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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING ADDITION OF AN ITEM TITLED "AMENDING THE
SUNSHINE LAW, PART I OF CHAPTER 92, HAWAII REVISED STATUTES,T
ENHANCE THE CAPACITY OF COUNTY COUNCILS TO DEVELOP EFFECTIVE
PUBLIC POLICY WHILE ASSURING TRANSPARENCY AND CITIZEN
PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT" FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2022
HAWAII STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE.
WHEREAS, the County Council selected Council Member Heather Kimball as their
representative, an officer of the State Association of Counties, who sits on the Executive
Committee of the corporation; and
WHEREAS, the bylaws of the State Association of Counties state:
• The executive committee shall be the primary forum in the corporation for
discussion, consultation, and formulation of policies and proposals on matters
relating to the real property tax and intergovernmental relations and shall be the
primary liaison between the corporation and State government.
• The executive committee shall determine the strategy for the corporation's efforts
before the State Legislature.
• Prior to or during the annual State Legislative Session, the corporation may adopt
and transmit legislative priorities to the Legislature for consideration; and
WHEREAS, greater clarity in the language of Hawaii Revised Statutes "HRS"
Chapter 92 will facilitate compliance with the law and provide Council Members with distinct
boundaries with respect to violations; and
WHEREAS, revisions to HRS Chapter 92 may improve the ability of Council Members
to collaborate and develop high quality legislation; and
WHEREAS, Council Member Kimball has been meeting with representatives from the
Office of Information Practices, Council Members from the other Counties as well as the citizen
groups, Common Cause Hawaii, League of Women Voters of Hawaii and the Civil Beat Law
Center, to craft an amendment to the Sunshine Law that will allow county councils to develop
effective public policy while assuring transparency and citizen participation in local government;
now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
supports the addition of an item titled"amending the Sunshine Law, Part I of Chapter 92,
Hawai`i Revised Statues, to enhance the capacity of County Councils to develop effective public
policy while assuring transparency and citizen participation in local government" for inclusion in
the 2022 Hawai`i State Association of Counites Legislative Package.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the President of the HSAC Executive Committee.
Dated at Kona , Hawai`i, this 20th day of October , 2021 .
INTRODUCED BY:
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•UNCIL MEMB R, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by INABA X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
County of Hawaii on October 20, 2021
KIERKIEWICZ X
KIMBALL X
ATTEST: LEE LOY X
RICHARDS X
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VILLEGAS X
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