Comm No 0035.51 - Transmitting Council Initiated Alternative Amendment to CA-18 Draft 2

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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 21.6 19 A RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN ALTERNATIVE AMENDMENT IN PLACE OF CHARTER PROPOSAL CA -18, DRAFT 2; RELATING TO THE PUBLIC ACCESS, OPEN SPACE, AND NATURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION MAINTENANCE FUND. WHEREAS, Hawai`i Revised Statutes, section 50-8, provides: "§50-8 Submission of proposed charter to legislative body of the county. Within one year of its appointment, the charter commission shall submit a report in writing on its activities, findings, and recommendations to the legislative body of the county together with a draft of the proposed charter. The legislative body of the county may in turn propose one or more sections as alternative, or alternatives to any section of the proposed charter; provided that there shall not be more than a single proposition under any alternative proposal. Within thirty days after the receipt of the proposed charter from the commission, the legislative body shall return the proposed charter with the alternatives to the commission for its study."; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Hawai`i Revised Statutes, section 50-8, and in response to the Charter Commission's Report to the Council dated June 26, 2019, the Council hereby proposes as an alternative amendment to Charter Proposal CA -18, Draft 2, that Section 10-16(h)(6) of said proposal be revised as follows: "...[5](6) No officer, board member, or employee of the 501(c)3 nonprofit organization or the organization that operates under the umbrella of a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization shall receive a salary [or payment for labor or receive any reimbursement for the stewardship work on the project.] or any portion of a salary from this fund for performing their general duties or functions as an officer, board member or employee; however, compensation for specific duties such as labor, educational workshops and maintenance work may be paid to an officer, board member or employee if those duties have been specifically identified and officially approved in the detailed business plan submitted as part of the stewardship grant proposal. The 501(c)3 nonprofit shall sign an agreement so stating these conditions and submit it with the application.;" and