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agreement, or assent of the corporation counsel or any member of the executive branch of the County of Hawaii. [(-)](b)The council shall elect from among its members a chairperson and a vice chairperson, each of whom shall serve at its pleasure. Until such time as the chairperson and presiding officer shall be elected, the mayor shall preside at such meeting, provided that the mayor shall not have a vote. The chairperson shall preside at council meetings. If at any meeting the chairperson is not present or unable to act, the vice chairperson shall then preside. In the absence of the chairperson and vice chairperson, the council shall elect from among its members a temporary presiding officer. [(b)](c) The council shall appoint the county clerk which position shall be exempt from civil service laws and classifications. The county clerk shall: (1) Be the clerk of the council. (2) Be custodian of the county seal. (3) Conduct all elections held within the county. (4) Appoint the deputy county clerk, with the approval of the council, and such position shall be exempt from civil service laws and classifications. (5) Perform such other functions as the council may prescribe. (6) Appoint necessary staff for which appropriations have been made by the council, subject to civil service laws and classifications, and exercise the same power with respect to the personnel of the clerk's office as the department heads in the executive branch, with the exception of the office of the legislative auditor. By a simple, affirmative majority vote, the council may hire its own council staff attorneys without express limitation. Furthermore: (1,) Council staff attorneys shall be appointed positions and report to the county clerk. Council staff attorneys may advise the council independently of the corporation counsel. QJ Council staff attorneys may represent the council in litigation where the dispute is with the executive branch and where the corporation counsel may represent the mayor or any officer or employee of the executive branch. In the event that council staff attorneys are authorized to represent the council in litigation, those staff attorneys shall be deemed to have the status of "special counsel" for the purpose of that litigation. fel By a simple, affirmative majority vote, the council may authorize the employ of special counsel without express limitation. Furthermore: Such special counsel may advise the council independent) off the corporation counsel. Such special counsel may represent the council in litigation where the dispute is with the executive branch and where the corporation counsel may represent the mayor or any officer or employee of the executive branch. Any such authorization shall specify the compensation, if any, t�paid to such special counsel, and the council shall make an appropriation therefor. ( Compensation, if any, to special counsel employed by the council under this section shall be paid from the budget of: 2