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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. 265 04 RESOLUTION CREATING A DEPUTY CORPORATION COUNSEL POSITION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL WHEREAS, the civil legal needs of the County of Hawaii will always be present and in this day of specialization in the law and the increasing litigiousness of our society, the need for proper legal representation for the County is a necessity; and WHEREAS, although the Office of the Corporation Counsel has been experiencing an increased demand for legal services by the County Departments and Agencies, they have not utilized special counsel as was done liberally in the past; and WHEREAS, one of the goals of the Office of the Corporation Counsel is to maintain a more "pro-active" legal presence in the County for their clients, by including the County-wide training of employees, the standardization of all County contracts and documents; and WHEREAS, another goal is to allow the attorneys to devote more time to their clients with the hope of increasing their (the attorney's) participation in the decision-making process which they hope will result in fewer claims against the County, and provide a means to properly assess any risk that may be included in the implementation of the County program and/or project desired by the departmental client; and WHEREAS, the creation of a Deputy Corporation Counsel position will mitigate the work load of all attorneys, allowing each attorney to focus on their County clients by providing further training and updating out of date regulations, forms, contracts, etc. and they will also be able to address long- neglected important projects, such as risk management, standardizing County contracts, and reviewing and updating department and County-wide policies and procedures; and