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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 548 Draft 01 2014-2016OFFICE INFORMATION ONLY Meeting: Council — July 7, 2016 Action: Postponed to the Call of the Chair; never taken up again Re: Res 548-16; Comm. 918 (2014-2016 term) COUNTY OF HAWAII RESOLUTION NO. STATE OF HAWAI `I 548 16 A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE NO. 15-81 ON THE 2016 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT. WHEREAS, article XV, Hawaii County Charter, governs Charter amendments and revisions; and WHEREAS, the requirements for amending the Charter by ordinance are set out in sections 15-1 and 15-2, Hawaii County Charter; and WHEREAS, section 15-1 requires that an ordinance proposing a Charter amendment be adopted after three readings on separate days and passed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the entire membership of the Hawaii County Council; and WHEREAS, section 15-2 requires that upon adoption of such an ordinance, the Council shall by resolution provide that the proposed amendment be submitted to the electors of the County for approval at the next general election and that the resolution shall provide for the publication of the full text of the proposed amendments in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the County as well as via an electronic medium, such as the internet, at least forty- five days (Saturday, September 24, 2016) prior to submission to the electors of the County; and WHEREAS, section 11-119(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires that questions and issues which are to be placed on the general election ballot be submitted to the Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii not later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventy-fifth calendar day (Thursday, August 25, 2016) prior to the election; and WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 15-81, which proposes an amendment to the Hawaii County Charter relating to County bands, was adopted after three readings on the following dates by the following votes: Reading First Reading Second Reading Third Reading Date August 5, 2015 August 19, 2015 September 2, 2015 Vote 7 ayes, 0 noes, 2 absent 9 ayes, 0 noes 9 ayes, 0 noes WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 15-81 was approved by Mayor William P. Kenoi on September 25, 2015, and published on October 3, 2015; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it hereby directs the Clerk of the County of Hawaii to take all necessary steps provided for in all applicable provisions of the Hawaii County Charter and the Hawaii Revised Statutes, within the prescribed time limits, for placing the Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance No. 15-81 on the 2016 General Election ballot for approval by the voters of the County on November 8, 2016. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that those actions include but not be limited to submission of the ballot question to Scott T. Nago, Chief Election Officer of the State of Hawaii, prior to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, August 25, 2016, pursuant to section 11-119(b), Hawaii Revised Statutes, and publication of the full text of the Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance No. 15-81 in the Hawaii Tribune Herald and the West Hawaii Today, two newspapers of general circulation in the County, prior to Saturday, September 24, 2016, the forty-fifth day prior to the 2016 General Election, pursuant to section 15-2, Hawaii County Charter. BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that certified copies of this resolution be sent to Scott T. Nago, Chief Election Officer, State of Hawaii; and Stewart Maeda, Clerk of Hawaii County. Dated at , Hawai`i, this day of , 20 INTRODUCED BY: COUNCIL M MBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII COUNTY COUNCIL County of Hawaii Hilo, Hawaii 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: COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON & PRESIDING OFFICER ROLL CALL VOTE AYES NOES ABS EX CHUNG DAVID EOFF ILAGAN KANUHA ONISHI PALEKA POINDEXTER WILLE Reference: C-918/Council RESOLUTION NO. 548 16