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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBIL 237 Draft 01 2010-2012OFFICE INFORMATION ONLY Meeting: Council — June 8, 2012 (reconvened meeting originating on lune 6, 2012) Action: filed on 2nd reading due to vote count of 5 ayes, 2 noes (Ikeda and Yoshimoto), and 2 absent (Blas and Onishi); Charter amendment requires 6 ayes or 2/3 of the entire membership, and 3 readings. t" rdg.: May 15, 2012 Re: Bill 237; Comm. 680 (2016-2102 term); FC -216 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII 01 ,TF OF•M�,� BILL NO. 237 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE TO INITIATE AN AMENDMENT TO THE HAWAII COUNTY CHARTER (2010) BY AMENDING ARTICLE X, SECTION 10-3 RELATING TO THE SCOPE OF THE OPERATING BUDGET. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAI`L• SECTION 1. The purpose of this charter amendment is to require that all new positions be created separately from the budget process to allow for greater transparency and for the opportunity for public discussion on increasing the size of government. The current process allows new positions to be created simply by inserting them into the proposed operating budget each year, and because of this, they are sometimes overlooked and often times not discussed during the complex budgetary process. This amendment will separate the discussion of creating new employment positions from the discussion associated with the adoption of the annual operating budget. SECTION 2. Article X, section 10-3, of the Charter of the County of Hawaii (2010), is amended to read as follows: "Section 10-3. Scope of Operating Budget; Operating Program; Mayor's Message. (a) The operating budget shall present a complete financial plan for the current operations of the county and its agencies and executive agencies in the ensuing fiscal year, showing all funds and reserves. Capital expenditures to be financed from current revenues in the ensuing fiscal year shall be included in the operating budget as well as in the capital budget. Appropriations for such expenditures shall be included in the operating budget. Except as otherwise provided by law, the operating budget shall contain at least the following: [0 )]LA) A simple, clear, general summary of the detailed contents of the operating budget. Such summary shall itemize all new positions being requested. [(-2-)](13) The proposed expenditures, including provisions for any estimated cash deficit for the fiscal year currently ending, debt service requirements for the ensuing fiscal year, and all other expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year, capital and otherwise, to be met from current revenues; and the proposed expenditures shall be shown by agencies and programs. [(-3-)](CC,) A comparative statement of the actual expenditures for the preceding fiscal year, and the estimated expenditures for the fiscal year currently ending and the ensuing fiscal year. (b) (c) [(4)]LU) The sums recommended for appropriation on the basis of the proposed expenditures, which sums need not be itemized further than by agencies and programs. [(5)]M The estimated revenues shown by estimated cash surplus, if any, for the fiscal year currently ending, proposed tax levies and other sources. [(6)](F,) A comparative statement of the actual revenues for the preceding fiscal year, and the estimated revenues for the fiscal year currently ending and the ensuing year. The estimated revenues for the ensuing fiscal year shall be at least equal in amount to the proposed expenditures. (2,) The operating budget shall not contain anypositions that have not been previously approved by the council by resolution. The operating program shall present a complete financial plan for the operations of the county and its agencies and executive agencies in the ensuing three fiscal years, showing all funds and reserves. The operating program shall be used by the council for informational purposes and as a guide for the estimated costs of operating the county government for the ensuing three fiscal years and shall contain at least the following: (1) A simple, clear, general summary of the detailed contents of the operating program. (2) The proposed expenditures, including debt service requirements and all other expenditures for the ensuing three fiscal years, capital and otherwise; and the proposed expenditures, year by year, shall be shown by agencies and programs. (3) The estimated revenues shown by estimated cash surplus, if any, proposed tax levies and other sources for the ensuing three fiscal years. (4) Such other information as the council or mayor may request. The mayor's message shall explain the operating budget and capital budget both in fiscal terms and in terms of work to be done. It shall outline the proposed financial policies of the county for the ensuing fiscal year, describe the important features of the operating budget and capital budget and means of financing the budgets. It shall indicate any major changes in financial policies and in expenditures, appropriations and revenues as compared with the fiscal year currently ending, and shall set forth the reasons for the changes. As to the capital budget, the message shall include a list of pending and proposed capital improvements together with the mayor's comments on such list. It shall itemize and explain each pending capital improvement and each capital improvement proposed to be undertaken within the ensuing fiscal year, showing the estimated cost of each improvement and the pending or proposed method of financing it. The message shall also include such other supporting or explanatory material as the mayor deems desirable. The mayor's budget message which accompanies the amendments to the operating budget and to the capital budget shall describe the changes in proposed expenditures and in revenue projections from the budgets which had been submitted on or before March 1, and shall describe the intervening changes in circumstances which justify the changes in the proposed expenditures and projected revenues." 2 SECTION 3. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawaii, the reviser need not include the brackets, bracketed material, or underscoring. SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable. SECTION 5. Upon adoption of this ordinance, this council, by appropriate resolution shall provide that this charter amendment be submitted to the electorate of Hawaii County for approval at the 2012 general election. SECTION 6. The charter amendment proposed in this ordinance shall take effect upon approval by a majority of voters voting on this legislation in the 2012 general election. INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL MEMBTTY OF HAWAII , Hawai`i Date of Introduction: Date of 1St Reading: Date of 2"d Reading: Date of 3rd Reading: Effective Date: REFERENCE: Comm. 680