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~YY Oi M,~ 4~ L~ ~J~ COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII • tr~ b4~w~'~ RESOLUTION NO.:3~s~ Gib RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE NO. 06-84 ON THE 2006 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. WHEREAS, article XV, Hawai`i County Charter, governs Charter amendments and revisions; and WHEREAS, the requirements for amending the Charter by ordinance are set out in sections 15-1 and 15-2, Hawaii County Charter; and WHEREAS, section 15-1 requires that an ordinance proposing a Charter amendment be adopted after three readings on separate days and passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire membership of the Hawaii County Council; and WHEREAS, section 15-2 requires that upon adoption of such an ordinance, the Council shall by resolution provide that the proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the County for approval at the next general election and that the resolution shall provide for the publication of the full text of the proposed amendments in at least two daily newspapers of general circulation in the County at least forty-five days prior to submission to the electors of the County; and WHEREAS, section 11-119(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that questions and issues which are to be placed on the general election ballot be submitted to the Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii not later than 4:30 p.m. on the sixtieth calendar day prior to the election; and WHF,REAS, the next general election will be held on November 7, 2006; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 06-84, which proposes an amendment to the Hawaii County Charter relating to Impeachment of Elected Officials, was adopted after three readings on the following dates by the following votes: Reading Date Vote First Reading May 2, 2006 9 ayes Second Reading May 17, 2006 8 ayes, 1 absent and excused Third Reading June 5, 2006 9 ayes WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 06-84 was approved by Mayor Harry Kim on June 16, 2006, and published on June 23, 2006; and