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A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY CLERK TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE NO. 24-25, RELATING TO TERM OF OFFICE OF DEPARTMENT HEADS, ON THE
2024 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT.
WHEREAS, article XV, Hawai‘i County Charter, governs Charter amendments and revisions; and
WHEREAS, the requirements for amending the Charter by ordinance are set out in section 15-1 and section 15-2, Hawai‘i County Charter; and
WHEREAS, section 15-1 requires that an ordinance proposing a Charter amendment be adopted after three readings on separate days and passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the
entire membership of the Hawai‘i County Council; and
WHEREAS, section 15-2 requires that upon adoption of such an ordinance, the Council shall by resolution provide that the proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the County
for approval at the next general election and that the resolution shall provide for the publication of the full text of the proposed amendment in a daily newspaper of general circulation
in the County at least forty-five days (Saturday, September 21, 2024) prior to submission to the electors of the County, as well as via an electronic medium, such as the internet; and
WHEREAS, section 11-119(b), Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, requires that questions and issues which are to be placed on the general election ballot be submitted to the Chief Election Officer
of the State of Hawai‘i no later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventy-fifth calendar day (Thursday, August 22, 2024) prior to the general election; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-25, which proposes an amendment to the Hawai‘i County Charter relating to the term of office of department heads, was adopted after three readings and a veto
override on the following dates by the following votes:
Reading
Date
Vote
First Reading
January 10, 2024
8 ayes, 1 absent
Second Reading
January 24, 2024
6 ayes, 2 noes, 1 absent
Third Reading
March 6, 2024
8 ayes, 1 absent
Veto Override
April 3, 2024
8 ayes, 1 absent
; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-25 was approved by the Council on April 3, 2024, and published on April 19, 2024; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I that it hereby directs the County Clerk to take all necessary steps provided for in all applicable provisions of the Hawai‘i County
Charter and Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, within the prescribed time limits, for placing the Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance No. 24-25 on the 2024 General Election ballot for approval
by the voters of the County on November 5, 2024.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that those actions include but not be limited to submission of the ballot question to Scott T. Nago, Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawai‘i, prior to 4:30
p.m., Thursday, August 22, 2024, pursuant to section 11-119(b), Hawai‘i Revised Statutes, and publication of the full text of the Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance No. 24-25 in
the Hawai‘i Tribune Herald and the West Hawai‘i Today, two newspapers of general circulation in the County, prior to Saturday, September 21, 2024, the forty-fifth day prior to the 2024
General Election, pursuant to section 15-2, Hawai‘i County Charter.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution be sent to Chief Election Officer Scott T. Nago, State of Hawai‘i, and County Clerk Jon Henricks, County of Hawai‘i.
Dated at _____________, Hawai‘i, this ______ day of ___________________, 20___.
INTRODUCED BY:
_______________________________________
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI‘I
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawai‘i
Hilo, Hawai‘i
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES
NOES
ABS
EX
EVANS
GALIMBA
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawai‘i on _____________________________________.
INABA
KAGIWADA
KĀNEALI‘I-KLEINFELDER
KIERKIEWICZ
ATTEST:
KIMBALL
LEE LOY
VILLEGAS
Reference:
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO.