HomeMy WebLinkAboutComm No 0043.22 - Transmit CA-26 Draft 3Douglass Shipman Adams
Chairperson
Jennifer Leilani Zelko-Schlueter
Vice Chairperson
2018-2020
HAWAII COUNTY
CHARTER COMMISSION
Date: April 29, 2019
To: Members of the Hawai`i County Charter Commission
From: Douglass Shipman Adams, Chair
Hawai`i County Charter Commission
William Carthage Bergin
Michelle Galimba
Paul K. Hamano
Kevin D. Hopkins
Bobby Jean Akane Leithead Todd
Sarah H. Rice
Christopher John Imiloa Roehrig
Marcia A.K. Saquing
Donna Mae Springer
RE: Transmitting CA -26, Draft 3; Proposed Amendment to Section 6-2.2 — Relating to
Qualifications for the Director of Public Works; Submitted by Commissioner
Adams
Please find attached CA -26, Draft 3, which passed First Reading on April 25, 2019.
CA -26, Draft 2, was amended by adding that the Director of Public Works must possess a
bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, which degree shall be related
to the powers, duties, and functions of the Department of Public Works.
Should you have any questions, please contact our Commission Analyst, Jon Henricks.
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Comm. No. 43.22
CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. CA -26, DRAFT 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
Section 1. Article VI, Chapter 2, Section 6-2.2, of the Hawai`i County
Charter (2018 Edition), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 6-2.2. Director.
The director of public works shall be appointed by the mayor, confirmed by the
council and may be removed by the mayor. [The director shall be a registered
professional engineer.] The director shall_
a) have had a minimum of five years of experience in an administrative capacity[-]; and
(2) possess a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university;
both of which shall be related to the powers, duties and functions of the department of
public works."
Section 2. Charter material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken through.
New charter material is underscored. When revising, compiling, or printing these charter
provisions for inclusion in the Charter of the County of Hawai`i (2020), the revisor need
not include the brackets, bracketed and stricken material, or underscoring.
Section 3. The revisor of the charter shall renumber charter article, chapter,
and section numbers and any cross references thereto pursuant to amendments approved
by the electorate.
Section 4. Severability. 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 5. This amendment shall take effect upon approval by the electorate.