2015-01-15 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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J. Using current City & County of Honolulu and Maui County ordinances as a guide, explore a similar ordinance for Hawai‘i County that would require alarm systems to register with the County and provide a mechanism to assess service charges for repeated false alarms. Ms. Maddox stated this was a follow up with Chief Kubojiri. She thinks Ms. Kelly made the original recommendation about charging companies for repeated false alarms. Chief Kubojiri wanted to inform the Commission the City and County of Honolulu and Maui County both have ordinances and he is in favor of exploring that here on this island. He said they did have a lot of difficulty both Oahu and Maui getting it passed; there was significant business opposition, but he still felt there were ways to be able to craft something that made some sense. Ms. Garson suggested including the reference to the City and County of Honolulu as an example and to start with exploring the ordinance. Ms. Maddox said Chief Kubojiri shared with her the ordinances in the other counties. Ms. Kierkiewicz asked if alarm systems are not registered. Ms. Maddox replied not specifically registered here in the County. Discussion held and recommendation amended to read as follows: Explore passing an ordinance that would require alarm systems to register with the police department and provide a mechanism to assess service charges for repeated false alarms. City and County of Honolulu and Maui County have already passed similar ordinances. Motion and Vote : Ms. Kierkiewicz moved to approve the recommendation as amended. The motion was seconded by Mr. Mitchell and all Commissioners present voted aye. K. Reinstate in 2015-16 department operating budget, a line item to make phased purchases of "Blue & Whites" to replace current aging fleet. Ms. Maddox this is one of the things Chief Kubojiri talked about when they met. Ms. Kierkiewicz asked if this would be in place of giving police officers own. Ms. Maddox replied no, the Police Department already has a certain number of blue and whites that are well pass their service period, their usable life, and it was one of the first things that was taken out of their budget. Ms. Kierkiewicz asked when do the officers use the blue and whites. Ms. Maddox replied it depends on their rank. Ms. Garson thought sometimes they do it for visibility purposes like after Hurricane Iselle. Mr. Matsuda asked how many blue and whites. Ms. Maddox said Chief Kubojiri did not state how many, he wanted to be able to do a phased in replacement of the current fleet. Discussion held and recommendation amended to read as follows: Reinstate in the 2015-16 department operating budget, a line item to make phased-in purchases of “Blue & Whites” to replace current aging fleet. 13