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' COUNTY OF HAWAII -•.�?" %=•`- STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 145 13 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII BY AMENDING RULE NO. 27, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND ALLOWANCES; RELATING TO THE DISTRICT CONTINGENCY RELIEF ACCOUNT. WHEREAS, the Rules of Procedure and Organization of the Council of the County of Hawai`i ("the Rules") govern the affairs of the Council of the County of Hawai`i ("Council"); and WHEREAS, Rule No. 27 states in part that "Each Council Member shall have direct responsibility over the District Contingency Relief account."; and WHEREAS, the Council seeks to clarify what constitutes a"County related project" and provide equity to the awarding of Contingency Relief funds; and WHEREAS, the council wishes to amend its rules by amending Rule No. 27 relating to Contingency Relief appropriations to specify that 1) monies appropriated are to provide for a County related project that has a clear public purpose and which provides direct benefits to the community and 2) that organizations receiving benefit from Chapter 2, Article 25, Section 2- 139(a)(1) of the Hawai`i County Code (Council administered grants-in-aid) be prohibited from also receiving District Contingency Relief funds during the same fiscal year; and WHEREAS, language of Rule No. 27 to be deleted is bracketed and stricken and language to be added is underscored, as indicated in the attached Exhibit A; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that Rule No. 27 of the Rules of Procedure and Organization of the Council of the County of Hawai is hereby amended as indicated in the attached Exhibit A.