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Home My WebLink AboutORD 2024-025 2022-2024 • COUNTY OF HAWAII � '= %��•' STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 109 ORDINANCE NO. 24 25 (DRAFT 4) 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. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Article XIII, section 13-8, of the Hawai`i County Charter (2022 Edition).is amended to read as follows: "Section 13-8. Term of Office and Appointment of Department Heads. [The term of office of department heads,deputies and assistants shall be co terminous with that of the appointing authority; provided, that where a successor has not been appointed, a department head, deputy or assistant, as the case may be, shall continue in office pending such appointment. The council shall confirm or deny confirmation within sixty days of the appointment of any department h ad. If the council does not act within sixty days, the department head shall be deemed to be confirmed. The department head shall take office upon appointment but shall not continue in office if the council denies confirmation.] (a) The term of office of department heads shall be coterminous with that of the mayor; provided, that where a successor has not been appointed, sitting department heads may continue in office pending such 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 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. (c) Department heads shall take office upon appointment but shall not continue in office if the council denies confirmation." 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 Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.New charter material is underscored.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 Hawai`i, 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 THIS WILL VERIFY THAT TWO-THIRDS OF THE HAWAI'I COUNTY COUNCIL VOTED TO OVERRIDE THE MAYOR'S VETO ON BILU 169 DRAFT 4 ''' ` COUNCIL CHAIR 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 Hawai`i County for approval in the 2024 general election. 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 MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I INTRODUCED BY: Ad, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I Hilo , Hawai`i Date of Introduction: January 10, 2024 Date of 1st Reading: January 10, 2024 Date of 2nd Reading: January 24, 2024 Date of 3rd Reading: March 6, 2024 Effective Date: November 5, 2024, if approved by the voters 627.23 REFERENCE Comm. 2 • • OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK County of Hawai`i Hilo, Hawai`i educed By: ROLL CALL VOTE Date Intro.. -•• AYES ► 0'= ABS EX First Reading: Evans Published: Galim. naba RE1llARIcs._ Kagiwada •eali`i-Kleinfelder Kierkiewi Kimball Lee Loy Villegas Override Vote: April 3 , 2024 To Mayor: N/A (Draft 4) Returned: March 2 2, 2024 ROLL CALL VOTE Effective: November 5, 2024 if approved by AYES NOES ABS EX voters Published: May 17,, 2024 Evans X Galimba X REMARKS: Inaba X Reconsidered and approved on April 3,2024. Kagiwada X Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder X Kierkiewicz X Kimball X Lee Loy X Villegas X 8 0 1 0 I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as indicated above. cve COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON Approved/Disapproved this day of , 20 COUNTY CLERK 109 (Draft 4) Bill No.: MAYOR, COUNTY OFHAWAII C-627 . 23/GOEAC-97 Reference: Ord No.: 24 25 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK tai y r } Aria, County of Hawai`i Hilo, Hawai`i 1-12 r F M 3: 0 3 -. oduced By: ROLL CALL VOTE Date Intr. -. -.: AYES • ABS EX First Reading: Evans Published: Galimb. naba REMARKS'. Kagiwada l eali`i-Kleinfelder Kierkiew Kimball Lee Loy Villegas Third Reading: March 6, 2024 To Mayor: March 12, 2024 (Draft 4) Returned: March 22, 2024 ROLL CALL VOTE Effective: AYES NOES ABS EX Published: N/A Evans X REMARKS: POSTPONED: February 7, 2024 Galimba X AMENDED and HELD OVER: February 21, 2024 Inaba • X Kagiwada X March 6, 2024 : Third of three required Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder X readings pursuant to section 15-1; Kierkiewicz X Hawai 'i County Charter Kimball X ,Mayor veto on March 20, 2024 Lee Loy X Villegas X 8 0 1 0 I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as indicated above. cc* O UNCIL CHAIRPERSON a--v -%12 Approved/ sappro ed this day of G1r'G , 20 Z V . COUNTY CLERK Bill No.: 109 (Draft 4) MAYOR, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I C-627 .23/GOEAC-97 Reference: Ord No.: OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK County of Hawai`i Hilo, Hawai`i (Draft 2) Introduced By: Dr. Holeka Goro Inaba and ROLL CALL VOTE Rebecca Villegas AYES NOES ABS EX Date Introduced: January 10, 2024 Evans X First Reading: January 10, 2024 Galimba X Published: January 19, 2024 Inaba X Kagiwada X REMARKS: - Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder X Kierkiewicz X Kimball X Lee Loy X Villegas X 8 0 1 0 Second Reading: January 2 4, 2024 (Draft 3) To Mayor: ROLL CALL VOTE Returned: AYES NOES ABS EX Effective: Published: Evans X Galimba X REMARKS: Inaba X Kagiwada X Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder X Kierkiewicz X Kimball X Lee Loy X Villegas X 6 2 1 0 I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as indicated above. COUNCIL CHAIRPERSON Approved/Disapproved this day of , 20 COUNTY CLERK 109 (Draft 4) Bill No.: MAYOR, COUNTY OFHAWAI`I C-627 .23/GOEAC-97 Reference: Ord No.: