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-4 OF Jat ZI A x V —0 "1 0 Me ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 13-8 OF THE HAWAVI COUNTY CHARTER (2022 EDITION), RELATING TO TERM OF OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT HEADS. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI'I: SECTION 1. Article XIII, section 13-8, of the Hawaii County Charter (2022 Edition) is amended to read as follows: "Section 13-8. Term of Office and Appointment of Department Heads. OhLat Of the appointing authefity; pfovided, that whefe a sueeessof has not been appointed, department head, deputy of assistant, as the ease may be, shall eopAintie in office pendin itment. The eouneil shall eonfiffri of deny eenfiffnation within Sixty days of th appe+Rtment of an), department head. if the eouneil does not act within six�y days, the department head—,h all be deemed to be eonfifffied. The department head shall take of..fi -1-1 up--i-I . itment but shall not eontinee in offiee if the eouneil denies confirmation.] (a) The term of office of department heads shall be coterminous with that of the appointing authority; provided, that where a successor has not been confirmed by the council, sitting department heads may hold office until a successor is confirmed. (b) The mayor shall appoint department heads within thirty days of taking office or within sixty days after the occurrence of any vacancy. The council shall act to confirm or reject any appointment of a department head by the mayor within sixty days after receiving notice of the appointment from the mayor. If the council does not confirm or reject any such appointment within sixty days , the appointee shall be deemed to have been confirmed. (c) An appointee shall take office upon confirmation by the council." SECTION 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawaii, the reviser need not include the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring. SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.