2012-10-10 Fire Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawai‘i County Fire Commission Regular Session Minutes October 10, 2012 Page 2 Chief Rosario summarized items on his written report: BUDGET 2012-13 Budget: First quarter, expenditures are at 29%. They strive to be around 25%, but this includes monies encumbered and may have not been spent yet. Overtime is high, but they are running with 27 vacant positions, twelve of which is unfunded fire fighter positions, and six are fire medical specialist positions. That is where the bulk of their overtime is occurring. However, they have 10 fire fighter students in MICT School projected to graduate in January. 2013-14 Budget: The budget is due on November 1. They were given a directive for no changes from last year, so they could not make any major changes. They could move things around in the budget, but the bottom dollar figure had to remain the same. All departments were asked to look at ways to cut their budget. They had no room to cut other than services. He was allowed to submit supplemental budget requests for two additional 3,000 gallon tanker apparatus and resubmittals for an additional fire mechanic and 12 unfunded positions. They were declined last year, but they will continue to resubmit in hopes that they will eventually be able to finance some of those. If the supplemental budget item is approved, the funding is placed into the operating budget. ALTERNATIVE FUNDING AND GRANTS FY 2011 CDBG Grant for Pahoa Apparatus: Chief Rosario, Deputy Victorine, and Chief Glenn Honda of Support Services went to Appleton, Wisconsin last week to inspect the apparatus along with two additional apparatuses. Minor discrepancies from their bid specifications were noted and are being addressed. Once they are done, they will get a shipment date. The apparatuses are for Pahoa, Kaumana, and Kawailani. FY 2012 CDBG Grant for Pahoa Tanker: They applied for a 3,000 gallon tanker for the Pahoa district. The bid proposal is currently open until October 17. FY 2012 SAFER Grant: They have not yet received notification on whether the grant was approved or declined. FY 2012 Assistance to Fire Firefighters Grant Application: They have not yet received notification on whether the grant was approved or declined. Capital Improvement Projects Makalei Fire Station: The contractor is still doing electrical testing. They are working on two dates for the blessing, October 22 or 27 at 9:00 a.m. Ka’u Public Safety Package: The slabs for the volunteer garages in Naalehu and Pahala were laid down. Both garages are almost completed. Inspections