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<br />RULE NO. 1 <br />INITIAL CONVENING OF THE COUNCIL <br />1. When the time specified by law arrives for the first convening of the newly elected Council <br />and until such time as the Chairperson and Presiding Officer shall be elected, the Mayor <br />shall preside at such meeting, provided that the Mayor shall not have a vote. (Section 3-6, <br />Hawai‘i County Charter) <br />2. The Mayor shall call the meeting to order and appoint a temporary County Clerk. <br />3. The Mayor, as the temporary Chairperson, shall then request a motion to elect the <br />Chairperson of the Council. <br />4. Immediately after being elected, the Chairperson shall assume the position of the Presiding <br />Officer, and the Council shall then elect the Vice Chairperson of the Council and appoint <br />the County Clerk as provided by Section 3-6, Hawai‘i County Charter. The Council shall <br />then adopt the Council rules of procedure and appoint the Chairpersons and Vice <br />Chairpersons of the Standing Committees by resolution. <br />5. The rules of procedure shall become effective upon adoption and shall remain in effect <br />until amended or revised as provided herein. <br />1-1 <br /> <br />