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oJMtr.oc H,�' <br />COUNTY OF HAWAI`I STATE OF HAWAII <br />Ore. OF •N'•j� <br />RESOLUTION NO. 7"1 2 <br />A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY CLERK TO TAKE NECESSARY <br />ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE <br />NO. 24-54, RELATING TO THE COST OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION, ON THE <br />2024 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. <br />WHEREAS, article XV, Hawai`i County Charter, governs Charter amendments and <br />revisions; and <br />WHEREAS, the requirements for amending the Charter by ordinance are set out in <br />section 15-1 and section 15-2, Hawaii County Charter; and <br />WHEREAS, section 15-1 requires that an ordinance proposing a Charter amendment be <br />adopted after three readings on separate days and passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of <br />the entire membership of the Hawaii County Council; and <br />WHEREAS, section 15-2 requires that upon adoption of such an ordinance, the Council <br />shall by resolution provide that the proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the <br />County for approval at the next general election and that the resolution shall provide for the <br />publication of the full text of the proposed amendment in a daily newspaper of general <br />circulation in the County at least forty-five days (Saturday, September 21, 2024) prior to <br />submission to the electors of the County, as well as via an electronic medium, such as the <br />internet; and <br />WHEREAS, section 11-119(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that questions and <br />issues which are to be placed on the general election ballot be submitted to the Chief Election <br />Officer of the State of Hawaii no later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventy-fifth calendar day <br />(Thursday, August 22, 2024) prior to the general election; and <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-54, which proposes an amendment to the Hawaii <br />County Charter relating to the Cost of Government Commission, was adopted after three <br />readings on the following dates by the following votes: <br />Reading <br />Date <br />Vote <br />First Reading <br />June 5, 2024 <br />8 a es, 1 absent <br />Second Reading <br />June 19, 2024 <br />8 a es, 1 absent <br />Third Reading <br />July 10, 2024 <br />7 ayes, 2 absent <br />• <br />WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-54 was approved by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth on July 19, <br />2024, and published on August 9, 2024; now, therefore, <br />