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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2015-095 2014-2016JN?Y}OF!!��y COUNTY OF HAWAII .STATE OF HAWAII �11.: TeWA, A, BILL NO. 78 (DRAFT 3) ORDINANCE NO. 9 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 16, SECTION 2-98 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) RELATING TO TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 2, article 16, section 2-98 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 2-98. Adjustments and exceptions. (a) When government quarters and/or meals are furnished at no cost or at low cost, the amount of per diem allowance shall be reduced by the director of finance. (b) The mayor or council chairman, for their respective branches of government, may disallow any unauthorized, improper, or unreasonable expense. The mayor or council chairman may also authorize expenses in excess of the established limits or may authorize meals with business meetings, awards and recognition events, and entertainment of important persons, or may approve exceptions with good cause to any provision relating to travel and expenses[-],, provided: (1,) No exception involving public funds shall be authorized without a public purpose; Q A written request for authorization is made and approved in writing;. (3) Documentation establishing that the expenditure will be for a public purpose is attached to the written request; The purchase of alcoholic beverages is prohibited unless provided by authorized exception; The purchase of gifts in an amount of over $100 per person receiving theig ft is prohibited unless provided by authorized exception; To receive reimbursement for the authorized exception, the following documentation must be submitted to the employee's or officer's department head and to the director of finance within seven days of the expenditure: A memorandum setting forth the reasons for the exceptional expenditure along with a copy of the written request for authorization; and Any additional documentation submitted with the written request for authorization; and The director of finance shall maintain a record log of all travel .expenditures that are authorized through an exception as permitted by this subsection, which log shall be available for public inspection. (c) The mayor may delegate the authority granted under this section to any department or agency head within the executive branch. (d) Meals may also be provided to employees who do not otherwise qualify under this section or under any negotiated employee contract while attending workshops, conferences, or training sessions at the request or direction of the department head and to the benefit of the County.' SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 3. 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 the 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 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval. INTRODUCED BY: Kona , Hawai`i Date of Introduction: September 16, 2015 Date of 1st Reading: October 7, 2015 Date of 2nd Reading: October 20, 2015 Effective Date: November 10, 2015 REFERENCE Comm. 422.7 2 OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK County of Hawaii Kona, Hawaii Introduced By: Date Introduced: First Reading: Published: REMARKS. - September Greggor Ilagan September 16, 2015 October 7, 2015 October 17, 2015 16, 2015 - Postponed To Mayor: October 28, 2015 Returned: November 12, 2015 Effective: Second Reading: October 20, 2015 To Mayor: October 28, 2015 Returned: November 12, 2015 Effective: November 10, 2015 Published: November 21, 2015 (Draft 3) CCS i.3i`{,T,lt C1,LERI" 2015 NOV 12 AM 11: O6 ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX Chung X David X Eoff X Ilagan X Kanuha X Onishi X Paleka X X Poindexter X Wille X 8 0 1 0 ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX Chung X David X Eoff X Hagan X Kanuha X Onishi X Paleka X Poindexter X Wille X 9 0 0 0 I DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing BILL was adopted by the County Council published as indicated above. 1. COU L CHAIRPERSON 7Appro�ed/Dis pproved this ` day U Y 20 CO Y CL Bill No.: 78 (Draft 3) MAYOR, COUNTYOFHAWAI`IReference: C-422.7/FC-34 Ord No.: 15 95 pJMSYIUF COUNTY OF HAWAII _• 1r� OF •N'a► ORDINANCE NO. STATE OF HAWAII BILL NO. 78 DRAFT 2 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 16, SECTION 2-98 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) RELATING TO TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 2, article 16, section 2-98 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is amended to read as follows: "Section 2-98. Adjustments and exceptions. (a) When government quarters and/or meals are furnished at no cost or at low cost, the amount of per diem allowance shall be reduced by the director of finance. (b) The mayor or council chairman, for their respective branches of government, may disallow any unauthorized, improper, or unreasonable expense. The mayor or council chairman may also authorize expenses in excess of the established limits or may authorize meals with business meetings, awards and recognition events, and (c) (d) entertainment of important persons, or may approve exceptions with good cause to any provision relating to travel and expenses[-.], provided: No exception involving public funds shall be authorized without a public purpose; A written request for authorization is made and approved in writing; Documentation establishing that the expenditure will be for a public purpose is attached to the written request; Authorization for the purchase of alcoholic beverages shall not be allowed unless provided by authorized exception; No expenditure for gifts shall be in excess of $100 per person receiving the gift unless provided by authorized exception; A memorandum setting forth the reasons for the exceptional expenditure along with copies of the written request for authorization, the documentation required by paragraph (3), and the signed authorization shall be submitted to the director of finance within seven days of the expenditure; and The director of finance shall maintain a record log of all travel expenditures that are authorized through an exception as permitted by this subsection, which log shall be available for public inspection. The mayor may delegate the authority granted under this section to any department or agency head within the executive branch. Meals may also be provided to employees who do not otherwise qualify under this section or under any negotiated employee contract while attending workshops, conferences, or training sessions at the request or direction of the department head and to the benefit of the County." SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the brackets, bracketed and stricken material and underscoring need not be included. SECTION 3. 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 the 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 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval. Hawaii Date of Introduction: Date of 1 st Reading: Date of 2nd Reading: Effective Date: REFERENCE Comm. 422.3 INTRODUCED BY: air iI. i C"TY OF 2 s+tY os Nq1 COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII fir[ GP•N/J' BILL NO. 78 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 16, SECTION 2-98 OF THE HAWAII COUNTY CODE 1983 (2005 EDITION, AS AMENDED) RELATING TO TRAVEL AND OTHER EXPENSES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: SECTION 1. Chapter 2, article 16, section 2-98 of the Hawaii County Code 1983 (2005 Edition, as amended), is.amended to read as follows: "Section 2-98. Adjustments and exceptions. (a) When government quarters and/or meals are furnished at no cost or at low cost, the amount of per diem allowance shall be reduced by the director of finance. (b) The mayor or council chairman, for their respective branches of government, may disallow any unauthorized, improper, or unreasonable expense. The mayor or council chairman may also authorize expenses in excess of the established limits or may authorize meals with business meetings, awards and recognition events, and entertainment of important persons, or may approve exceptions with good cause to any provision relating to travel and expenses. No exception involving public funds shall be authorized without a public purpose. (c) The mayor may delegate the authority granted under this section to any department or agency head within the executive branch. (d) Meals may also be provided to employees who do not otherwise qualify under this section or under any negotiated employee contract while attending workshops, conferences, or training sessions at the request or direction of the department head and to the benefit of the County." SECTION 2. New material is underscored. In printing this ordinance, the underscoring need not be included. SECTION 3. 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 the 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 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval. INTRODUCED BY: OiK , Hawai`i Date of Introduction: Date of 1 st Reading: Date of 2nd Reading: Effective Date: REFERENCE Comm. 422