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OROPALLO: No, we weren't. We were just selecting from I guess the pool that had <br />qualified Every year they have the SOQs, that statement of qualifications, so submitting <br />from that pool of consultants. <br />CHAIR: Okay, so what would happen was every fiscal year- -the different vendors or <br />contractors would have to submit their statement of qualifications under certain <br />categories, and if approved they would be put on a list of potential vendors for the <br />County, and then as part of this consultant selection committee, you would then choose <br />off that list, right? <br />OROPALLO: Yes. Yes, thank you. Yes. Exactly. <br />CHAIR: How many people sat on this committee? <br />OROPALLO: There's three. <br />CHAIR: Three? <br />OROPALLO: Yes, including me. <br />CHAIR: Okay, who were the other people on the committee? <br />OROPALLO: Dora Beck and Lyle Hirota. <br />CHAIR: And their positions? <br />OROPALLO: Dora Beck at that time was the Technical Services Section chief, and Lyle <br />Hirota was my supervisor, a Mechanical Engineer-- I believe five. <br />CHAIR: And how was this committee selected? <br />OROPALLO: Basically we were the only members of the Technical Services Section, so I <br />guess that was the means way. <br />NICHOLSON: And so what you were doing is, you were reviewing off of this list, you <br />were reviewing companies that had submitted a proposal for these two projects, the <br />Kealakehe and the Honokaa Wastewater Treatment Plants, is that correct? <br />OROPALLO: Actually, no, we didn't review any proposals. It was basically we had an <br />idea of what the project's scope would be for projects, and then we selected <br />the appropriate consultant based on the project's scope, out of that statement of <br />qualifications list. So there wasn't any proposal that was reviewed. It was just based on <br />the wed chosen three vendors, three consultants, and ranked them based on their <br />qualifications and the project scope, and then tallied up the numbers, everyone together, <br />and then we made a recommendation to the director. The committee makes a <br />recommendation to the director. And then the director of the department would make the <br />final choice. <br />13 <br />