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Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba <br />Council Member, District 8, N. Kona <br />Office: (808)323-4280 <br />Email: holeka.inabcr a hawaiicozinty.gov <br />DATE <br />TO <br />FROM <br />.Rebecca Villegas <br />Council A9ember, District 7, Central Kona <br />Office: (808)323-4267 <br />Email: Rebecca.villegas(uhawaiicounty.gov <br />HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL <br />County ofHawai `i <br />West Hawai `i Civic Center, Bldg. A t- <br />74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy. <br />Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740 <br />February 7, 2024,„ <br />Heather L. Kimball, Council Chair <br />and Members of the Hawaii County Council <br />Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Member <br />Rebecca Villegas, Council Member <br />SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Bill No. 109, Draft 3; an Ordinance to Initiate an <br />Amendment to Article XIII, Section 13-8 of the Hawaii County Charter (2022 <br />Edition), Relating to Term of Office of Department Heads. <br />Transmitted herewith is a proposed amendment to Bill No. 109, Draft 3. The proposed <br />amendment is shown below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 109, <br />Draft 3; material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken; material to be inserted is underscored. A <br />copy of the new draft of this bill that would result if this proposed amendment were adopted is <br />intentionally omitted due to the limited scope of the amendment. <br />SECTION 1 of Bill No. 109, Draft 3, which amends article XIII, section 13-8 of the Hawaii <br />County Charter (2022 Edition), is amended to read as follows: <br />"Section 13-8. Term of Office and Appointment of Department Heads. <br />(a) The term of office of department heads shall be coterminous with that of the <br />appointing authority; provided, that where a Successor has not been [eonfir-med by he <br />eetinei-1,] appointed, sitting department heads may [hod effiee until10 <br />eenfi-rmed..] continue in office pendingsuch uch appointment. <br />(b) The mayor shall appoint department heads within thirty days of taking office or <br />within sixty days after the occurrence of any vacancy. The council shall act to <br />confirm or reject any appointment of a department head by the mayor within forty- <br />five days after receiving notice of the appointment from the mayor. If the council <br />does not confirm or reject any such appointment within forty-five days, the appointee <br />shall be deemed to have been confirmed. <br />(c) [An appointee shall take office upon eanfifmation by the eouneil, with the eNeeption <br />of the managing dif!eetof who shall take offlee tf-pon appeifitffieiit by the .] <br />IQ <br />Comm. L I b <br />Ref. To: _ <br />Hawai `i County Is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer Ref. Date <br />