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<br /> <br />B. Department of Parks & Recreation <br /> <br />Mr. Mitchell met with Clayton Honma and Ken Van Bergen from the Department <br />of Parks & Recreation and reported the following on vehicles: <br /> <br /> <br /> The department has about 55-75 vehicles; 14 take home vehicles are for <br />emergency responders. <br /> <br /> They follow the guidelines from the Finance Department regarding the <br />assignment, management and regulation of the vehicles. <br /> <br /> Monthly mileage reports are done. <br /> <br /> Feels vans and SUVs bring good, proper value. <br /> <br /> Gasoline stations are set and they have a form of cooperative gas purchasing <br />for their vehicles. <br /> <br /> They are investigating the possibility of using biodiesel as an alternative fuel <br />for trucks, backhoes and heavier equipment. <br /> <br />Mr. Matsuda asked what type of alternative fuels were being looked at and for <br />what type of vehicles. Mr. Mitchell responded the department is looking at biodiesel as <br />the alternative fuel, which will be used for trucks, backhoes and heavier equipment. <br />Once data is gathered from that use, they will be looking at using it for passenger size <br />vehicles. <br /> <br /> Mr. Mitchell reported the following on overtime: <br /> <br /> <br /> Overtime is budgeted and quite restricted. <br /> <br /> Overtime is preapproved and taken very seriously because the budget has <br />been cut dramatically. Many cases of overtime are due to conferences, <br />meeting or events. <br /> <br /> The lava flow in Puna is literally a budget buster. They are having challenges <br />in managing the budget and working with these acts of God. Budget is clear, <br />but it takes one act of God or one incident to zap the budget. <br /> <br /> Mr. Mitchell reported the following on energy: <br /> <br /> <br /> They use a fair amount of energy within their buildings; and, at this time, they <br />are not planning to put photovoltaic panels on the roofs to reduce their <br />HELCO bill. <br /> <br /> Conversation on energy kept moving towards human and people energy <br />within the department. The volunteers and employees on the ground being <br />visible is one of the keys to the department. <br /> <br /> This department is the second largest in the County with 420 employees. <br />During the summer is moves up to 500 because of the summer swim and <br />summer fun programs. <br /> <br /> The elderly activities serve over 11,000 adults and have over 1,600 <br />volunteers. <br /> <br /> They manage nearly 200 facilities Countywide. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br /> <br />