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Home My WebLink AboutORD 2001-110 2000-2002 COI.TNT~ OF ]~-IA~1AI`I S'I'A°I`E OF ~-IA~VAI`I SILL NO. 113 (Draft 3) ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (1995 EDITION), RELATING TO ADMINISTRATION BY AMENDING SECTION 2-41 AND ADDING A NEW ARTICLE RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 2, article 9, division 1, section 2-41, of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is amended to read as follows: Seeti®n 2-41. Divisi®ns within department. (a) The department of public works shall be divided under the [chief engineer] director into the following divisions: (1) Engineering Division. The engineering division is responsible for coordinating the planning, engineering, and implementation of the highway and drainage capital improvement projects, coordinating all land surveying, conducting necessary land rights acquisition, and providing construction inspectional services. (2) Traffic Division. The traffic division determines the location, installs, maintains, and repairs all traffic control facilities and devices and street lighting systems; is responsible for all traffic engineering in the County; maintains a traffic education program; and is responsible for the installation, maintenance, and repair of on- and off-street parking meters. -1- (3) Building Division. The building division is responsible for public building construction and inspection; plans, specifications and applications for private building and construction; plumbing, electrical and building permits; and the enforcement of all County ordinances related to building, construction and inspection. (4) Highway 1lilaintenance Division. The highway maintenance division shall be responsible for the construction and maintenance of all roads, streets, highways, footpaths, storm drains, bridges, flood channels, and certain cemeteries. [(5) Wastewater Division. The wastewater division shall be responsible for the construction, maintenance, and operation of all sewage programs and facilities operated by and for the County. (6) Solid Waste Division. The solid waste division shall be responsible for the construction, maintenance, and operation of all solid waste facilities operated by and for the County.] [(7)] (5) Automotive Division. The automotive division shall: (A) Be responsible for the repair and maintenance of all garage, shop, and automotive equipment of the County, except such equipment as may be more practically maintained by the department having control thereof as determined by the chief engineer; (B) Furnish parts, accessories, gasoline, lubricants, and tires necessary for the repair for automobiles, trucks, shovels, cranes, graders, sweepers, compressors, and other such machinery or equipment; and (C) Be authorized to bill any department, agency, or special fund for supplies, services, and use of equipment. 2 SECTION 2. Chapter 2 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (1995 edition), is amended by adding a new article to be appropriately designated and to read as follows: Article .Department of Environmental 1l~Ianment. Section -1. Composition of department. There shall be dew meet of environmental management consisting of a director, the necessary staff, and an environmental management commission. Section: -2. Statemea~t of policy. The department of environmental management is established to protect, preserve and enhance our environment b~promoting the wise management of our waste. Section -3. Appointment and c~ualafications of department head. The director of environmental management shall be appointed bye mayor confirmed by the council, and may be removed by the- mayor. The director shall have had a minimum of five years' administrative experience in a related field. Section -4. Powers, duties and functions. The d~artment of environmental management shall mans e~id waste wastewater and recycling~rograms of the County, and exercise other functions prescribed by ordinance. Section -5. Divisions avithin department. ~ Tlae department of environmental management shall be divided under the director inta~>tl?e f®ll®win~ elivisions: Wastewater Division. The wastewater division shall be responsible for the construction maintenance and operation of all sewage programs and facilities operated by and for the County. 2~ Solid Waste Division. The solid waste division shall be responsible for the construction maintenance and operation of all solid waste pro~,~rams and facilities operated by and. for the County. 3 Section -6. Environmental management commission. There shall be an environmental management commission consisting of nine members who shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council. One member shall be a resident of each council district. The terms of the members shall be as prescribed in § 13-4 of the Hawaii CountX Charter. The environmental management commission shall advise the department on waste reduction strategies, recyclin , lg_ fitter control, community involvements and other issues related to the functions of the department, and shall exercise any other powers related to the functions of the department that may be delegated to it by ordinance. SECTION 3. Material to be repealed is bracketed. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall 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 declared to be severable. SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval. INTRODUCED BY: • xs COUNCIL MEMBE , C OF HAWAII Hilo, Hawaii Date of Introduction: October 2 4 , 2 0 01 Date of 1st Reading: October 24 , 2001 Date of 2nd Reading: November 7 , 2001 Effective Date: November 16, 2001 ~FERE1vC~E: Coro: 3 6 2.2 4 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK County of Hawaii xilo ,Hawaii ( DRAFT 2) •g Introduced By: Dominic Yagong ? N ~ S EX Date Introduced: October 24, 2001 Arakaki X First Reading: October 24, 2001 Chung C1-`~ ~ - Published: N/A Elarionoff ~ ~~'i"~'" ` Jacobson X REMARKS: Leithead-Todd X Pisicchio X Safarik X Tyler X Yagong X 9 0 0 0 (DRAFT 3) Second Reading: November 7, 2001 ROLL CALL VOTE To Mayor: November 9 . 2001 AYES NOES ABS EX Returned: November 16, 2001 Arakaki X Effective: November 16, 2001 Chung X Published: November 25, 2001 Elarionoff X Jacobson X REMARKS: Leithead-Todd X Pisicchio X Safarik X Tyler X Yagong X 9 0 0 0 I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as indicated above. ~ APPROVED AS TO _ ~ FORM AND LEGALITY: / UNCIL CHAIRMAN DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL COUNTY OF HAWAII ` COUNTY CLERK Date 1 ~ \ 1 t_`='f 113 (Draft 3) Bill No.: C-362.2/PEMC-9 Approve Disapproved this ~ V~ day Reference: Ord No.: ~ l " MAO UNTY OF HAWAII