HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 632 Draft 01 2022-2024A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE MAYOR TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO DEVELOP A COUNTY RADIO PLAN.
WHEREAS, during times of natural disaster and other emergency situations, inadequate power supply or Internet access can impair communication channels and jeopardize the ability of vulnerable
communities to access crucial, up-to-date information, especially in remote areas where the only means of communication may be battery-powered radio; and
WHEREAS, radio systems provide a critical alternative communications resource for both public and private parties, including law enforcement and public safety agencies, local Community
Emergency Response Teams, and amateur radio operators, to utilize when other lines of communication are nonviable; and
WHEREAS, the development of a “County Radio Plan” would organize and structure the County’s efforts to improve its radio communication infrastructure in collaboration with public and
private partners across all habitable parts of Hawaiʻi Island, with a special focus on emergency response for rural or isolated areas; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that this body hereby urges the Mayor to convene a working group consisting of representatives from the Civil Defense Agency, Hawaiʻi
Emergency Management Agency, Big Island Amateur Radio Club, and other stakeholders the Mayor may deem appropriate.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the working group develop a County Radio Plan to expand radio capacity across the County and maintain active partnerships with public, professional, and amateur
radio operators to disseminate information in cases of emergency.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this resolution to the Honorable Mitchell D. Roth, Mayor of the County of Hawai‘i; and Talmadge J. Magno, Civil
Defense Administrator.
Dated at _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hilo, Hawai‘i
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
EVANS
GALIMBA
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________.
INABA
KAGIWADA
KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
KIERKIEWICZ
ATTEST:
KIMBALL
LEE LOY
VILLEGAS
Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO.