HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0565.005 2022-2024Ashley L. Kierkiewicz
Council Member
District 4 Puna
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HAWAPI COUNTY COUNCIL
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street - Hilo, Hawaii 96720
DATE: November 15, 2023
TO: Heather Kimball, Council Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Resolution No. 333-23; a Resolution Strongly Urging the
Office of the Mayor to Increase Capacity and Funding for the Hawaii Fire
Department to Proactively Mitigate the Potential Impacts of Wildfires.
Please see the below proposed amendments to Resolution No. 333-23.
The proposed amendments are illustrated below in Ramseyer format as applied to the current
contents of Resolution No. 333-23; material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken, and material
to be added is underscored.
Resolution No. 333-23 is amended by amending the third BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED clause
to read as follows:
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effeetiveness and sustainability be eempleted, with a subsequepA feeeffimendation fegar-ding the
pfogfaffl's foasibslit y a -Rd ftittifel a strategic assessment of the volunteer firefighter program be
completed with a subsequent recommendation presented to the County Council detailing the
program's role in fire -risk education and community preparedness, and how the program can
effectively suDDort the Hawaii Fire Department's mission Of DrovidinLy exceptional. all -hazards
emergency services to residents and visitors."
Due to the limited scope of the amendments, a draft copy of Resolution No. 333-23, in its
entirety, that would result if the proposed amendments are adopted, is not attached.
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