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COUNTY OF HAWAII �•� �.'; STATE OF HAWAII <br /> rE ocx� - <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 564 24 <br /> A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY CLERK TO TAKE NECESSARY <br /> ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE <br /> NO. 24-25, RELATING TO TERM OF OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT HEADS, ON THE <br /> 2024 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. <br /> WHEREAS, article XV, Hawai`i County Charter, governs Charter amendments and <br /> revisions; and <br /> WHEREAS, the requirements for amending the Charter by ordinance are set out in <br /> section 15-1 and section 15-2, Hawai`i County Charter; and <br /> WHEREAS, section 15-1 requires that an ordinance proposing a Charter amendment be <br /> adopted after three readings on separate days and passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of <br /> the entire membership of the Hawai`i County Council; and <br /> WHEREAS, section 15-2 requires that upon adoption of such an ordinance, the Council <br /> shall by resolution provide that the proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the <br /> County for approval at the next general election and that the resolution shall provide for the <br /> publication of the full text of the proposed amendment in a daily newspaper of general <br /> circulation in the County at least forty-five days (Saturday, September 21, 2024)prior to <br /> submission to the electors of the County, as well as via an electronic medium, such as the <br /> interne; and <br /> WHEREAS, section 11-119(b), Hawai`i Revised Statutes, requires that questions and <br /> issues which are to be placed on the general election ballot be submitted to the Chief Election <br /> Officer of the State of Hawai`i no later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventy-fifth calendar day <br /> (Thursday, August 22, 2024) prior to the general election; and <br /> WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-25, which proposes an amendment to the Hawai`i <br /> County Charter relating to the term of office of department heads, was adopted after three <br /> readings and a veto override on the following dates by the following votes: <br /> Reading Date Vote <br /> First Reading January 10, 2024 8 ayes, 1 absent <br /> Second Reading January 24, 2024 6 ayes, 2 noes, 1 absent <br /> Third Reading March 6, 2024 8 ayes, 1 absent <br /> Veto Override April 3, 2024 8 ayes, 1 absent ; and <br /> WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-25 was approved by the Council on April 3, 2024, and <br /> published on April 19, 2024; now,therefore, <br />