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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 300 Draft 01 1996-1998 :; . <:'::_':-;:":::: '., ,"/':- --.":. :;: ",' '-',-':.:--" .,,: <:."' -'- " .,." .. . ..... ',',', ,u. -.',. -. . . ~ COUNTY OF HA'lVAI.. .. SlfATE OF HAWAII ,',-"/;'- "-\- ::;:<>;:.<:: .' ,<:;-. ,:-',':. \':::i: . ,-':</ RESOLUTION NO. 300 .98 RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE 98-78 (RELATING TO THE COMPOSITION AND TERMS OF THE HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL) ON THE 1998 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT WHEREAS, Article XV, Hawaii County Charter, and Chapter 11, Hawaii Revised Statutes, govern Charter amendments and revisions; and WHEREAS, the requirements for amending the Charter by ordinance are set out in Section 15-1 and 15-2, Hawaii County Charter; and WHEREAS, Section 15-1 requires that an ordinance proposing a Charter amendment be adopted after three readings on separate days and passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire membership of the Hawaii County Council; and WHEREAS, Section 15-2 requires that upon adoption of such an ordinance, the Council shall by resolution provide that the proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the County for approval at the next general election and that the resolution shall provide for the publication of the full text of the proposed amendments in at least two daily newspapers of general circulation in the County at least forty-five days prior to submission to the electors of the County; and WHEREAS, Section 11-119(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that questions and issues which are to be placed on the general election ballot be submitted to the Chief Election Officer ofthe State of Hawaii not later than 4:30 p.m. on the sixtieth calendar day prior to the election; and WHEREAS, the next general election will be held on November 3, 1998; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 98-78, which proposes an amendment to the Hawaii County Charter Section 3-2, Article III, relating to composition and terms of the Hawaii County Council, was adopted after three readings on the following dates by the following votes: Reading First Reading Second Reading Third Reading Date June 1, 1998 June 16, 1998 July 1, 1998 Vote 8 ayes, 1 no 7 ayes, 2 noes 7 ayes, 2 noes; and ~ . .. L., .,-:A ~ . ! . , '" WHEREAS, Ordinance 98-78 was returned unsigned by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro on July 23, 1998, and published on July 29, 1998; and WHEREAS, September 4, 1998, is the sixtieth calendar day prior to' the next scheduled general election; and WHEREAS, Saturday, September 19, 1998, is the forty-fifth day prior to the next. scheduled general election. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HA WAIl that ithereby directs the Clerk of the County of Hawaii to take all necessary steps provided for in all applicable provisions of the Hawaii County Charter and the Hawaii Revised Statutes, within the prescribed time limits, for placing the Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance 98-78 on the 1998 General Election ballot for approval by the voters of the County. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that those actions include but not be limited to submission of the ballot question to Dwayne D. Yoshina, Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii, prior to 4:30 p.m., September 4, 1998, pursuant to Section 11-119(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, and publication of the full text of the Charter amendnient proposed by Ordinance 98-78 in the Hawaii Tribune Herald and the West Hawaii Today, two newspapers of general circulation in the county, prior to Saturday, September 19; 1998, the forty-fifth day prior to the 1998 General Election, pursuant to Section 15-2, Hawaii County Charter. BE IT FURTHER RESOL VEDthat certified copies of this resolution be sent to Dwayne D. Yoshina, Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii; and Donald Ikeda, Clerk of Hawaii County. Dated at Hilo, Hawaii, this 5th' day of August , 1998. 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 August 5, 1998 ATTEST: A~ COUNTY CLERK OUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX ARAKAKI X CHUNG X LEITHEAD- TODD X RAY X REYNOLDS X SANTANGELO X SMITH X TYLER X YAGONG X 7 0 2 0 Reference C.... 816 . 04 CHAIRMAN & PRESIDING OFFICER-,' RESOLUTION NO.