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<br />Back To: Home Page | Table of Contents | Charter main page | Charter Amendments <br />FINAL <br />LANGUAGE FOR BALLOT <br />1. Should all county officers--mayor, county council, and prosecuting attorney--be elected in <br />nonpartisan elections, with no party identification appearing on the ballot? <br />2. Should the managing director be given additional responsibilities over all county departments and <br />agencies, and be confirmed by the county council? <br />3. Should there be a fire commission to appoint the fire chief and advise the fire department? <br />4. Should the solid waste, wastewater, and recycling programs of the county be transferred from <br />the department of public works to a new department of environmental management, with a new <br />environmental management commission? <br />5. Should members of boards and commissions whose terms expire continue in office for ninety <br />days if successors have not been appointed and confirmed? <br />6. Should the duties and positions of the safety coordinator’s office be transferred to the <br />department of civil service, and the safety coordinator's office then be abolished? <br />7. Should the title of the chief engineer be changed to "director of public works," and should there <br />be stronger qualifications for the following officers: <br />director of research and development <br />director of parks and recreation <br />planning director <br />director of public works <br />managing director <br />manager of department of water supply? <br />8. Should the police department have a statement of policy, and the police commission be required <br />to review the operations of the department and to perform an annual evaluation of the chief of <br />police? <br />9. Should the water commission be renamed the water board, and one board member be a resident <br />of each county council district? <br />10. Should the salary commission set the compensation for all appointed directors and deputy <br />directors of departments and executive agencies? <br />11. Should there be a cost of government commission to promote improvements to the economy <br />and efficiency of government? <br />12. Should the Hawaii Redevelopment Agency be abolished, and its functions transferred to the <br />planning department? <br /> <br />