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HAWAPI COUNTY COUNCIL
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Hilo, flawai'i 96720
DATE: December 15, 2023
TO: Members of the Hawaii. County Council
FROM: heather L. Kimball, Council Chair
SLJBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Bill No. 108; a Bill for an Ordinance to Amend
Chapter 2, Article 49, Section 2-271; Chapter 37, Article 1, Sections 37-1-2 and
37-1-3; and Chapter 37, Article 2, Section 37-2-21, of the Flawai'i County Code
1983 (2016 Edition, as amended), Relating to Sustainability, Climate, Equity,
and Resilience.
Please see the below proposed amendments to Bill No. 108. The proposed amendments are
illustrated in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 108; material to be deleted
is bracketed and stricken and new material is underscored.
SECTION I of Bill No. 108 is amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1. Chapter 2, article 49, section 2-271, of the Hawaii County Code 1983
(2016 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows:
Section 2-27.1. Sustainability administrator created.
There shall be a sustainability administrator. 'The sustainability administrator shall be
appointed by the mayor, confirmed by the council, and may be removed by the mayor. The
council shall act to confirm or reject any appointment by the mayor within sixty days after
receiving notice of the appointment from the mayor. If the Council does not confirm or reject any
such appointment within sixty days, the appointee shall be deemed to have been confirmed. All
appointee shall take office upon confirmation by the council. At a minimum, the sustainability
administrator shall be able to demonstrate the following through education and/or employment:
(1) Experience leading a major program in sustainability, climate action, environmental
management, environmental or social justice, or a related field;
(2) Technical knowledge of the science of climate change mitigation and adaptation,
sustainability, and natural resource management;
(3) Understanding of Native I lawaiian culture and of the unique envirom-nental and
social justice issues in Hawai'i;
(4) Understanding of the physical and mental health consequences of historical trauma,
cumulative impacts of environmental hazards, and disaster events, as well as trauma
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(5) Skills in .leadership, staff supervision, communication, and organization development;
(6) Experience with project management and interagency collaboration; and
(7) Experience with policy development and securing and managing outside funding.
A bachelor's degree and five years of experience or a master's degree and three years of
experience in the fields of sustainability, climate change, environment, resilience, or related
Fields shall be preferred."
Due to the limited scope of these amendments, a copy of the revised draft of this bill that would
result if these proposed amendments are adopted is not attached.
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