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YY Or M4~ <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII <br /> A or wr <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 4t§9 <br /> <br /> RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO TAKE <br /> <br /> NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 06-95 ON THE 2006 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 aze set out in <br /> sections 15-1 and 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 amendments in at least two daily newspapers of <br /> general circulation in the County at least forty-five days prior to submission to the electors of the <br /> County; 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 not later than 4:30 p.m. on the sixtieth calendar day prior to the <br /> election; and <br /> WHEREAS, the next general election will be held on November 7, 2006; and <br /> WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 06-95, which proposes an amendment to the Hawaii <br /> County Charter relating to the Fire Department, was adopted after three readings on the <br /> following dates by the following votes: <br /> Reading Date Vote <br /> First Reading May 17, 2006 8 ayes, 1 absent and excused <br /> Second Reading June 5, 2006 9 ayes <br /> Third Reading June 21, 2006 9 ayes <br /> WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 06-95 was approved by Mayor Harry Kim on June 30, 2006, <br /> and published on July 11, 2006; and <br /> <br />