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<br />HAWAI‘I COUNTY FIRE COMMISSION <br />REGULAR SESSION MINUTES <br />DECEMBER 23, 2013 <br />AUPUNI CENTER CONFERENCE ROO <br />M <br />101 PAUAHI ST., HILO, HAWAII <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />Chair Taniguchi called the meeting to order at 10:48 a.m. <br />ROLL CALL <br />Present: Toby Taniguchi, Chair <br /> David De Luz, Commissioner <br /> Kimo Lee, Commissioner <br /> Luahiwa Namahoe, Commissioner <br /> Mapuana Waipa, Commissioner <br />Absent: Laurie Bass, Commissioner <br />Carol Kitaoka, Commissioner <br />Byron Moku, Vice Chair <br />A quorum was present. <br />Also present: Darren Rosario, Fire Chief <br /> Lincoln S. T. Ashida, Corporation Counsel <br /> Josie Pelayo, Secretary <br />APPROVAL OF AGENDA <br />Commissioner Namahoe motioned to approve the agenda. Commissioner Waipa <br />seconded, and it carried unanimously. <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS <br />JOHN BERTSCH, Volunteer Fire Captain, came before the commission. He stated that <br />he has been at 7 Bravo Volunteer Station in the Kona Palisades area for almost 18 <br />years. He stated that the Fire Chief’s evaluation is very important. In the chain of <br />command everybody chips into the chain. Everybody pulls its load. As Captain of 7 <br />Bravo, he has 15 volunteers.There is no way he could train them without the training <br />officer. The support he received up and down the Chief’s chain has been phenomenal. <br />He questioned why the 145 volunteers were excluded from the survey of the Chief. He <br />doesn’t think the Chief forgot the volunteers, but the commission did. He introduced his <br />two volunteers, FEO Chad Kinney and FF Ben Schaumberg, who were there to support <br />him and Fire Chief Rosario. <br />Commissioner Namahoe stated that it (the survey) was a human resources issue, and <br />they went through HR. <br /> <br />