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RESOLUTION NO. 22 13
A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AND ORGANIZATION
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII BY AMENDING RULE NO. 24,
RELATING TO SUBMISSION OF ITEMS FOR PLACEMENT ON COUNCIL AND
COMMITTEE AGENDAS.
WHEREAS, the Rules of Procedure and Organization of the Council of the County of
Hawai`i ("the Rules") govern the affairs of the Council of the County of Hawai`i ("Council");
and
WHEREAS, the Rules were duly adopted as provided in Resolution No. 04-12, Draft 2,
during the initial convening of the Council on December 3, 2012; and
WHEREAS, Rule No. 24 (Rules and Resolutions), currently provides that any item for
placement on a Committee or Council agenda must be submitted by 12 noon of the ninth
business day preceding the day of the Committee meeting and tenth business day preceding the
day of the Council meeting; and
WHEREAS, the current deadlines of nine days for submittals to Committee meeting
agendas and ten days for submittals to Council meeting agendas may create a situation in which
deadlines occur on Committee and Council meeting days; and
WHEREAS, deadlines occurring on meeting days cause great difficulty for staff
members that manage procedural operations; and
WHEREAS, in the interest of careful consideration and timely processing of all
submittals in preparing Council Committee and County Council meeting agendas, Rule No. 24
(Bills and Resolutions), Section 1(b) of the Rules is amended to read as follows (material to be
deleted is bracketed and stricken through, material to be added is underscored):
"(b) In order to be considered for placement on the Council or Committee agenda, all
new bills, resolutions, petitions, and other communications shall be filed with the
Clerk by 12 noon of:
(1) The [ninth] twelfth business day preceding the day of the Committee meeting; or
(2) The [tenth] thirteenth business day preceding the day of the Council meeting.
New bills, resolutions, petitions, and communications received later than said times
shall be placed on the agenda of next respective committee or Council meeting,
as the case may be." ; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII,that the
proposed amendments to Rule No. 24 of the Rules are necessary and shall be duly implemented.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall provide to all appropriate
parties those pages of the Rules that have been amended to replace the pages of the Rules made
obsolete by the adoption of this resolution.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 9th day of January , 2013.
INTRODUCED BY:�,.,
COU IL MEM FR, COUNTY OF HAWAI`I
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i EOFF X
FORD X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by ILAGAN X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANUHA X
County of Hawai`i on January 9, 2013
KERN X
ONISHI X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
WILLE X
YOSHIMOTO X
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