MIN CHARTER 2018-10-12 (2018-2020)

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Hawai`i County Charter Commission -4 October 12, 2018 those, you may be surprised that we do public potable water spigot management. That is also within our tasks. Second is our Automotive Division. Their role is so important. Maybe not in the eyes of many, but without them, a lot of the departments and divisions won't be able to do their tasks. Because they're the ones who keep the automobiles in shape and in service so other departments can do their jobs. They also make sure that all those vehicles are fueled up properly and ready to go to work every day. Third is Building Division. So Building Division has multi -prong duties. The first one is administration and enforcement of Building, Electrical, Energy, Plumbing, Sign and Outdoor Lighting Codes, to ensure construction is energy efficient and to meet minimum standards to safeguard life, health, property, and public welfare. Also we do janitorial service and landscape maintenance for various County facilities island -wide. We also repair and maintain, including carpentry, electrical, painting, plumbing, and contract services for various County facilities island -wide. This is also in support of other departments, not just Public Works. Of course we do parking control. One of the big task is basically capital improvement projects. A lot of the building improvements similar to the West Hawai`i Prosecuting Attorney's that's going on now, that's one of the examples that we take care. Engineering Division is the next one. The Engineering Division is tasked with design, construction, inspection, of CIP (Capital Irnprovement Projects) projects that we do with the State and Feds. They also enforce Code regulation and compliance with four different section of the Hawaii County Code. They do flood control projects and bridges. They're charged with inspection and maintenance of those. One of our high performing divisions is Highway Maintenance Division. So on top of being responsible to repair and maintain over 970 miles of roadways, whether it be pothole repair or resurfacing, they also do roadsides, sidewalks, guardrails, or as supple as a task of grass cutting and tree trimming. They also maintain over 2,100 drywells and culverts. We also take care of roads -in -limbo, flood channels, and in coordination with our Bridge Section in the Engineering Division, they maintain the bridges and they do training. And the best of all is basically emergency response. From the lower east riftzone eruption in lower Puna, and also following Hurricane Lane thereafter, our employees of the Highway Maintenance Division who are headed by Neil Azevedo, along with the whole DPW team, played a critical support role with Civil Defense in emergency first responder operations. For the lava event, they assisted with evacuation and manning and securing roadblocks; prepared and maintained evacuation routes; investigated, identified and monitored reports of cracks in the road due to earthquakes and fissure activity. They also Page 17