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~tr,or <br /> r~ ^ i <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII ~4°• STATE OF HAWAII <br /> .:c <br /> •'••»~O~~M~+' <br /> BILL NO. zsz <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE A CHARTER AMENDMENT TO SECTION 13-4, <br /> ARTICLE XIII OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER RELATING TO COMPOSITION <br /> AND TERMS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAf L <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose. Section 13, Article XIII of the Hawaii County Charter sets forth <br /> the appointment requirements and duration of terms for members of the various boazds and <br /> commissions of the County of Hawaii. Currently, when a member of a board or commission <br /> resigns before the expiration of the member's term, a replacement is found to serve out the <br /> remainder of the previous member's term. In many cases, the replacement is serving a term of <br /> two years or less. Because members cannot currently succeed themselves, in many cases, <br /> willing members of the public would rather wait for a full term, rather than fill such a short term, <br /> thus no replacement is found and the board or commission must operate with the vacancy for the <br /> remainder of the term. This has created considerable hardship for these boards and commissions <br /> to operate with less than a full membership to meet quorum or having a sufficient number of <br /> votes to take action. It creates cancelled meetings or delayed actions because of insufficient <br /> votes. At present, the Charter precludes a replacement from being reappointed to the board or <br /> commission. On an initial appointment, the Charter does allow a member to succeed themselves, <br /> <br /> this amendment would extend this provision and its rationale to all members who serve less than <br /> a two-year term to succeed themselves, recognizing that this situation exists not only for initial <br /> <br /> appointments, but for all terms of less than two yeazs. This Charter amendment would assist the <br /> <br /> County of Hawaii in ensuring that boards and commissions are fully and properly staffed with <br /> <br />