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Ashley L. KierkiewicZ T 1°`
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District 4 Puna :* ashley.kierkiewicz@hawaiicounty.gov
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AWAI` COUNTY COUNCIL
Hawaii County Building
25 Aupuni Street • Hilo,Hawaii 96720
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TO: Maile Medeiros David, Council Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
FROM: Ashley L. Kierkiewicz, Council Member
DATE: June 14, 2022
SUBJECT: Amendment to Bill No. 175; An Ordinance to Initiate an Amendment to Article V
of the Hawai'i County Charter(2020 Edition), Relating to Establishing a Youth
Commission Within the Executive Branch.
Please see proposed amendments to Bill No. 175 below. The proposed amendments are
illustrated in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 175; material to be deleted
is bracketed and stricken, and new material is underscored.
SECTION 2 of Bill No. 175 is amended by amending the proposed new section titled
"Membership, Appointment and Term of Commission"to read as follows:
"Section 5- . Membership,Appointment and Term of Commission
(a) The youth commission shall consist of no less than nine and no more than fifteen
members between the ages of fourteen to twenty-four years at the time of appointment
and serve for staggered terms of two years. Commission members who have attained the
age of majority at the time of appointment shall be duly registered voters of the county.
Each council member shall appoint a member who resides in the district that council
member represents and the mayor may appoint up to six members who are residents of
the county. The residence address of a parent or legal guardian may be considered when
determining membership eli ibg ility. [All membefs shall be eNfiffied by t
eeuneil.] The initial appointments shall commence no later than ninety days after the
effective date of this section and shall be as follows:
(1) One year term: maximum eight members with up to three appointed by the mayor
and one each appointed by the council members representing districts 1, 3, 5, 7,
and 9.
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Ref. To:
Ref. Date—JUN 1 5 2022
(2) Two year term: maximum seven members with up to three appointed by the
mayor and one each appointed by the council members representing districts 2, 4,
6, and 8.
Each succeeding appointment shall be for a term ending two years from the date of
expiration of each term for which the predecessor had been appointed.
(b) The commission shall select three adult residents of the county to serve as its advisors.
O The council chair may assign one member of the council to serve as an ex-officio
member on the commission."
Commission members shall not be subject to Section 13-4.
f e� Commission members under thea age of eighteen shall not be subject to Section 14-3 and
are exempt from filing financial disclosures, unless otherwise provided by ordinance or
commission bylaws.
Due to the limited scope of these amendments, a draft copy of the bill that would result if this
proposed amendment is adopted is not attached.
Mahalo.
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