HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 245 Draft 01 2020-2022 PCCRRA-1 January 4,2023
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BILLS FOR ORDINANCES
Bill 245: INITIATES AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 10,
(2020-2022) SECTION 6-10.3 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER (2020 EDITION),
RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Replaces the requirement that the Director of Environmental Management have an
engineering degree or a degree in a field related to engineering with the requirement that
the Director have a bachelor's degree in engineering, public administration,
environmental management, environmental policy, environmental economics or a related
discipline, or a degree in law. Adds the requirement that at least two of the five years of
required administrative or managerial experience must be in environmental management
or public works, or a related field.
Reference: Comm. 1104
Intr. by: Mr. Chung
(Note: There is a motion by Mr. Chung, seconded by Ms. David, to recommend
passage of Bill 245 on first reading.)
POSTPONED TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR:
Ayes: Committee Members Evans, Inaba, Kagiwada,
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kimball, Lee Loy, Villegas,
and Chair Galimba—8.
Noes: None.
Absent: Committee Member Kierkiewicz— 1.
Excused: None.
ADJOURNMENT—4:22 p.m.
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ILL NO. 245
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 10,
SECTION 6-10.3 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER(2020 EDITION),
EATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Article VI, chapter 10, section 6-10.3, of the Hawaii County Charter
(2020 Edition) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 6-10.3. Director.
The director of environmental management shall be appointed by the mayor,
confirmed by the council, and may be removed by the mayor. The director shall
have had a minimum of five years of administrative or managerial experience [
related field and an engineefing degree of a degree in a related ],two years of
which shall have been in an environmental management, public works or related
field. The director shall also have a bachelor's degree in engineering, public
administration, environmental management environmental policy, environmental
economics or a related discipline, or a degree in law."
SECTION 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New charter
material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for
inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawaii, the reviser need not include the brackets,
bracketed and stricken material, and underscoring.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance, is held invalid,the invalidity does not affect other provisions or
applications of the ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are severable.
SECTION 4. Upon adoption of this ordinance, the Council,by appropriate resolution,
shall provide that this charter amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawaii County for
approval in the 2024 general election.
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SECTION 5. The charter amendment proposed in this ordinance shall take effect upon
its approval by a majority of voters voting on this legislation in the 2024 general election, as duly
certified.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MltMfk, COUNTY F HAWAII
Hawaii
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Date of 3rd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFEMENCE Comm. 1104
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