STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2816

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NOS. 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message Nos. 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, and 575, submitting for study and consideration the nominations of: 

 

Procurement Policy Board

 

G.M. No. 570

GREGORY KING,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016;

 

G.M. No. 571

KATHY SUZUKI-KITAGAWA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013;

 

G.M. No. 572

DAVID LANGILLE,

for a term to expire 6-30-2015;

 

G.M. No. 573

RONALD HIRANO,

for a term to expire 6-30-2016;

 

G.M. No. 574

HOWARD GARVAL,

for a term to expire 6-30-2013; and

 

G.M. No. 575

DOUGLAS MURDOCK,

for a term to expire 6-30-2014,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal histories, resumes, and statements submitted by the nominees and finds Gregory King, Kathy Suzuki-Kitagawa, David Langille, Ronald Hirano, Howard Garval, and Douglas Murdock to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Procurement Policy Board.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Gregory King from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Department of Budget and Finance, Mayor of Maui County, and Maui Department of Finance.

 

     Mr. King has been the Central Purchasing Agent for the Maui Department of Finance since 1995.  He previously served on the Procurement Policy Board from 2000 to 2008, including serving as Chair from 2005 to 2008.  The nominee also has additional procurement experience with the County of Maui Department of Water Supply, and in the private sector.

 

     Mr. King has the ability to clearly discern, abide by, and advise on the requirements of the procurement statutes and has demonstrated his expert familiarity with not only the statutes, but also practical understanding of government administration.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Kathy Suzuki-Kitagawa from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Waikiki Health Center, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and several individuals.

 

     Ms. Suzuki-Kitagawa has been actively involved for the past twelve years in health and human services issues through her work as Chief Operating Officer of the Hawaii Primary Care Association, which promotes and supports primary medical, dental, and behavioral health services to Hawaii's medically underserved and underinsured through the federally qualified health centers.  Her responsibilities include applying for, implementing, and managing numerous state contracts, such as the Hawaii Immigrant Health Initiative, Outreach and Education, and Dental Appropriations grants.  All of these programs require compliance with the Hawaii Public Procurement Code.  Ms. Suzuki-Kitagawa brings to the Board experience working with grants and contracts across a variety of federal programs and private foundations. 

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of David Langille from the Department of Accounting and General Services; Radcliffe & Associates, LLC; and several individuals.

 

     Mr. Langille is the Assistant Regional Director of Engineering Services for Hawaiian Building Maintenance.  His responsibilities include the creation of requests for proposals, securing of proposals and bids, and selection of vendors.  He is also responsible for coordinating capital projects.  Mr. Langille has experience as a maintenance director in developing the facilities sections for multi-million-dollar annual operating

budgets, coordinating contracts with vendors, tracking vendors' progress on their obligations, and processing timely payments.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Ronald Hirano from the Department of Accounting and General Services.

 

     Mr. Hirano has served as a Construction Engineer, Design Engineer, and Deputy Director at the Department of Transportation

and then as Executive Officer of the Aloha Tower Development Corporation.  Since 2004, has been a Project Manager for the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Honolulu District, at Fort Shafter.  His responsibilities have included project planning, design, contracting, and warranty phases of projects.  This experience has allowed him to gain insight into the federal government's procurement practices. 

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Howard Garval from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Goodwill Industries of Hawaii, Inc., Hale Kipa, Hawaii Family Support Institute at the University of Hawaii, The Leader Project, Lanakila Pacific, Partners In Development Foundation, Mental Health America of Hawaii, Family Programs Hawaii, Tissue Genesis Incorporated, Child & Family Service, Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, and numerous individuals.

 

     Mr. Garval is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Child & Family Service.  After six years of working in the nonprofit sector in Hawaii, he understands how the State procures health and human services.  Mr. Garval has extensive executive experience with several large organizations that contract with the State to provide services and may provide valuable input on ways to enhance the procurement code to achieve greater efficiency and reduced costs to government.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of Douglas Murdock from the Department of Accounting and General Services, Hawaii Tourism Authority, Hawaii Alliance of Nonprofit Organizations, Atlantis Submarines, and several individuals.

 

     Mr. Murdock served in the United States Air Force and retired

in 2010 with the rank of Colonel after twenty-five years of service.  He had extensive procurement experience in his military career, including serving as a cost analyst on the procurement of a major cargo aircraft system.  He was also Chief Legal Counsel to Electronic Systems Center in Boston, Massachusetts, one of the Air Force's largest acquisition organizations with a procurement portfolio of over $5,000,000,000.  Throughout his Air Force

career, he gained significant work experience in the fields of cost analysis, planning and programming, contract law, contract management, and procurement integrity and ethics.  Mr. Murdock was certified as an Air Force Cost Analyst and designated as a Judge Advocate for procurement.  He recently completed National Contract Management Association certificate programs in Ethics Education for Introductory and Advanced Business Ethics for Federal Procurement.  In the fall of 2011, he was approved as an Expert in Ethics and Government Contract Compliance by the General Counsel of a federal agency.

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominees, has found the nominees to be qualified for the positions to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nominations.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair