STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1638

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    GOV. MSG. NO. 632

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred Governor's Message No. 632, submitting for study and consideration the nomination of: 

 

Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants

 

G.M. No. 632

ROBERT SOUZA,

for a term to expire 6-30-2019,

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     Your Committee has reviewed the personal history and resume submitted by the nominee and finds Robert Souza to possess the requisite qualifications to be nominated to the Board of Certification of Operating Personnel in Wastewater Treatment Plants.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of the nominee from the Department of Health.

 

     Mr. Souza is a Grade 4 Certified Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator for the City and County of Honolulu at the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.  Previously, he acted as Wastewater Treatment Plant Supervisor IV at the Leeward Region Operations Branch of the Division of Wastewater Treatment and Disposal for the City and County of Honolulu for nine years.  There, he oversaw five supervisors and thirty-four employees.  With twenty-six years of experience in the field of wastewater management, Mr. Souza has developed an effective and efficient system of working with various trade groups to coordinate and accomplish repairs and maintenance of wastewater facilities.

 

     Your Committee finds that Mr. Souza's past experiences in wastewater treatment operations, as well as his background in personnel supervision, will be great assets to the Board.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health 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 Health,

 

 

 

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JOSH GREEN, Chair