HONOLULU (KHON2) -- Honolulu councilmembers said the deadly New Year's incident is tragic and we must all learn from it to prevent it from happening again. Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay informed on the latest news "First, all of use can take responsibility, taking to our family, talking to our neighbors about how to have safe holidays and just the dangers of fireworks," said Matt Weyer, vice-chair of the Honolulu city council. "They're just tired of it," said Radient Cordero, Honolulu city Councilmember. "People are tired of the illegal fireworks, aerials going on beyond New Years, beyond the holiday season, and they wanna see that enforced heavily." Councilmembers realize enforcement is easier said than done. Illegal aerial fireworks can be seen all over Oahu. And how do you cover an island with a police force that's already short staffed. "Well there's huge gaps in enforcement that we already know, but what I talked about needing support the team that keeps the city running, we need more people on our police force, we need more people at the judicial level, everywhere," said Cordero. Wilcox Medical Center nurses vote in favor of striking "We heard about increasing the penalties for fireworks, bringing up to maybe a C-class felony, I think that's appropriate," said Weyer. "So until we can enforce the law, and punish the people that breaking the law, then we gonna have to deal with situations like we dealt with this past weekend," said Augie Tubla, Honolulu city Councilmember. The council actually passed a fireworks bill last year that would've brought back small consumer fireworks. But the mayor vetoed it. And the council couldn't get enough votes to override the veto. Cordero said she has spoken to other councilmembers about fireworks, and talked about possibly collaborating on some ideas. Councilmembers did not get into specifics. But when it came to the fireworks issue, they all said it's gonna take a team effort. City, state, even the public to come up with a good solution. "If we pull together that way, and I care deeply about all these councilmembers and they convey the same message, we're gonna be good," said Gov. Josh Green. Get Hawaii's latest morning news delivered to your inbox, sign up for News 2 You The council's first meeting is January 29.