HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0456.002 2010-2012DENNIS "FRESH" ONISHI
Council Member
Council District 4
November 16, 2011
To:
County of Hawai`i
Office of the County Clerk
25 Aupuni Street
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Dominic Yagong, Chair
And Members of the Hawai`i County C ncil
From: Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Council Member
Phone: (808) 961 -8396
Fax: (808) 961 -8912
Email :: donishi @co.hawaii.hi.us
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Subject: Proposed Amendment to Resolution � 18 -11, A Resol tion foDiscontinue the Flat
Rate Monthly Automobile Allowance and Provide All Councilmembers with Mileage
Reimbursement of up to $0.55 Cents Per Mile for the Use of a Privately Owned
Automobile on Official Business.
Attached please find proposed amendments to Resolution No. 187 -11.
The proposed amendments are illustrated below in Ramseyer format; material to be repealed is
bracketed and stricken, material to be added is underscored.
Resolution No. 187 -11 is amended to read as follows:
"A RESOLUTION TO [DISCONTINUE] CHANGE THE FLAT [RATE] MONTHLY
[AUTOMOBILE] ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION FOR USE OF PRIVATE
AUTOMOBILES FROM $600 PER MONTH TO $300 PER MONTH FOR COUNCIL
MEMBERS. [
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 2 -101, Hawai`i County Code, the Council
Chair may authorize payment of monthly automobile allowance to any council_member [,officer
] for the regular use of a privately owned automobile or a mileage [allowance]
reimbursement [up to $0.55 cents per mile] at a rate equal to the highest rate payable to any
County employee in a bargaining unit; and
Serving the Interests of the People of Our Island
Hawaii County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
Comm. No.
Ref. To: Presers u h. 4
Ref. Date
1s2.2011
WHEREAS, a flat [rate] monthly automobile allowance of [Six Hundred Dollars
4600.00)] $600 per month and mileage allowance reimbursement at the current rate of up to
$0.555 cents per mile are two kinds of monthly car allowance currently available to council
members; and
WHEREAS, it would [appear] be fiscally prudent to [discontinue] change the $600[00]
flat [rate] monthly automobile allowance for council members to $300 [and provide all council
members mileage allowance reimbursement of up to $0.55 cents per mile for the use of a
]; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Council Chair [discontinue] change the $600[00] flat [rate] monthly automobile allowance for
council members to $300.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all council members on official business be
provided the option of mileage allowance reimbursement [of up to $0.555 cents per-mile] at a
rate equal to the highest rate payable to any County employee in a bargaining unit for the use of
a privately owned automobile.
[
2010/2012 Council term.]
6.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit copies of this
resolution to the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi, the Director of the Department of Finance,
and the Director of the Department of Public Works."
A draft copy of Resolution No. 187 -11, Draft 2, is attached with these amendments incorporated.
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Att.
A RESOLUTION TO CHANGE THE FLAT MONTHLY ALLOWANCE FOR
COMPENSATION FOR USE OF PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES FROM $600 PER MONTH
TO $300 PER MONTH FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 2, Section 2 -101, Hawai`i County Code, the Council
Chair may authorize payment of monthly automobile allowance to any council member for the
regular use of a privately owned automobile or a mileage reimbursement at a rate equal to the
highest rate payable to any County employee in a bargaining unit; and
WHEREAS, a flat monthly automobile allowance of $600 per month and mileage
allowance reimbursement at the current rate of up to $0.555 cents per mile are two kinds of
monthly car allowance currently available to council members; and
WHEREAS, it would be fiscally prudent to change the $600 flat monthly automobile
allowance for council members to $300; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Council Chair change the $600 flat monthly automobile allowance for council members to $300;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all council members on official business be
provided the option of mileage allowance reimbursement at a rate equal to the highest rate
payable to any County employee in a bargaining unit for the use of a privately owned
automobile; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit copies of this
resolution to the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi, the Director of the Department of Finance,
and the Director of the Department of Public Works.
Dated at , Hawai`i, this day of , 2011.