HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2018-03COUNTY COUNCIL COUNTY OF KAUA’I 3Ikc~o1ution No.2018-03 RESOLUTION PROPOSING A CHARTER AMENDMENT RELATING TO TERM LIMITS FOR COUNCILMEMBERS BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF KAUA’I,STATE OF HAWAI’I:SECTION 1.Pursuant to Section 24.01 of the Charter of the County of Kaua’i (hereinafter “Charter”),the Council hereby resolves to submit the Charter Amendment described in this Resolution to the voters of the 2018 General Election.SECTION 2.Article III,Section 3.03 of the Charter is hereby amended as follows:“Section 3.03.Terms.The terms of office of councilmember shall be for two years beginning at twelve o’clock meridian on the first working day of December following their election.[No person shall be elected to the office of councilmember for more than four consecutive two year terms.]”SECTION 3.Material to be deleted is bracketed.If this amendment is adopted by voters,the County Clerk need not show any underlining for inclusion in the Charter.SECTION 4.The County Attorney and County Clerk shall approve the wording of the ballot question,which shall be substantially in the following form:“Shall the term limit of office for councilmembers be removed?”SECTION 5.Upon adoption of this Resolution by five or more Councilmembers after two readings on separate days,the County Clerk and County Attorney shall take the necessary steps to submit this amendment to the voters.Introduced by:~~RO S KAGAWA V:\RESOLUTIONS\2016-2018 TERM\2017-731 Charter Amendment re Removing Term Limits for Councilmembers RK_SS_mn.doc €ertiticate ~t ~boption ~e ljcrthp certtfp t!Jat 3L~t~otution ~2018—03 ____________________________________~ua~abopteb tip the Qtountil of the Qtountp of I~aua’t,~‘tate of ~a1uat’i,Iihju’e,~&aua’i,~jaj’j,o~March 14,2018 ~~p~rk @fficer airman &~re ~ateb March 15,2018 ~pc i~ap Q~xcu~cb 3~.ecu~b ~&un x QL~jock x 3aa~a~iia x I~ane~Ijiro x Jaaluakami x 3&apo~o x ~ukimura x Z!rotal 2 0 0