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Hawai‘i County Fire Commission <br />Minutes of September 11, 2013 <br />Page 2 <br />FIRE CHIEF’S REPORT <br />BUDGET STATUS <br />Fiscal Year 2013/2014 expenditures are on track at 19.88% with the payroll lag. The <br />department is tracking salaries and wages, overtime, and equipment maintenance. <br />A budget workshop will be held on Thursday where they will get direction from the <br />Mayor’s Office. <br />ALTERNATIVE FUNDING AND GRANTS <br /> FY 2012 CDBG Grant for Pahoa Tanker: It arrives in Hilo today (9/11/13), but <br />they will not be able to get it until Friday (9/13/13). <br /> FY 2012 Assistance to Fire Fighters Grant Application: Still waiting for Council <br />approval. <br /> FY 2012 Assistance to Fire Fighters Prevention Grant Application: Still waiting <br />for Council approval. <br /> FY 2013 CDBG Grant for Waiakea Quint: This an $800,000 grant for a ladder <br />truck. Bid specifications were finalized and sent to the purchasing department. <br /> Capital Improvement Projects <br /> Kawailani Fire Station Replacement: AC Honda will attend the DLNR Board <br />meeting on Oahu to provide testimony in support of land acquisition. <br />GOALS AND OBJECTIVES UPDATE <br />Chief Rosario reported that he wants to improve communication by continuing to go <br />out to the stations. Department personnel are appreciative when he shows up to <br />talk with them, and he does not put a time limit on his visits. The volunteer SOGs <br />are still being worked on. <br />HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION <br /> Recruitments <br /> Internal recruitments within the Department: There was no interest in the full- <br />time positions for Punalu’u. They will recruit for WSO II first. If they do not <br />get any applicants, they will then recruit for WSO I. <br />(Commissioner Kitaoka arrived at 10:23 a.m.) <br /> Internal recruitments within the County: Selection of the Human Resources <br />Assistant is pending approval by the SRC. <br /> <br />