HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0627.018 2022-2024Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba
Council Member, District 8, N. Kona
Office: (808)323-4280
Email: holeka.inabcr a hawaiicozinty.gov
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.Rebecca Villegas
Council A9ember, District 7, Central Kona
Office: (808)323-4267
Email: Rebecca.villegas(uhawaiicounty.gov
HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL
County ofHawai `i
West Hawai `i Civic Center, Bldg. A t-
74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy.
Kailua-Kona, Hawai'i 96740
February 7, 2024,„
Heather L. Kimball, Council Chair
and Members of the Hawaii County Council
Holeka Goro Inaba, Council Member
Rebecca Villegas, Council Member
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to Bill No. 109, Draft 3; an Ordinance to Initiate an
Amendment to Article XIII, Section 13-8 of the Hawaii County Charter (2022
Edition), Relating to Term of Office of Department Heads.
Transmitted herewith is a proposed amendment to Bill No. 109, Draft 3. The proposed
amendment is shown below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of Bill No. 109,
Draft 3; material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken; material to be inserted is underscored. A
copy of the new draft of this bill that would result if this proposed amendment were adopted is
intentionally omitted due to the limited scope of the amendment.
SECTION 1 of Bill No. 109, Draft 3, which amends article XIII, section 13-8 of the Hawaii
County Charter (2022 Edition), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 13-8. Term of Office and Appointment of Department Heads.
(a) The term of office of department heads shall be coterminous with that of the
appointing authority; provided, that where a Successor has not been [eonfir-med by he
eetinei-1,] appointed, sitting department heads may [hod effiee until10
eenfi-rmed..] continue in office pendingsuch uch appointment.
(b) The mayor shall appoint department heads within thirty days of taking office or
within sixty days after the occurrence of any vacancy. The council shall act to
confirm or reject any appointment of a department head by the mayor within forty-
five days after receiving notice of the appointment from the mayor. If the council
does not confirm or reject any such appointment within forty-five days, the appointee
shall be deemed to have been confirmed.
(c) [An appointee shall take office upon eanfifmation by the eouneil, with the eNeeption
of the managing dif!eetof who shall take offlee tf-pon appeifitffieiit by the .]
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Department heads shall take office upon appointment but shall not continue in office
if the council denies confirmation."
Thank you.
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