Ian Bauer, Honolulu Star-Advertiser Journalist Profile

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Honolulu EMS Unveils 16 New or Refurbished Ambulances

6 days ago | firehouse.com | Ian Bauer

The Honolulu Emergency Services Department held something akin to an outdoor car show at Keehi Lagoon Beach Park on Tuesday morning. In a line that stretched the length of one of the park’s parking lots, the city showed off 16 new or newly refurbished ambulances—namely, 14 Emergency Medical Services rigs and two Crisis Outreach Engagement and Response Sprinter vans—meant to respond to a myriad of lifesaving emergencies and medical care incidents across Oahu, on a 24 /7 basis.
Honolulu EMS unveils new ambulances

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Ian Bauer

The Honolulu Emergency Services Department held something akin to an outdoor car show at Keehi Lagoon Beach Park on Tuesday morning. In a line that stretched the length of one of the park’s parking lots, the city showed off 16 brand-new or newly refurbished ambulances — namely, 14 Emergency Medical Services rigs and two Crisis Outreach Engagement and Response Sprinter vans — meant to respond to a myriad of lifesaving emergencies and medical care incidents across Oahu, on a 24/7 basis.
HPD boosts officer recruits as retirements rise

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ian Bauer

The Honolulu Police Department has vacancies for more than 800 people that’s spilt equally between sworn police officers and nonpolicing positions, an HPD official says. Finding ways to recruit for all areas of the city’s over-2, 100-person police force was outlined Thursday by HPD Maj. Parker Bode during an informational briefing to the City Council’s Public Safety Committee.
HPD boosts officer recruits as retirements rise

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Ian Bauer

The Honolulu Police Department has vacancies for more than 800 people that’s spilt equally between sworn police officers and nonpolicing positions, an HPD official says. Finding ways to recruit for all areas of the city’s over-2,100-person police force was outlined Thursday by HPD Maj. Parker Bode during an informational briefing to the City Council’s Public Safety Committee.
Honolulu Council OKs merged housing department

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ian Bauer

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s longtime vow to merge the city’s real estate and housing agencies into one unified operation has come to fruition. During a special meeting Wednesday, the City Council voted 6-1, with Radiant Cordero dissenting, to adopt Resolution 86, which advanced the mayor’s plan to create the city Department of Housing and Land Management.
Honolulu Council OKs merged housing department

1 week ago | staradvertiser.com | Ian Bauer

Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s longtime vow to merge the city’s real estate and housing agencies into one unified operation has come to fruition. During a special meeting Wednesday, the City Council voted 6-1, with Radiant Cordero dissenting, to adopt Resolution 86, which advanced the mayor’s plan to create the city Department of Housing and Land Management.
City’s planned 115% sewer fee hike under Council scrutiny

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ian Bauer

STAR-ADVERTISER / OCT. 23 The city is looking at options to deal with a proposed 115 % sewer rate fee hike that is supposed to take effect in July. A worker maintains a primary clarifier at the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant. STAR-ADVERTISER / OCT. 23 The city is looking at options to deal with a proposed 115 % sewer rate fee hike that is supposed to take effect in July. A worker maintains a primary clarifier at the Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant.
City’s planned 115% sewer fee hike under Council scrutiny

2 weeks ago | staradvertiser.com | Ian Bauer

To publicly avert what one city official termed “rate shock,” Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration and Honolulu City Council are now offering competing ideas to deal with proposed city sewer fee rate hikes expected this summer. The city Department of Environmental Services says the planned sewer fee increases — which they say amount to a total increase of 115% across all rate-paying classes over a 10-year period — would take effect July 1.
City Council scrutinizes empty-homes tax

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ian Bauer

STAR-ADVERTISER / 2021 The City and County of Honolulu invested $500, 000 to conduct a study to determine whether imposing a tax on vacant houses and condo units would add to county coffers. Apartments buildings, condominiums, homes and hotels shape the Honolulu skyline. STAR-ADVERTISER / 2021 The City and County of Honolulu invested $500, 000 to conduct a study to determine whether imposing a tax on vacant houses and condo units would add to county coffers.
City Council scrutinizes empty-homes tax

2 weeks ago | staradvertiser.com | Ian Bauer

The City and County of Honolulu’s $500,000 Ernst &Young LLP study over a proposed empty-homes tax measure asserts the city could garner tens of millions of dollars annually in new revenues. But Mayor Rick Blangiardi’s administration appears lukewarm to the idea of an EHT program, one it says could become a huge administrative burden to oversee.