HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGE PSMTC 2016/10/04 (2014-2016) ACTIONS
DANNY PALEKA AARON S. Y. CHUNG
Chair and Presiding Officer MAILE “MEDEIROS” DAVID
KAREN EOFF
DRU MAMO KANUHA
GREGGOR ILAGAN DENNIS “FRESH” ONISHI
Vice Chair VALERIE T. POINDEXTER
MARGARET WILLE
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720
COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY &
MASS TRANSIT
th
15 Session
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Hawai‘i County Building
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawai‘i
October 4, 2016
9:00 a.m.
(Note: Please turn all communication devices to silent mode.)
CALL TO ORDER - 9:06 a.m.
ROLL CALL
STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
COMMUNICATIONS
Comm. 1072: REQUESTS A DISCUSSION WITH THE CIVIL DEFENSE ADMINISTRATOR
AND/OR HIS DESIGNEE ON THE STATUS OF ISLAND-WIDE DISASTER
PREPAREDNESS FOR HURRICANES, TSUNAMIS, WILDFIRES, AND LAVA
FLOWS
From Council Member Margaret Wille, dated September 16, 2016.
(Vote on Comm. 1072 is on the next page.)
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POSTPONED TO OCTOBER 18, 2016:
Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Eoff, Ilagan, Poindexter,
Wille, and Chair Paleka – 7.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Kanuha and Onishi – 2.
Excused: None.
ORDER OF RESOLUTIONS
BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
Bill 241: RENUMBERS CHAPTER 26 OF THE HAWAIʻI COUNTY CODE 1983
(2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) RELATING TO THE HAWAI‘I STATE FIRE
CODE, REPEALS CHAPTER 14, ARTICLE 5, AND ADDS AN AMENDED
VERSION OF THIS ARTICLE, RELATING TO FIREWORKS, INTO CHAPTER 26
Updates the fireworks section of the County Code to be consistent with the Hawaiʻi
Revised Statutes.
Reference: Comm. 1061
Intr. by: Mr. Onishi
RECOMMENDED PASSAGE ON FIRST READING:
Ayes: Committee Members Chung, David, Eoff, Kanuha,
Poindexter, Wille, and Chair Paleka – 7.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Members Ilagan and Onishi – 2.
Excused: None.
; and
Comm. 1061.1: From Council Member Dennis “Fresh” Onishi, dated September 14, 2016,
transmitting an annotated version of Bill 241 to illustrate proposed changes to the
existing fireworks regulations.
ADJOURNMENT - 11:15 a.m.
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necessarily signify support of or opposition to the proposal.
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event public testimony has not been completed:
Kona Council Office, West Hawai‘i Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, Building A; and
Waimea Council Office, Holomua Center, 64-1067 Māmalahoa Highway, Suite 5.
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Pāhoa Neighborhood Facility, 15-2710 Kauhale Street.
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Testimony).
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