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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 116 Draft 01 1988-1992COUNTY OF HAVIF,~~ ~:.,.5~'ATE OF HAWAII .- :,_ .: RESOLUTION Na. 116 89 WHEREAS, Article V, Section 5-1.4(c) states that the Mayor has the power to "Create positions...for which appropriations have been made by the council...", and WHEREAS, there has been a tremendous increase in the number of case referrals to the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, creating a backlog in case reviews; and WHEREAS, a screening unit would review and accept for prosecution only those cases that meet office standards for completeness, legal sufficiency, investigative adequacy and prosecutorial merit; and WHEREAS, the education of the police on prosecution standards for acceptance of police referrals would greatly expedite disposition of cases; and WHEREAS, a Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and a Senior Clerk Stenographer would make up this screening unit; and WHEREAS, the First Deputy Prosecuting Attorney is responsible for the supervision of the legal, clerical, investigative, fiscal and Victim/Witness sections of the Prosecutor's Office; and WHEREAS, the First Deputy Prosecuting Attorney is also directly involved in the planning, budgeting, implementation and review of the Prosecutor's computer system as well as being involved in staff hirings, personnel decisions, space allocation and site planning, review of case disposition, case analysis, personnel recruitment and interviews; and WHEREAS, the clerical work for the Prosecutor's private secretary several other attorneys; and the First Deputy is usually done by or a legal stenographer assigned to WHEREAS, a Senior Clerk-Stenographer assigned to the First Deputy would expedite the paper flow of the Prosecutor's Office; WHEREAS, funds are available in the Contingency Account of the General Fund, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESCLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that one (1) Deputy Prosecuting Attorney position and two (2) Senior Clerk-Stenographer positions be created. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that additional funds are needed to fund these three (3) positions as follows: Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Senior Clerk-Stenographer Senior Clerk-Stenographer LG-lE (5 mos) 17,490 SR-09 (5 mos) 7,165 SR-09 (5 mos) 7,165 31,820 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that 31,820 be transferred from the Contingency Account of the General Fund to the Regular Salaries and Wages account of the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be transmitted to the Departments of the Prosecuting Attorney, Civil Service and Finance. Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 20th day of December 1989. INTRODUCED BY: CIL M ER COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the County of Hawaii on December 2U , 19 89 , ATTEST: ``// ° (~~Y / C(~~J CLERK CHAIRMAN & PRE~IDING OFFICER ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX DOMINGO X HALE INOUYE KOKUBUN LAI MAKUAKANE RUDDLE SCHUTTE YAMASHIRO Reference C-1090/FC- 136 RESOLUTION NO. ZZEf S9