2012-06-13 Fire Commission Minutes

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HawaiÒi County Fire Commission Minutes of June 13, 2012 Page 5 Auxiliary Services/Warehouse: They are working on inventory. They are coordinating station requests for repairs with the Department of Public Works and all parties will be notified of the status of the repairs. Maintenance Shop: The newly hired mechanic started on May 16. Staff amount is the same as 20 years ago. A notice of auction for vehicles w Sunday. NEW PROJECTS/BUSINESS Chief Rosario gave a Power Point presentation on the building of a Class A Fire Pumper at Pierce Manufacturing Plant. EMPLOYEE/PUBLIC RELATIONS The EMS Fun Run will be on July 29. Chief Rosario reported that there was a prayer celebration and scattering of ashes for employee Greg Cameron who recently passed away from cancer. A lot of fire personnel, community members, and police officers were in attendance. His family has started a Greg Cameron scholarship fund for children of fire personnel. VOLUNTEER FIRE FIGHTERS ACTIVITIES Volunteer Captain Wayne Krug reported that Chief Brandt will be and former Fire Commissioner John Bertsch have applied for the position. Voting will be by confidential ballots by the captains. If the captain cannot attend the meeting, he may send a representative. It is a minimum two-year term. At the end of the two years, the sitting chief can be elected for an additional one year. They do not have bylaws. Captain Krug further reported that they usually pass on their concerns to training personnel, and things have improved. He encouraged the commissioners to attend their next quarterly meeting on August 18, 10:00, at the Kaiminani station. COMMITTEE REPORTS Budget and Finance (Committee Chair Taniguchi): No report. Office Management and Staffing (Committee Chair Taniguchi): No report. Rules and Policies (Committee Chair Lee): No report. Public Relations (Committee Chair Henkel): No report.