STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3618

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 793

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 793, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Hawai'i Advisory Council On Emergency Management

 

G.M. No. 793

JAN TENBRUGGENCATE,

for a term to expire 06-30-2020,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the resume submitted by the nominee and finds Jan TenBruggencate to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated for reappointment to the Hawai‘i Advisory Council on Emergency Management.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nomination for the reappointment of Jan TenBruggencate from the Department of Defense, Hawaii Emergency Management Agency, Hawai‘i Advisory Council on Emergency Management, and two individuals.

 

     Upon review of the testimony, your Committee finds that Mr. TenBruggencate's experience as a veteran journalist and his extensive knowledge and background qualify him for nomination for reappointment to the Hawai‘i Advisory Council on Emergency Management.  Your Committee notes that Mr. TenBruggencate has served on the Advisory Council for one term already as the Kauai representative.  Mr. TenBruggencate is an experienced and award-winning journalist, author, and public relations professional who has written numerous books with Hawaiian themes after his retirement from The Honolulu Advertiser.  Your Committee finds that Mr. TenBruggencate's extensive knowledge and background will continue to be great assets to the Hawai‘i 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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CLARENCE K. NISHIHARA, Chair