STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1628

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 631

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 631, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of:

 

Hawai'i Advisory Council on Emergency Management

 

G.M. No. 631

COLTON CHING,

for a term to expire 6-30-2019,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history, resume, and statement submitted by the nominee and finds Colton Ching to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Hawaii Advisory Council on Emergency Management.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination of Colton Ching from the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Hawaii Advisory Council on Emergency Management, and four individuals.

 

     Mr. Ching is a current member of the Hawaii Advisory Council on Emergency Management, where his years of energy systems, power generation, and power grid distribution experience have proven to be invaluable.  He has over twenty-three years of experience at Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., including five years as Incident Commander for emergency events, five years as Senior Planning Engineer, and two years as Manager of the Corporate Planning Department.  Mr. Ching is currently the Vice President of Energy Delivery at Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., where one of his many duties includes coordinating with the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency to repair the distribution system and restore power if the system is impacted by man-made or natural disasters.  He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

 

     Mr. Ching indicated in his personal statement that he feels it is his civic duty to volunteer and serve on the Hawaii Advisory Council on Emergency Management and that emergency preparedness is important for the community and the State's economy.  He further indicated that as a current member of the Hawaii Advisory Council on Emergency Management, he has established professional relationships that will provide opportunities to further improve communication and coordination regarding emergency management.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Ching's knowledge and business acumen, garnered from years of emergency planning and operations experience at Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc., will continue to provide a unique and valuable perspective to the Hawaii Advisory Council on Emergency Management.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee, after full consideration of the background, experience, and qualifications of the nominee, has found the nominee to be qualified for the position to which nominated and recommends that the Senate advise and consent to the nomination.

 

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

 

 

 

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WILL ESPERO, Chair