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COUNTY OF HAW~I
SjfATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO.
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RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO TAKE
NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY
ORDINANCE 98-83 (RELATING TO THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, PLANNING
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COMMISSION AND BOARD.oF APPEALS) 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 oftwo-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 of the 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. 98-83, which proposes an amendment to the Hawaii
County Charter relating to the Planning Director,Plaiming Commission and Board
of Appeals, 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 15, 1998
Vote
8 ayes, 1 absent & excused
8 ayes, 1 absent & excused
7 ayes, 2 absent & excused; and
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WHEREAS, Ordinance 98-83 was approved by Mayor Stephen'I<.. Yal11ashiro on
July 24, 1998, and published on AUgtlst 2; 1998; and
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,WHEREAS, September 4, 1998; istne sixtieth calendar day pri()rtothenext
scheduled general' election; and' ,
WHEREAS, Saturday, September19, 1998, is the forty-fifth day prior to the next "
scheduled general election. ' ,
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BYTHE COUNCIL OFTHE
" COUNTY OFHA W All that it, hereby 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 pres9ribed ti.me, limits, for placing the
Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance 98-83 on the 1998 General Election ballot for
approval by the voters of the County. ' ,
" BE IT FlJRTHER RESOLVED that those actions inchlde but not be limited to
submission of the ballot question to Dwayne J):V oshina, Chief Election Officer ofthe <
State ofHawaii,prioi to 4:30 p.m., Septembet4, 1998, pursuant t()Section 11-119(b),
Hawaii Revised Statutes, and publication ,of the full text of the Charter amendment ,"
propos~d by 6rdinance.98~83 in tne Hawaii Tribune Herald arid the West Hawaii Today" '
two n~wspapers 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 J 5-2,
Hawaii County Charter. '
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, BElT FURTHER RESOLVED thatcertified90pies ofthisresolution be senUo
Dwayne D. Y oshina;, Chief ElectionOfficer of the State of Hawaii; and Donald Iked~~
, Clerk of Hawaii County.
,'" COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii'
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I hereby certify that the foregoing ~SOLUTION\\,as by the
vote indicated to. the right hereof ado.ptedbythe COtJNCILQfthe.
County of Hawaii on AUQUst 5. 1998' '. ,
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,COUNTY CLERK. CHAIRMAN & PRESIDING OFFICER
RESOLUTION NO. . .