Report of the Cost of Government Commission 2010-2011

Home

G� COST OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION — � c/o Office of the Corporation Counsel, 101 Aupuni Street, go Suite 325, Hilo, Hawaii 96720 September 14, 2010 Harry S. Kubojiri,Police Chief Police Department 349 Kapiolani Street Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Dear Chief Kubojiri: The prior Cost of Government Commission issued a report on January 9, 2007. In that report the Cost of Government Commission made the following recommendations for your department: • Recommend implementation of a 311 County-wide information telephone number. • Recommend consolidating the Police and Fire Department's Dispatch into one unit. • Recommend taking the abandoned/derelict vehicle program out of the Police Department and placing it with the Department of Environmental Management. • Recommend that entry-level police officers be compensated at a higher level to help the County recruit and retain officers. • Recommend the Department go ahead with its Mobile Data Terminals program. Please advise us if your department implemented said recommendations. If said recommendations were not implemented,please state why it was not implemented (what were the barriers with implementation). Because we have only eleven (11) months to fulfill our Charter mandate, we would greatly appreciate a response no later than October 1, 2010. Please send your response to the Cost of Government Commission c/o Office of the Corporation Counsel, 101 Aupuni Street, Suite 325, Hilo, Hawaii 96720. You may also fax your response to 961-8622 or email your response to the Cost of Government Commission's secretary, Sandy, at sarriolaaco.hawaii.hi.us. We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. V ry truly yours, MaritywNkholson Chair MN/KAG:emc Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider i