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A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY CLERK TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE NO. 22-82, RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP FOR THE BOARD OF ETHICS, ON THE
2022 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.
WHEREAS, article XV, Hawai‘i 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, Hawai‘i 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 Hawai‘i 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), Hawai‘i 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 Hawai‘i 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. 22-82, which proposes an amendment to the Hawai‘i County Charter relating to membership for the Board of Ethics, was adopted after three readings on the following
dates by the following votes:
Reading Date Vote
First Reading June 1, 2022 6 ayes, 2 noes, 1 absent
Second Reading June 15, 2022 6 ayes, 1 no, 2 absent
Third Reading July 6, 2022 7 ayes, 2 absent
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 22-82 was approved by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth on July 21, 2022, and published on August 5, 2022; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I 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. 22-82 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. 22-82 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 _________, Hawai‘i, this __________ day of , 20 .
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hilo, Hawai‘i
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
CHUNG
DAVID
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________.
INABA
KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
KIERKIEWICZ
KIMBALL
ATTEST:
LEE LOY
RICHARDS
VILLEGAS
Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO.