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Hawaii County Council December 21, 1994 ORDINANCE: A Bill for an Ordinance numbered 5, initiates a BILL 5 Charter amendment to Section 3-2, Article III, of the (WAIVED/FC) Hawaii County Charter relating to Composition and (C-36) Terms of the Hawaii County Council--introduced by Mr. Rath. CHR. OSORIO: Mr. Rath. Mr. Rath moved for the passage of Bill 5 on first reading. Seconded by Mr. De Lima. CHR. OSORIO: Any discussion? Mrs. Bonk-Abramson, followed by Mr. Arakaki. MRS. BONK-ABRAMSON: I have a question for the maker of this bill. I know we discussed this in our previous format of the Council make up, and was the wording the same? The terms of the Council shall not exceed four consecutive two-year terms? Does that mean that you can have consecutive terms of eight years and then take a break, come back for another eight years or so if you get elected? MR. RATH: Right. And that's--- MRS. BONK-ABRAMSON: So you just can't do more than a consecutive amount of terms? MR. RATH: Yeah, you gotta take a break. MRS. BONK-ABRAMSON: Okay, thank you. CHR. OSORIO: Okay, Mr. Arakaki. MR. ARAKAKI: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I'll be voting for this bill today although I don't agree with all the items in the bill. I've voted against something like this in the previous Council but I do believe that the people do want term limits, therefore I'll be voting for it. What I don't agree on is the two-year terms. I really feel that we should have two four-year terms and no more than eight years of service, but I don't think I have the votes today to pass something like that. So I'll vote for it and let the voters decide that's the way they want to do it. 148