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BILLS FOR ORDINANCES (FIRST READING)
Bill 64: INITIATES AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 2,
(Draft 2) SECTION 6-2.2, OF THE CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
(2024 EDITION), RELATING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
Replaces the requirement that the Director of Public Works must be a registered
professional engineer with the requirement that the Director have a bachelor's
degree in engineering, architecture, business, public administration or a related
discipline, or be a licensed attorney. Adds the requirement that at least two of the
five years of required administrative or managerial experience must be in public
works or construction, or a related field. Requires the Deputy Director be a
registered professional engineer and have authority over engineering
responsibilities when the Director lacks such certification.
Reference: Comm. 334.18
Intr. by: Council Member Inaba
Approve: GOEAC-73
2/3 Vote: First of three required readings,
Section 15-1(a), Hawaii County Charter
FAILED:
Ayes: Council Members Inaba, Kierkiewicz, Onishi,
and Villegas —4.
Noes: Council Members Galimba, Hustace, Kagiwada,
Kimball, and Acting Chair Kaneali`i-Kleinfelder—5.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
; and
Comm. 334.20: From Council Member Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, dated September 25, 2025,
transmitting proposed amendments to Bill 64, Draft 2.
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COUNTY OF HAWAI`I •_
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ORDINANCE NO.
STATE OF HAWAI`I
BILL NO. 64
(DRAFT 2)
AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, CHAPTER 2,
SECTION 6-2.2, OF THE CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I (2024 EDITION),
RELATING TO THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`I:
SECTION 1. Article VI, chapter 2, section 6-2.2, of the Charter of the County of
Hawaii (2024 Edition) is amended to read as follows:
"Section 6-2.2. Director[.] and Deputy.
,(a The director of public works shall be appointed by the mayor, confirmed by the
council and may be removed by the mayor. [The dire .tor- shall be ., registered
] The director shall have had a minimum of five years of
experience in an administrative or managerial capacity[.-], two years of which shall
have been in public works, construction or a related field. The director shall also
have a bachelor's decree from an accredited institution in the United States of
America in en ing_ eering, architecture, business, public administration or a related
discipline or be an attorney licensed to practice and in good standing before the
Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii.
(b) A deputy director of public works shall be a professional registered engineer and
shall have authority over the engineering responsibilities of the department when
the director does not have such certification."
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.
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Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
Date of 2nd Reading:
Date of 3rd Reading:
Effective Date:
REFERENCE Comm. 334.18
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAI`'I
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