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RESOLUTION NO. 7"1 2
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COUNTY CLERK TO TAKE NECESSARY
ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE
NO. 24-54, RELATING TO THE COST OF GOVERNMENT COMMISSION, 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, Hawaii 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 Hawaii 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), Hawaii 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 Hawaii 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. 24-54, which proposes an amendment to the Hawaii
County Charter relating to the Cost of Government Commission, was adopted after three
readings on the following dates by the following votes:
Reading
Date
Vote
First Reading
June 5, 2024
8 a es, 1 absent
Second Reading
June 19, 2024
8 a es, 1 absent
Third Reading
July 10, 2024
7 ayes, 2 absent
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 24-54 was approved by Mayor Mitchell D. Roth on July 19,
2024, and published on August 9, 2024; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII 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. 24-54 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. 24-54 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 Hilo , Hawai`i, this 7th day of August , 2024 .
INTRODUCED BY:
OUNCIL MEMBE , COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i EVANS X
GALIMBA X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by INABA X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KAGIWADA X
County of Hawaii on August 7, 2024
KANEALI`I-KLEINFELDER X
KIERKIEW ICZ X
ATTEST: KIMBALL X
LEE LOY X
VILLEGAS X
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Reference: C-966/Council
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