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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 218 12 RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE NO. 11 -85 ON THE 2012 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, Hawai` i 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 Hawai`i 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 a daily newspaper of general circulation in the County at least forty -five days prior to submission to the electors of the County as well as via an electronic medium, such as the interne; and WHEREAS, section 11- 119(b), Hawai`i 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 Hawai`i not later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventy -fifth calendar day prior to the election; and WHEREAS, the next general election will be held on November 6, 2012; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 11 -85, which proposes an amendment to the Hawai`i County Charter relating to records and meetings open to the public, was adopted after three readings on the following dates by the following votes: Reading First Reading Second Reading Third Reading Date August 17, 2011 September 8, 2011 September 21, 2011 Vote 8 ayes, 1 absent and excused 8 ayes, 1 no 7 ayes, 1 no, 1 absent and excused WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 11 -85 was approved by Mayor William P. Kenoi October 13, 2011, and published on October 25, 2011; and on