HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 072 Draft 02 2024-2026 Hawaii County Council-24 October 8,2025
AMENDED TO DRAFT 4 (see Communication Nos. 203.22 and 203.23) AND
PASSED 2ND AND FINAL READING:
Ayes: Council Members Galimba, Hustace, Kagiwada,
Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder, Kierkiewicz, Kimball,
Onishi, Villegas, and Chair Inaba—9.
Noes: None.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
; and
Comm. 203.21: From Council Member James E. Hustace, dated September 24, 2025, transmitting
proposed amendments to Bill 38, Draft 3.
Bill 72: INITIATES AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 10,
(Draft 2) SECTION 6-10.3, OF THE CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
(2024 EDITION), RELATING TO THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT
Requires the Director of Environmental Management to have administrative
experience in engineering, solid waste management, wastewater treatment,
environmental policy and regulatory compliance, public administration, business,
administration, or a related field; removes the requirement that the director needs to
have an engineering degree or another degree in a related field.
Reference: Comm. 400.2
Intr. by: Council Member Kierkiewicz
First Reading: September 3, 2025
Postponed: September 17, 2025
2/3 Vote: Second of three required readings,
Section 15-1(a), Hawaii County Charter
(Note: There is a motion by Council Member Kierkiewicz, seconded by Council
Member Galimba, to pass Bill 72, Draft 2, on second reading.)
FAILED:
Ayes: Council Members Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder,
Kierkiewicz, Onishi, Villegas, and Chair Inaba—5.
Noes: Council Members Galimba, Hustace, Kagiwada,
and Kimball —4.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
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BILL NO. 72
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ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 10,
SECTION 6-10.3, OF THE CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I (2024
EDITION), RELATING TO THE DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I:
SECTION 1. Article VI, chapter 10, section 6-10.3, of the Charter of the County of
Hawaii (2024 Edition) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 6-10.3. Director.
The director of environmental management shall be appointed by the
mayor, confirmed by the council, and may be removed by the mayor. The
director shall have had a minimum of five years of [a dffih istr-afivo] experience in
a r-ela4ed field and an engineer-ing degree or- a degree ia a related field.]
Lengineering, solid waste management, wastewater treatment, environmental
policyand regulatory compliance, public administration, business administration,
or a related field, at least two vears of which shall have been in a responsible
administrative capacity."
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 Hawaii, the revisor 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
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 the County of Hawaii
for approval in the 2026 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 2026 general election, as duly
certified.
, Hawai`i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Date of 3rd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 400.2
INTROD CED BY:
CO MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
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