconded by Vice Chair Hara and unanimously carried. COMMITTEE REPORTS • Budget and Finance (Manago /Okabe). Commissioner Manago reported that any additional requests for personnel would have to go to the Chief. The Chief than makes the request to the Mayor. If the Mayor approves it, it has to go to the County Council for approval of funding. Acting Chief Mahuna reported that they should have the 5 -year plan completed by the end of the year. The Mayor is looking at completing a lot of their CIP projects. He is aware that by delaying a lot of the CIP projects, the costs will go up. • Office Management and Staff (Nara /Muller): The committee had no report. Rules and Policies (Moe /Bertsch): The committee had no report.