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M,�1 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII Ms.,, • RESOLUTION NO. 43 13 A RESOLUTION TO AMEND RULE NO. 23 OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AND ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, RELATING TO CERTIFICATES OF MERIT, MEMORIALS, AND EXPRESSIONS OF CONDOLENCE. 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 (the "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 amended by Resolution No. 22-13 on January 9, 2013; and WHEREAS, Rule No. 23 states that certificates of merit, memorials, and expressions of condolence are non-legislative in nature and require no formal Council action; and WHEREAS, listing all presentations for certificates of merit, memorials, or expressions of condolence on the Council agenda is not necessary; and WHEREAS, in the interest of efficiency and expediency in preparing Council meeting agendas, Rule No. 23, Section 6 is amended to read as follows (material to be deleted is bracketed and stricken through and material to be added is underscored): "6. All certificates [shall be submitted no less tha - - .. •. the scheduled meeting date and shall be placed on the agenda prior to Statements from the Public, as provided above in Rule No. 16.] which do not have a major impact on established policies and procedures or which do not affect a significant number of people and are received less than six (6) days before the regular meeting date of the Council, may be considered at such meeting."; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the proposed amendments to Rule No. 23 of the Rules of Procedure and Organization of the Council of the County of Hawai`i are necessary and shall be duly implemented.