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Meeting: Referred to the Finance Committee
Action: Never placed on the agenda.
Re: Bill 283; Comm. 673 (2002-2004 teen)
COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
BILL NO. 288
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE VII, CHAPTER 1, OF THE COUNTY
CHARTER, COUNTY OF HAWAI'1 (2000), RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
CIVIL SERVICE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Article VII, chapter 1, of the County Charter, County of Hawaii
(2000), relating to the Department of Civil Service, is amended to read
as follows:
CHAPTER1
DEPARTMENT OF [C"�"�AoE] HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Section 7-1.1. Organization. There shall be a department of [Civil
sewise] human resource management consisting of a director, ase
se---- - ] merit appeals board and the necessary staff.
Section 7-1.2. [Givil Sep.FiGe Gommission]. Merit Appeals Board. The
[civil service commission] merit appeals board shall consist of five members who
shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the council in the manner
prescribed in section 13-4. (6emrnissiea] Board membership shall be
representative of the community and the members shall all be in sympathy with
and believe in the principles of the merit system in public employment.
Section 7-1.3 Director. The director of [G V61 GerviGe] human resource
management shall be appointed by the [ ] merit appeals
board and may be removed by the [serRrnissienl merit appeals board.
Section 7-1.4. Powers, Duties and Functions. The director of [Civil
serd;Ge] human resource management shall be responsible for the [pefseanel]
human resource management program of the county with two distinct categories
of duties. The major duties shall be in the areas of equal employment
opportunities, personnel development, personnel deployment, personnel
relations and personnel welfare including employee safety and workers'
compensation. The secondary duties of the director shall be the administration
of the civil service system and the maintenance of the aims and mechanics
prescribed by statute. The director shall be the administrative head of the
department of [Civil seWiGe] human resource management and shall be
responsible for the proper conduct of all the administrative affairs of the
department and for execution of the [perseaael] human resource management
program prescribed by this charter, ordinances, laws and regulations. The [Civil
WRFssqen] merit appeals board shall function according to statute. The
director shall provide technical and clerical staff services to the [cennMissieaj
board.
Section 7-1.5. Position Classification Plan; Compensation. Except
as otherwise provided by law or this charter, all positions in the service of the
county shall be classified within a position classification plan, and all persons
holding such positions shall be compensated as provided by the compensation
law of the state.
Section 7-1.6. Administrative Supervision. The department of [ciaii
service] human resource management shall come under the general supervision
and control of the mayor.
SECTION 2. Article XIII, section 13-10, of the County Charter, County of Hawaii
(2000), relating to prohibitions is amended to read as follows:
Section 13-10. Prohibitions. No person who seeks appointment or promotion
with respect to any county position or appointive county administrative office shall
directly or indirectly give, render or pay any money, service or other valuable thing to any
person for or in connection with their test, appointment, proposed appointment
promotion or proposed promotion.
From and after the effective date of this charter no person who has the power of
appointment under this charter or ordinance enacted pursuant thereto shall appoint,
employ, promote or advance an individual who is a relative of the appointing authority to
any office or position under their supervision; provided, that the provision of this
paragraph shall not be construed to prohibit the appointment of a relative whose name
appears on the eligibility list submitted by the director of [civil_seayse] human resource
management in accordance with the civil service laws and the rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant thereto.
The word "relative" as used in this section shall mean an individual who is related
to the appointing authority as father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt,
first cousin, nephew, niece, husband, wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, step -father,
step -mother, step -son, step -brother, step -daughter, step -sister, half-brother, or half-
sister."
SECTION 3. Article XIII, section 13-28(b), of the County Charter, County of
Hawaii (2000), relating to compensation and the salary commission is amended to read
as follows:
(b). One member shall be a resident of each council district. In addition, the
[siviEserviee1 director of human resource management and deputy [siv+l 6ewiee]
director of human resource management shall serve as ex -officio members of the
commission in an advisory capacity.
SECTION 4. Article XVI, section 16-4(f), of the County Charter, County
of Hawaii (2000), relating to status of agencies and transfer of functions is amended to
read as follows:
(f) Non -civil service employees or officers who are not transferred or appointed
and whose employment are terminated as a consequence of the reorganization
provisions of the charter shall have the right to have their names placed on appropriate
re-employment lists and shall be deemed eligible for certification to positions in the class
in which last occupied or in a related class in the same or lower grade for which the
qualification requirements are met; provided, that written applications for re-employment
with the department of [civil service] human resource management are filed within
thirty (30) days after the termination of employment. Such certifications shall expire
three (3) years after the effective date of this charter."
SECTION 5. In the next general election, the registered voters of the county
shall consider for approval the following ballot question:
Should the names "Department of Civil Service" be amended to
"Department of Human Resource Management," the "Director of Civil
Service" be amended to "Director of Human Resource Management," and
the "Civil Service Commission" be amended to "Merit Appeals Board"?
SECTION 6. Material to be repealed is in brackets and strikethroughs. New
material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed material,
strikethroughs and underscoring need not be included.
SECTION 7. 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 8. This ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, C UNTY OF HAWAII
Hilo, Hawai'i
Date of Introduction:
Date of 1 st Reading:
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REFERENCE: Comm. 673