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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012_0103_Minutes Open_APPROVED COUNTY OF KAUAI Minutes of Meeting OPEN SESSION Approved as circulated 2/6/12 Board/Committee: FIRE COMMISSION Meeting Date I January 3, 3012 Location Mo'ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A/213 Start of Meeting: 2:00 p.m. End of Meeting: 3:03 p.m. Present Chair Linda Kaauwai-Iwamoto; Vice-Chair Darnney Proudfoot; Members: Basilio Fuertes, Jr.; Wayne Mukai; Jan Rudinoff Also Fire Chief Robert Westerman; Board& Commissions Office Staff. Support Clerk Barbara Davis; Deputy County Attorney Mauna Kea Trask. The Garden Island reporter Tom LaVenture Excused Members: Guy Croydon; George Simpson Absent SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Call To Order Chair Kaauwai-Iwamoto called the meeting to order at 2:00 p.m. with 5 members present which constituted a quorum. Approval of ■ Regular Open Session Minutes of December 5, 2011 Mr. Fuertes moved to approve the minutes as Minutes circulated. Mr. Mukai seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 Chief s ■ Overview for the month of November 2011 and pertinent updates Monthly Report Chief Westerman briefly recapped items from his written report noting that he attended a meeting of Men Against Violence Against Women which is a new group being formed. The parts are in for the Motorola radio upgrade which will take the system from analog to digital when all the phases of the upgrade are completed. The Fire Code hearing has been completed and the Code has been approved. The CADS RMS continues to move forward and once the mobile CADS are in the Department can begin correctly gathering data on response times. The 1st Wave jet-ski was received which was a result of the fundraiser by the Kaua'i Lifeguard Association (KLA). Operations Bureau: As tourism comes back to the island, there has been an increase in medical calls and vehicle accidents. The Department was down 3 engines at the end of the year but all vehicles are now Mission Capable. ■ Budget Report as of November 30, 2011 Kauai Fire Commission Open Session January 3, 2012 Page 2 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION The percentage of the year expended is 41.67%with the total budget at Mr. Rudinoff moved to receive the Chief's 41.11% expended. reports and order them filed. Mr. Fuertes seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 Communication KFC 2012-03 Fire Department Goals for 2012 as presented to the Administration and the Fire Commission Chief Westerman briefly updated the current status of the established goals. Mr. Fuertes moved to receive the 2012 Goals and order it filed. Mr. Rudinoff seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 Building Permit Report for November 2011 Mr. Rudinoff moved to receive the Building Permit Report and order it filed. Mr. Fuertes seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 Business KFC 2012-01 Verbal recap of the Hawai'i Fire Chiefs Association Conference held December 8-10, 201, Ihilani Resort & Spa, Ko Olina, Hawai'i from Commissioners Kaauwai-Iwamoto and Croydon and Chief Westerman Chair Kaauwai-Iwamoto said it was always a pleasure for her to attend a conference that the Fire Departments put on. She was especially impressed with the mock terrorism exercise for airports because it showed how the Fire Department can offer its services to the public. Chief Westerman said it was Honolulu Federal Fire Department that actually held the conference because Honolulu City and County was busy with APEC. The mock exercise was well attended and showed how all the different services worked together(Federal, City and County, Airport personnel, AMR medical response as well as the City and County's ambulance service). They live-streamed the exercise and Kaua'i is discussing how to bring that capability on board for us. The intent is that people in the command center, who are usually offset from the incident area, can actually see what is happening at the scene. Another part of the Kauai Fire Commission Open Session January 3, 2012 Page 3 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION conference was giving back to the community so one night there was a drive for the Food Bank and the next night it was Toys for Tots. Next year's conference will be on Maui. In response to a comment about not being able to bring fire or police assistance to Kaua'i from the other islands in the time of need, Chief Westerman explained that had been resolved for Fire because they just completed the IMAS (Interstate Mutual Aid System)program through the State Civil Defense which allows firefighters to go from island to island to rovide added services. KFC 2012-02 Discussion of the Fire Department's Proposed Budget for 2012 Chief Westerman said the guidance from Administration was to keep the budget status quo and anything added to the budget would need to be included in a supplemental justification. There are some increases in the budget that are not in the supplemental justification because they were line items within the budget such as the monthly cost for the mobile data terminals and an increase in the annual maintenance for the Zoll data system and the Adams software. There is also the need to purchase office equipment once the Department moves back to the Civic Center in April. Chief Westerman said the first draft of the budget had to be submitted to Administration by January 18 and the first budget review would be on January 31. Chief Westerman said the budget items go to supporting the Department's goals and the Strategic Plan. The Chief said he hoped to provide the Ms. Proudfoot moved to defer acceptance of the updated Strategic Plan by next month which would include the new goals. Fire Department's proposed budget for 2012 until after the Chief's meeting with the Mayor. Mr. Rudinoff seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 Announcements Next Meeting: Monday, February 6, 2012—2:00 .m., Mo'ikeha Buildin , Kauai Fire Commission Open Session January 3, 2012 Page 4 SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION Meeting Room 2A/B Adjournment Mr. Rudinoff moved to adjourn the meeting at 3:03 p.m. Mr. Fuertes seconded the motion. Motion carried 5:0 Submitted by: Reviewed and Approved by: Barbara Davis, Staff Support Clerk Linda Kaauwai-Iwamoto, Chair ( ) Approved as is. ( ) Approved with amendments. See minutes of meeting.