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.[Ionora' is Rebecca. Villegas,
Chair,aiid Presiding Officer COUNTY cILE
Committee on Public S a t�,, COUNTY OF HAWAIII
COLIJAY Council RECEIVED
Timeas Iq By
County OfHawai''].
25 ALIPLI i Street Date AUG 1 4 2020
1-111o, Hawa.l. i 96720,
RE': OPPOSITION O F d P P OI Nv I'M E' ".Wt„ O F S C 0 1`J" C O L U N S TO THE FIRE
COMMISSION, COW�RJNICATION 1026
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C11. gas and fellow coti,.im* nibers,
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indicatedin Communication 1026, Mr. Cl:ills is currenttv the Hm.v-a'1`1. IV-1slon Chief'of the
Ha,vvat"i Goverrin-wnta.1 Empl. ees Associ .t on (.'HG-EA,),. Th :circ �":�ief'`sub.erviscs ���:l���:�/k.
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c1.1ployces enipl e �u n the.depart� en �"4 s .ocean � tfety iv s on.. Admini str tlon O ffice, FF
E-1- cr ency Dispatch Center, and other support service sit ons.Y Mr. Collins, would, be charged
with super i sij_,ig tie staff that r .'per e eats HGTEA members in gri.evar ces as mst thea Fire
I-)e arfi.* crit. As a Fire oam—lisslOil er lie �xo l esse-. .t all y be one of 9 s M Y
'_'hief One ofth `ire. Con.,iniiss on's duties is to hear con i- la� t4� against the Fire Dep�aaiti��.��:a��t,
nclu.slve of t��osc fi om the �.�.c a:rt.n.i.erit*s etmp.oyee�.. ���aii- -whom, eine HGE �-iernb r . l hll,. 's La.
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dii-rect c n�tet ofiiateresl.
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endorsed th.e Mayor lin.his bid for re-election. The perception. of an H,Gf*,"/A
Unioti. ffciao bei.tig ppoi .ted to a, County Coni.m ission by its cnclorsed candidate can. crec t.c
Lillie end reproach or discre t nu, 011 the �.��:�unt v",, Its
Fire Department, ��I�i -the ���� ���������a�:ssd,�,���,.
FL,trtern ore. the ire Con-.iii s�szon us c urrent1v charged with ffi!e a poQnamc:fit of'the FChief uponmy scheduled refiremen.t.. �����
ca.ii,di. tes .]Lneluc,s a, i: .iii.i-- r �f��em,ber���f te
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Mayor. Once again, this, would be a.d.rcct conflict of interest and cre�.tes, a less thancsinabf!c
perce"2pt on and undese,txvung gossip towards that c�Hard .te. There should be no co -lcctI.On
betweei.,). Coui_-it . .d�ministrat Ve goVcrmlIent and a '1.. ni n O '„' i, ,, Y i � portant��ask Su.IC-11
:�;ter;c�i.��.� ���.����� ���.�� �.���..
as the aselectioll ofthe n.e t Fire e Chl", f". l do riot want any candidate to fa-ee u.�.nwarrceuited n avo ve
comments or f()r this onitnat.ion -to overshadow thio work that all c ndl. atcs ��lilll putt' r",,ard. 144.
tlw'ir recJ4 uitment pli-''l.+°cess.
Please tinde stan tha- I �-a . id-nt� interest
� � � �� � � and �vhat. :l': personafly, ercc'k c. to be
un.d.csnuvable c:rc.e tion -vvrith-thins nom.ination. I personal[v do n(-,)t have any neg afi\vc viONS nIP0.1I
eIr. "ollins. I have not had any conflicts with Mr, Colfi.nin his role a.s th,e Division Ch1e '(,-_)..Y
1 G_ ., Hawa" Island, I will also be reaching out to, Mayor Kim and.Nln Colli:n s to e
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views, .1 felt it necessary to point out these conflacts to N/ou to a�,sist the ftiture Fire Cliiel".
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I h1u.i,.nbly ask that you tak.ethis, into-consl deratli on ni order-to provide the I"ire Coni..,tnission w.id.
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