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COUNTY OF KAUAI
Minutes of Meeting
OPEN SESSION
Board/Commission Special Kaua‘i Fire Commission Meeting Meeting Date January 27, 2020
Location Mo`ikeha Building – Meeting Room 2A/B Start of Meeting: 8:02 a.m. End of Meeting: 8:20 a.m.
Present Chair Alfredo Garces Jr.; Vice Chair Jen Chahanovich (Left the meeting at 8:16 a.m.); Commissioners: Linda Kaauwai-Iwamoto,
Alfred Levinthol and Michael Martinez. Also present: Board & Commissions Office Staff: Support Clerk Mercedes Omo;
Administrator Ellen Ching ; Office of the County Attorney: First Deputy County Attorney Nicho las R. Courson.
Excused Commissioners Chad Pacheco and Thomas Nizo
Absent
SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
Call To Order At 8:02 a.m. the meeting was called to order by
roll call vote with five (5) Commissioners
present to conduct business.
Chair’s
Comments/
Announcements
Next Regular Monthly Meeting – 2 p.m. on Monday, February 3, 2020 at
the Mō’ikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A/2B. Executive Session to
follow.
Public
Testimony
None
Approval of
Meeting Minutes
Special Open Session Meeting Minutes of December 12, 2019. Mr. Martinez moved to approve the minutes as
submitted. Ms. Chahanovich seconded the
motion. The motion carried 5:0.
Executive
Session
KFC 2018-002
Pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §92-4 and §92-5 (a) and (2) and (4),
the purpose of this Executive Session is for the Commission to discuss the
hiring of a new Fire Chief and other related matters where consideration of
matters affecting privacy will be involved, and to consult with its attorney
on questions and issues pertaining to the Commission’s powers, duties,
privileges, immunities and liabilities as they may relate to this item.
(On-going)
At 8:03 a.m. Ms. Ching cited the Hawai‘i
Revised Statutes to take the meeting into
Executive Session.
Special Open Session
Meeting Minutes of January 27, 2020 Page 2
SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
KFC 2020-001 Pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §92-4 and §92-5 (a) and (2) and (4),
the purpose of this Executive Session is for the Commission to deliberate
and make decisions on a list of candidates the Permitted Interaction Group
No. 3 is recommending to move forward to the interview phase of the
hiring process. The further purpose is to discuss each individual candidate
qualifications’ where consideration of matters affecting privacy will be
involved and to consult with the Commission’s legal counsel on questions
and issues pertaining to the Commission’s powers, duties, privileges,
immunities and liabilities as they may relate to this item.
KFC 2020-002 Pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §92-4 and §92-5 (a) and (2) and (4),
the purpose of this Executive Session is for the Commission to consult
with its attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Commission’s
powers, duties, privileges, immunities and liabilities as they may rela te to
interview questions presented by the Permitted Interaction Group No. 4.
Mr. Martinez moved to convene in Executive
Session. Mr. Levinthol seconded the motion.
The motion carried 5:0. At 8:05 a.m. the
Commissioners convened in Executive Session.
Return to Open
Session to Ratify
the Actions
taken in
Executive
Session
At 8:18 a.m. the Commissioners reconvened in Open Session.
Chair Garces called for a motion to ratify the actions taken in Executive
Session.
Mr. Martinez moved to ratify the actions taken
in Executive Session. Mr. Levinthol seconded
the motion. The motion carried 4:0.
ES 2018-002:
(On-going)
ES 2020-001:
Motion carried 5:0 to approve the Permitted
Interaction Group No. 3 recommendations on a
list of candidates who will be moving forward
with the interview phase of the hiring process.
Motion carried 5:0 to have HR Manager III
Jill Niitani contact the candidates to inform them
that they have been selected to move on to the
interview phase of the hiring process and to
schedule them accordingly.
Special Open Session
Meeting Minutes of January 27, 2020 Page 3
SUBJECT DISCUSSION ACTION
ES 2020-002:
A presentation was made by Permitted
Interaction Group No. 4 on a list of interview
questions for the body to consider at its next
meeting on February 3, 2020.
Adjournment With no further business to conduct, Chair Garces called for a motion to
adjourn the meeting.
Mr. Martinez moved to adjourn the meeting.
Ms. Iwamoto seconded the motion. The motion
carried 4:0. At 8:20 a.m. the meeting adjourned.
Submitted by: __________________________________ Reviewed and Approved by: _________________________________________
Mercedes Omo , Staff Support Clerk Alfredo Garces Jr., Chair
(x ) Approved as circulated on April 6, 2020
( ) Approved as amended. See minutes of ___________ meeting.