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BRENDA J. FORD Council Member District 7 - Central Kona DATE: May 1, 2012 Phone: (808) 323 -4277 Fax: (808) 329- 4786 E -Mail: bford @co.hawaii.hi.us HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii West Hawaii Civic Center 74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy. Kailua -Kona, Hawaii 96740 TO: Dominic Yagong, Chairperson, and Members of the Hawai`i County Council FROM: tBrenda J. Ford, Council Member N.) •o Ca SUBJECT: An Ordinance To Initiate An Amendment To The Hawai`i County Charter (2010) By Repealing Article VI, Chapter 5, And Adding A New Article To Provide That The Corporation Counsel Shall Be An Elected Official Of The County. Please find attached proposed amendments to Bill No. 211. The proposed amendments are illustrated below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 211(material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken; material to be added is underscored). 1. Section 1, as provided in Bill No. 211, is amended to read as follows: SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to initiate an amendment to the Hawai`i County Charter that will provide that the Corporation Counsel shall be an elected official of the County rather than an official appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the County Council. The Corporation Counsel would continue to serve as the chief legal advisor and legal representative of all county agencies, the council and all officers and employees in matters related to their official powers and duties. This ordinance repeals in its entirety the existing provisions for the Office of the Corporation Counsel as found in Article VI of the Charter (Executive Branch — The Managing Director and Agencies Under the Managing Director), whereas the Office of the Corporation Counsel would no longer be a part of the Executive Branch of the County. This ordinance establishes a new article dedicated to the Office of the Corporation Counsel, where the head of that agency is an elected official of the County. This ordinance includes transitional provisions whereby the first election for the Office of the Corporation Counsel will occur in 2014. Whoever shall be selected by the electorate to serve as the Corporation Counsel for the County of Hawai`i in 2014 would replace the Corporation Counsel as appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the County Council, and will serve a [two] Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island Hawaii County Is An Equal Opportunity Provider And Employer Comm. No. to Z 7 2 Ref. To: Pi e°!s Avail l Ref. Date MAY 2 2012;,0e1