Title
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS (RETENTION AND TERMINATION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL) (GET-10(9))
Description
The Committee is in receipt of correspondence, dated December 30, 2019, from Council Vice-Chair Keani N.W. Rawlins-Fernandez, transmitting a proposed resolution, entitled “PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE REVISED CHARTER OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI (1983), AS AMENDED, RELATING TO THE RETENTION AND TERMINATION OF SPECIAL COUNSEL.” The purpose of the proposed resolution is to place on the next General Election ballot the question of whether the Revised Charter of the County of Maui (1983), as amended, should be amended, effective January 2, 2021, to authorize the County Council to retain and terminate special counsel by a simple-majority vote of its members.
Status
The Committee may consider whether to recommend passage of the proposed resolution on first reading, with or without revisions. The Committee may also consider the filing of the correspondence and other related action.