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Meeting: No meeting; referred to Council on February 11, 2015
Action: Never placed on an agenda (introduced by Mr. Onishi)
Re: Res. 88-15; Comm. 131: (2014-2016 term); Council (Rules)
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RESOLUTION NO.
STATE OF HAWAII
A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE RULES OF PROCEDURE AND ORGANIZATION
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII BY AMENDING RULE NO. 5,
COMMITTEES.
WHEREAS, the Rules of Procedure and Organization of the Council of the County of
Hawaii ("the Rules") govern the affairs of the Council of the County of Hawaii ("Council"); and
WHEREAS, the Rules were duly adopted as provided in Resolution No. 4-14, Draft 2,
during the initial convening of the Council on December 1, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that the Rules could be improved by amending Rule No. 5,
Committees, as indicated in Ramseyer format in the attached Exhibit A; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that
Rule No. 5 of the Rules of Procedure and Organization of the Council of the County of Hawaii
is hereby amended as indicated in the attached Exhibit A.
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
COUNTY COUNCIL
County of Hawaii
Hilo, Hawaii
Hawaii, this day of
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the
County of Hawaii on
ATTEST
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INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
ROLL CALL VOTE
AYES NOES ABS EX
CHUNG
DAVID
EOFF
ILAGAN
KANUHA
ONISHI
PALEKA
POINDEXTER
WILLE
Reference:
C-131/Council
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 88 15
EXHIBIT A
RULE NO. 5
COMMITTEES
Type. There shall be three (3) types of Committees:
(a) Standing Committees
(b) Ad Hoc Committees (see Rule No. 7)
(c) Committee of the Whole
2. Establishment of Standing Committees.
(a) Standing Committees dissolve at the end of the Council term.
(b) The members of the Council shall establish all Standing Committees and
designate the Committee Chairperson and Vice Chairperson of each Standing
Committees by resolution at the initial convening of the Council.
(c) After the selection of each Committee's Chairperson and Vice Chairperson at the
initial convening of the Council, any change of Chairperson or Vice Chairperson,
change of the responsibility of the Committee, or to add or remove a Committee
shall require a resolution.
3. Purpose and Duty. The purpose of the Committees is to expedite the business of the
Council by permitting Committees to go into details on specific matters. It shall be the
duty of the Standing Committees to consider and make recommendations on matters
referred to such Committees.
4. Members. The Chairperson and all Council Members shall be members of each
Standing Committee with voting privileges. Membership in the other Committees shall
be in accordance with these rules or by law.
Procedures for Referrals to Standing Committees.
(a) The Council Chairperson is responsible for assigning the referrals to the
appropriate Standing Committee as described in Council Rule No. 4(i).
(b) The Committee Chairperson shall immediately determine that the referral was
placed correctly in their Committee. Referrals that are accidentally referred to the
wrong Committee shall be immediately brought to the attention of the Council
Chairperson, and if determined to be in the wrong Committee by the Council
Chairperson, shall be re-referred to the correct Committee.
[Gefflmiaee's Chairperson shall, ti-pon
FemplianFe with the mandated -six e-alendar-day postingrrotiee,, be pl-aeed on the
agenda ofthe npp .-ter�« v. ,,,,, i.ate Standing rit4ee . the Committee tt�e rti ]
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[(d}]() Any recommendation or determination by a Committee shall be dispensed
with by a formal motion and vote.
[(e)]() A Standing Committee may expedite its business by means of referring
matters to an Ad Hoc Committee.
6. Responsibilities of the Committee Chairperson.
(a) The Chairperson of each Standing Committee shall receive all referrals to the
Committee and shall [plaee refeffals on the first available nd ii1
refefr-al to the seeond available Committee meeting with the eenetiffence
of the atm
(2) At the r-equest of the administr-ation on any of its bills (except Ihe
Oper-a4iens and Capital r..-.pfoyo. ent n t budgets), I t
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appr-opfia4e;-] refer any matter as the Committee Chairperson deems
appropriate.
(b) Matters required by law for immediate Council action shall be placed on the first
available Committee agenda.
(c) The Chairperson of each Committee shall preside at all meetings unless the
Chairperson voluntarily relinquishes the chair.
(d) In the absence of the Committee Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson shall perform
the duties of the Chairperson. In the absence or disability of both the Chairperson
and Vice Chairperson of a Standing Committee, the Committee shall elect from
among its members a temporary Chairperson (Hawai`i County Charter, Section 3-
6(a)). For the process of electing a temporary Chairperson, the Finance
Committee Chairperson shall act as Chairperson Pro Tempore. (Rule No. 4.2.)
(e) The Chairperson shall maintain order and proper decorum and reasonably
administer the receipt of oral and written testimony in accordance with these
rules.
(f) The Chairperson may speak on a matter before his or her committee without
relinquishing the Chair, provided deliberation on the matter from all other
members of the Committee has ended and the Chairperson is not the introducer of
the item being considered. Any issue brought to the Committee by the
Chairperson requires that the Chairperson first relinquish the position of
Chairperson to the Vice Chairperson or temporary Chairperson.
(g) Upon a written request and with the written concurrence of the appropriate
Committee Chairperson, the Council Chairperson may authorize any item to be
waived from the Committee directly to the Council agenda.
(h) The Committee Chairperson shall determine what items appear on the Committee
agenda and prepare any required reports for each meeting.
7. Other. In all other matters, Committees shall conduct their business in accordance with
these rules, the Hawaii County Charter, and the Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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