2015-07-15 Fire Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii County Fire Commission Minutes of July 15, 2015 Page 3 • EMPLOYEE/PUBLIC RELATIONS: The Daniel Sayre Memorial Foundation awards dinner and auction will be held on September 15 at the Fairmont Orchid. In response to Commissioner Becker's inquiry about established life for equipment and a fund for replacement, Chief Rosario stated that he and the previous Chief have tried to have a line item in the budget for equipment replacement, but it keeps getting denied. The Mayor has been very supportive of replacing their apparatus which has had an average age of 18 years. The national guideline is 15 years. They have gotten federal government excess equipment. COMMITTEE REPORTS/UPDATES • Budget and Finance (Ignacio): No report. Office Management and Staffing (De Luz): Chair De Luz stated that he would like to use a consent agenda which should speed up the meeting and the preparation of the minutes. He will discuss this with corporation counsel. He is working with the Chief and corporation counsel on revising the complaint form. He would like to start the Chief's evaluation process in November, and they may need alternate meeting dates. He believes they are allowed to speak with the Chief individually. He asked the commissioners to inform Ms. Pelayo immediately if they cannot attend a scheduled meeting. • Rules and Policies (Kitaoka): No report. • Public Relations (Lee): No report. • Training and Education (Waipa): No report. • Rules and Regulations Review Committee (Kitaoka): No report. ANNOUNCEMENTS Chair De Luz announced that the August meeting will be cancelled due to a lack of quorum. The next scheduled meeting is for September 9 in the Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi St., Hilo, Hawaii. ADJOURNMENT Vice Chair Lee motioned to adjourn the meeting. Commissioner Ignacio seconded, and it carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned at 12:17 p.m. SUBMITTED BY: JOSIE PELAYO, SECRETARY APPROVED BY: DAVID DE LUZ, JR., CHAIR