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RESOLUTION NO. 501 22
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY CLERK TO TAKE NECESSARY
ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE
NO. 22-85, RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR, ON THE 2022
GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.
WHEREAS, article XV, Hawaii County Charter, governs Charter amendments and
revisions; and
WHEREAS, the requirements for amending the Charter by ordinance are set out in
sections 15-1 and 15-2, Hawaii County Charter; and
WHEREAS, section 15-1 requires that an ordinance proposing a Charter amendment be
adopted after three readings on separate days and passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of
the entire membership of the Hawaii County Council; and
WHEREAS, section 15-2 requires that upon adoption of such an ordinance, the Council
shall by resolution provide that the proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the
County for approval at the next general election and that the resolution shall provide for the
publication of the full text of the proposed amendments in a daily newspaper of general
circulation in the County at least forty-five days (Saturday, September 24, 2022)prior to
submission to the electors of the County, as well as via an electronic medium, such as the
internet; and
WHEREAS, section 11-119(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that questions and
issues which are to be placed on the general election ballot be submitted to the Chief Election
Officer of the State of Hawaii not later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventy-fifth calendar day
(Thursday, August 25, 2022)prior to the election; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 22-85, which proposes an amendment to the Hawaii
County Charter relating to the Office of the County Auditor, was adopted after three readings on
the following dates by the following votes:
Reading Date Vote
First Reading June 15, 2022 9 ayes
Second Reading July 6, 2022 7 ayes, 2 absent
Third Reading July 19, 2022 8 ayes, 1 absent
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 22-85 was approved by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth on August 3,
2022, and published on August 26, 2022; now,therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
hereby directs the County Clerk to take all necessary steps provided for in all applicable
provisions of the Hawai`i County Charter and Hawai`i Revised Statutes, within the prescribed
time limits, for placing the Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance No. 22-85 on the 2022
General Election ballot for approval by the voters of the County on November 8, 2022.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that those actions include but not be limited to
submission of the ballot question to Scott T.Nago, Chief Election Officer of the State of
Hawai`i,prior to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, August 25, 2022, pursuant to section 11-119(b), Hawai`i
Revised Statutes, and publication of the full text of the Charter amendment proposed by
Ordinance No. 22-85 in the Hawai`i Tribune Herald and the West Hawai`i Today, two
newspapers of general circulation in the County,prior to Saturday, September 24, 2022, the
forty-fifth day prior to the 2022 General Election, pursuant to section 15-2, Hawai`i County
Charter.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution be sent to Scott T.
Nago, Chief Election Officer, State of Hawai`i; and Jon Henricks, County Clerk, County of
Hawai`i.
Dated at Kona ,Hawai`i, this, 17th day of August , 20 22 .
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COUNCIL ' EMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawaii 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
County of Hawaii on August 17, 2022 KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEWICZ X
KIMBALL X
ATTEST: LEE LOY X
RICHARDS X
VILLEGAS X
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