HomeMy WebLinkAboutComm No 0031.01 - Transmit CA-14 for First ReadingDouglass Shipman Adams
Chairperson
Jennifer Leilani Zelko-Schlueter
Vice Chairperson
2018-2020
HAWAII COUNTY
CHARTER COMMISSION
Date: February 12, 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 -14 for First Reading; Proposed Amendment to Sections 6-4.3
and 6-4.4; Relating to the Qualifications for Director of Information Technology
and Powers, Duties, and Functions of the Department of Information Technology;
Submitted by Commissioner Adams
Please find attached CA -14 as properly formatted for First Reading.
CA -14 passed Initial Approval on February 8, 2019, and will be placed on the March 8,
2019, meeting agenda for First Reading.
Should you have any questions, please contact our Commission Analyst, Jon Henricks.
DSA/jdh
Hawai`i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
Comm. No. 31.1
CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. CA -14
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII:
Section 1. Article VI, Chapter 4, Section 6-4.3, of the Hawai`i County Charter
(2018 Edition), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 6-4.3. Qualifications.
The director of information technology shall have had a minimum of five years of
experience in the field of [electronic data processing, telecommunications] information
technology, communications networking, and development, implementation and
operation of [business oriented] enterprise -oriented applications, at least three years of
which shall have been in an administrative and managerial capacity in a [computer
system] technology environment at least comparable to that of the county's system."
Section 2. Article VI, Chapter 4, Section 6-4.4, of the Hawai`i County Charter
(2018 Edition), is amended to read as follows:
"Section 6-4.4. Powers, Duties, and Functions.
The director of information technology shall:
(a) Operate the [central data processing] network system, and coordinate and oversee
the operations of departmental [:..: - • • - •• ,] technology, except for
[those systems] technology maintained by the department of water supply.
(b) Provide technical expertise in [data processing and telecommunication]
information technology to applicable departments and agencies of the county.
(c) Assist in the development of [management information.] an information
technology workforce and a services -oriented infrastructure.
(d) Advise the mayor on matters related to [data processing and telecommunication.]
information technology.
(e) Perform such other duties as may be required by law."
Section 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. This amendment shall take effect upon approval by the electorate.