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COUNTY OF HAWAII • ' ' !_}'- STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 621. 18
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO
TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT
PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE NO. 18-30, RELATING TO PUBLIC NOTICE
PROCEDURES FOR THE SALARY COMMISSION, ON THE 2018 GENERAL
ELECTION BALLOT.
WHEREAS, article XV, Hawai`i 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, Hawai`i 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 Hawai`i 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 at least forty-five days (Saturday, September 22, 2018)prior to
submission to the electors of the County, as well as via an electronic medium, such as the
internet; and
WHEREAS, section 11-119(b), Hawai`i 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 Hawai`i not later than 4:30 p.m. on the seventy-fifth calendar day
(Thursday, August 23, 2018) prior to the election; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 18-30, which proposes an amendment to the Hawai`i
County Charter relating to public notice procedures for the Salary Commission, was adopted
after three readings on the following dates by the following votes:
Reading Date Vote
First Reading March 14, 2018 8 ayes, 0 noes, 1 absent
Second Reading March 28, 2018 9 ayes, 0 noes
Third Reading April 11, 2018 8 ayes, 1 no
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 18-30 was approved by Mayor Harry Kim on April 24,
2018, and published on May 5, 2018; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that it
hereby directs the Clerk of the County of Hawai`i to take all necessary steps provided for in all
applicable provisions of the Hawai`i County Charter and the Hawai`i Revised Statutes, within
the prescribed time limits, for placing the Charter amendment proposed by Ordinance No. 18-30
on the 2018 General Election ballot for approval by the voters of the County on
November 6, 2018.
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
Hawai`i, prior to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, August 23, 2018,pursuant to section 11-119(b), Hawai`i
Revised Statutes, and publication of the full text of the Charter amendment proposed by
Ordinance No. 18-30 in the Hawai`i Tribune Herald and the West Hawai`i Today, two
newspapers of general circulation in the County, prior to Saturday, September 22, 2018, the
forty-fifth day prior to the 2018 General Election, pursuant to section 15-2, Hawai`i 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 Hawai`i County.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 5th day of June , 2018 .
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
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Reference: C-951/Council
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