Naʻe fakahā ʻe he Pule Kolo ko Richard Bissen he ʻaho ni kuo tukuange mai ʻe he Vahefonua Maui ha Kole ki ha Ngaahi Fokotuʻu (RFP) ke fakahoko ha Lipooti Hili ʻa e Ngāue ʻo siviʻi ʻa e fehokotaki ʻo e tali ʻa e Potungāue Puleʻi Fakavavevave ʻo e Vahefonua Maui (MEMA) ki he Vela ʻo e Vaoʻakau ʻi Maui naʻe hoko ʻi ʻAokosi 2023.

‘Oku fakatokanga’i ‘e he tohi kole bid lolotonga ‘a e ngaahi vela ‘o e vao, na’e fengaue’aki vāofi ‘a e MEMA mo e potungaue tamate afi fakalotofonua, ngaahi kautaha fakahoko fatongia ‘o e lao mo e ngaahi kautaha mahu’inga kehe ke fakasi’isi’i ‘a e uesia ‘o e vela ‘o e vao pea malu’i ‘a e mo’ui mo e koloa. ‘I he lahi mo e faingata’a ‘o e Vela ‘o e Vao ‘i Maui ‘i ‘Aokosi 2023, na’e fakatokanga’i ai ‘e he Pule Kolo ko Bissen ‘e tokoni ha sivi fakalukufua ‘o e fakahoko fatongia ‘a e MEMA lolotonga ‘a e me’a na’e hoko ki he teuteu ki he ngaahi tali ‘i he kaha’u.

“ʻI he onboarding mo e fakatuʻumaʻu ʻo ʻemau Talēkita foʻou ʻo e MEMA ko ʻĒmosi Lonokailua-Hewett, ʻoku mau kamataʻi ha RFP ke siviʻi fakakātoa ʻemau ngaahi feinga tali,” ko e lau ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen. “ʻOku mahuʻinga ʻaupito ʻa e vakaiʻi ko ʻení ki hono ʻiloʻi ʻo e ngaahi feituʻu ʻe lava ke fakaleleiʻi ai ʻi ha feinga ke malu hotau koló. ‘Oku mau fakaafe‘i mai ‘a e ngaahi fokotu‘u mei he kau mataotao taaú.”

‘E ‘omai ‘e he MEMA AAR ‘a e ‘ātakai mo e fakamatala fakaikiiki ke fakamatala’i ‘aki ‘a e ngaahi feinga lahi na’e fakahoko ‘i he Senitā Ngāue Fakavavevave (EOC) ‘i he ‘aho 8 ‘o ‘Aokosi, 2023, pea hili iá. Na'e 'oatu 'a e fakamahino kimuí ni mai 'i he 'aho 19 'o 'Epeleli, 2023, 'e he Vahefonuá ki he mītiá fekau'aki mo e Lipooti Taimi Fakakātoa 'o e Vela 'a e 'Inisititiuti Fakatotolo ki he Malu 'o e Afí, kau ai 'a e taimi totonu hono tukuange mai 'o e kamata'anga 'o e Fanongonongo Fakavavevave 'a e Vahefonuá, ngaahi la'ipepa fakamo'oni 'o e Vahefonuá' mo e ngaahi pepa fakamo'oni 'o e ICS 2MA will,41. ke 'omai 'a e ngaahi fakamatala mo e ngaahi pepa ki he Potungaue Hauai'i 'a e 'Ateni Seniale.  

Na’e fai ‘a e poini ‘e taha ‘o e fakamahino fekau’aki mo hono kaniseli ‘o e ngaahi ‘apoinimeni fakatoketā ‘a Pule Kolo Bissen ‘i he ‘aho 8 ‘o ‘Aokosi, 2023. Lolotonga hono kaniseli ‘a e ngaahi ‘apoinimeni fakafaito’o kehe kotoa pe, hili ha toe vakai’i, na’e ‘alu mo’oni ‘a Pule Kolo Bissen ki ha ‘apoinimeni mo ‘ene toketā loto ‘i Wailuku ‘i he ho’atā ‘o e ‘aho 8 ‘o ‘Aokosi, 2023. pōpoaki telefoni ʻo fakahā ange kiate ia ha vela foʻou ʻi Lahaina. Naʻá ne foki leva ki he EOC, ʻo ne nofo ai ʻo aʻu ki he 2:30 pongipongi ʻo e ʻaho hono hokó.  

“Naʻe ʻomi ʻe he kau AAR ʻo e Tamate Afí mo e Kau Polisí ha ngaahi ʻilo mahuʻinga pea fakahaaʻi ʻa e feinga loto-toʻa ʻa ʻemau kau tali fakavavevavé,” ko e hoko atu ia ʻa e Pule Kolo ko Bissen. “Ko ʻetau sitepu hokó ke tau vakaiʻi loloto ʻa e tali ʻa e MEMA, koeʻuhí ke tau lava ʻo fakaleleiʻi ʻetau fakavaʻé ki he ngaahi tali fakavavevave ʻi he kahaʻú.”

‘Oku fiema’u ke fakahū mai ‘a e ngaahi fokotu’u ‘o fakafou ‘i he Sisitemi Fakatau Fakapule’anga pea kuo pau ke ma’u ia ‘o ‘ikai toe tōmui ange ‘i he taimi 4 efiafi ‘o e Falaite, ‘aho 17 ‘o Mē, 2024. ‘Oku ma’u ‘a e ngaahi fakamatala lahi ange, kau ai ‘a e ngaahi fakahinohino ki he founga ke lesisita ai ha ‘akauni Fakatau Fakapule’anga ta’etotongi, ‘i he https://www.mauicounty.gov/rfp .