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STACY K. RIGA s'•• y.: ' Mailing Address:
' (Former County Building)
Council Member 25 Aupuni Street
District 4 _ : Hilo, Hawaii 96720
PHONE: (808) 961-8396 Business Address:
FAX: (808) 961-8912 333 Kilauea Avenue, 2" Floor
EMAIL: shiga(aco.hawaii.hi.us Ben Franklin Building
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL
MEMORANDUM
DATE: March 20, 2007 ti
TO: Casey Jarman, County Clerk
Hawaii County Council
FROM: Stacy K. Higa, Council Member
Hawaii County Council
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendment to a Resolution Amending Resolution No. 55-07, Adopting
Rules of Procedure and Organization of the Council of the County of Hawai' i
I propose that the following amendment be made to the above-referenced subject.
[1 ]2. [When a motion has been made and carried in the affinmative or negative, any
Council Member voting with the majority may move for a reconsideration of the vote on the
motion only at the same meeting or at the next regular meeting.] When a motion has been made
and carried in the affirmative or negative, any Council Member votive with the majority may
move for a reconsideration of the vote on the motion at the same meeting or at the next regular
meetine. However, any Council member who wishes to ask for a motion to reconsider at the
next meetine must notify the Council Chairoerson and County Clerk in writine of their intention
to make such a motion within five (5) days after the bill passes final reading. A motion to
reconsider the vote taken at the time any bill or resolution fails to pass final reading shall not be
voted upon until twenty-four (24) hours have elapsed.
3. [A request for a motion to reconsider a measure may be made in writing and shall
be placed under "Other Business" on the agenda of the next regular meeting.] [Action upon
reconsideration of an issue shall be taken only following notice as required by law, unless such
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action upon reconsideration istaken at the same meeting as the orieinal action.l Action upon
reconsideration of an issue shall be taken only following notice as required by law.
4. [When a motion for reconsideration is first made and carried at the next regulaz
meeting, the bill or resolution shall be placed on the agenda for the next regular meeting under
"Other Business".] [Until the motion to reconsider has been decided,] [t]The bill or resolution
shall remain in the possession of the Council and the Clerk shall not transmit, file, or otherwise
dispose of it until the time has expired for Council members to notify the Council Chairperson
and County Clerk in writing of their intention to make a motion to reconsider at the next
meeting, unless it is deemed filed pursuant to ordinance or the time for its passage has expired by
operation of law. If the motion to reconsider fails, the vote previously taken on the bill or
resolution shall become final, and the Clerk shall so note in the journal.