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FINAL
LANGUAGE FOR BALLOT
1. Should all county officers --mayor, county council, and prosecuting attorney --be
elected in nonpartisan elections, with no party identification appearing on the
ballot?
2. Should the managing director be given additional responsibilities over ',all county
departments and agencies, and be confirmed by the county council?
3. Should there be a fire commission to appoint the fire chief and advise the fire
department?
4. Should the solid waste, wastewater, and recycling programs of the county be
transferred from the department of public works to a new department of
environmental management, with a new environmental management'commission?
5. Should members of boards and commissions whose terms expire continue in
office for ninety days if successors have not been appointed and confirmed?
6. Should the duties and positions of the safety coordinator's office be transferred to
the department of civil service, and the safety coordinator's office then'be
abolished?
7. Should the title of the chief engineer be changed to "director of public works,"
and should there be stronger qualifications for the following officers: '
• director of research and development
• director of parks and recreation
• planning director
• director of public works
• managing director
• manager of department of water supply?
8. Should the police department have a statement of policy, and the police
commission be required to review the operations of the dei .artment and to perform
an annual evaluation of the chief of police?
9. Should the water commission be renamed the water board, and one board member
be a resident of each county council district?
10. Should the salary commission set the compensation for all appointed directors and
deputy directors of departments and executive agencies?
11. Should there be a cost of government commission to promote improvements to
the economy and efficiency of government?
12. Should the Hawaii Redevelopment Agency be abolished, and its functions
transferred to the planning department?
13. Should the county council be required to meet at least once every three months in
North or South Kona?
14. Should the liquor commission be increased from seven to nine members, and
should one member be a resident of each county council district?
15. Should a statement of purpose be added to the code of ethics?
16. Should a member of a board or commission with a district residency requirement
be eligible to serve out the full term, and represent the district to which the
member was appointed, if redistricting changes the boundaries so that the member
no longer resides within the district?
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