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RESOLUTION NO. 652 IS
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CLERK OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII TO
TAKE NECESSARY ACTION TO PLACE THE CHARTER AMENDMENT
PROPOSED BY ORDINANCE NO. 18-76,RELATING TO FISCAL IMPACT
STATEMENTS, 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, 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 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
interne; 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. 18-76, which proposes an amendment to the Hawai`i
County Charter relating to fiscal impact statements, was adopted after three readings on the
following dates by thefollowing votes:
Reading Date
Vote
First Reading June 5, 2018 7 ayes, 0 noes, 2 absent
Second Reading June 19, 2018 9 ayes, 0 noes
Third Reading July 10, 2018 9 ayes, 0 noes
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 18-76 was approved by Mayor Harry Kim on July 23, 2018,
and published on August 4, 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. 18-76
on the 2018 General Election ballot forapproval 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. 18-76 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 Hawai`i; and Stewart Maeda, Clerk of Hawai`i County.
Dated at Hilo , Hawai`i, this 8th day of August , 2018 .
INTRODUCED BY:
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COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES . NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KAI�TUHA X
County of Hawai`i on August 8, 2018 ----
LEE LOY X
O'I-IARA X
ATTEST: POINDEXTER X
RICHARDS X
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' RUGGLES X
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