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Phone: (808) 326-5421 BRENDA J FORD Fax: (808)329-4786 Council Member E-Mail: bford@co.hawaii.hi.us District 7 - Central Kona ••,hOiM~~ HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawai `i c7 Kailua Trade Center 0t-5 ZZ 75-5706 Hanama Place, Suite 109 Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 V , DATE: April 7, 2008 3 Ca TO: Pete Hoffinann, Chair cn and Members of the Hawaii County Council FROM: Brenda J. Ford, Council Member i RE: Proposed amendment to Bill 262 (Relating to establishing an independent audit function within the legislative branch through the Office of the Legislative Auditor) Below for your consideration are proposed amendments to Bill 262, a bill for an ordinance to initiate an amendment to article III, legislative branch, County Council, of the Hawaii County Charter (2000), to reorganize the Office of the County Clerk and County Council by establishing an independent audit function within the legislative branch through the Office of the Legislative Auditor. These proposed changes would amend SECTION 3 of the bill by: 1) Removing language that provided that the legislative auditor's salary would be established by the salary commission; 2) Relocating provisions, relating to the council's authority to remove the legislative auditor, to another location within subsection (a); 2) Amending language relating to the appointment of staff and the applicability of civil service laws and classifications to such staff, and 3) Correcting the designation of subsections (f) through (h) to read (e) through (g). As amended, with the proposed changes to SECTION 3 bolded and ramseyered for illustrative purposes, this SECTION would read: "Section 3- . Office of the Legislative Auditor. (a) There is established within the legislative branch an independent office of the legislative auditor to be headed by a legislative auditor who shall be appointed by the county council and shall serve for a period of six years, Comm. /O4 Ref. To: Ref. Dote