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J+jV Os M,� <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII =+ STATE OF HAWAII <br /> TE Of N►� <br /> BILL NO. 253 <br /> ORDINANCE NO. <br /> AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III, SECTION 3-6 <br /> OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER(2012 EDITION), RELATING TO THE TERM <br /> OF APPOINTMENT FOR THE COUNTY CLERK. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Article III, section 3-6 of the Hawaii County Charter (2012 Edition), is <br /> amended to read as follows: <br /> "Section 3-6. Organization of the Council; Officers; Employees. <br /> (a) The council shall elect from among its members a chairperson and a vice <br /> chairperson, each of whom shall serve at its pleasure. Until such time as the <br /> chairperson and presiding officer shall be elected, the mayor shall preside at such <br /> meeting, provided that the mayor shall not have a vote. The chairperson shall <br /> preside at council meetings. If at any meeting the chairperson is not present or <br /> unable to act, the vice chairperson shall then preside. In the absence of the <br /> chairperson and vice chairperson, the council shall elect from among its members <br /> a temporary presiding officer. <br /> (b) The council shall appoint the county clerk which position shall be exempt from <br /> civil service laws and classifications. The county clerk shall serve for a period of <br /> six years and thereafter, until a successor is appointed. The council, by a two- <br /> thirds vote of its membership may remove the county clerk from office at any <br /> time for cause. The county clerk shall: <br /> (1) Be the clerk of the council. <br /> (2) Be custodian of the county seal. <br /> (3) Conduct all elections held within the county. <br /> (4) Appoint the deputy county clerk, with the approval of the council, and <br /> such position shall be exempt from civil service laws and classifications. <br /> (5) Perform such other functions as the council may prescribe. <br /> (6) Appoint necessary staff for which appropriations have been made by the <br /> council, subject to civil service laws and classifications, and exercise the <br /> same power with respect to the personnel of the clerk's office as the <br /> department heads in the executive branch, with the exception of the office <br /> of the legislative auditor." <br /> SECTION 2. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or <br /> printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawaii, the reviser <br /> need not include the underscoring. <br />