The Office of Council Services provides legal services for the City Council, conducts research for the enactment or consideration of legislation, and serves in an advisory or consultative capacity to the Council and its committees.
Services Performed by OCS
- Performing research, drafting research memoranda, and providing advice supporting the formulation of ideas for legislation
- Drafting bills, resolutions, and other legislative documents for discussion, consideration, and adoption
- Staffing the Council and its committees at hearings and meetings to ensure compliance with laws and rules
- Analyzing communications submitted by the Mayor and executive departments
- Analyzing and drafting the City’s budget and all parts thereof
- Preparing legal opinions and serving as legal special counsel
- Serving as the revisor of the Revised Ordinances of Honolulu
- Supporting the Council as a member of the Hawaii State Association of Counties
- Supporting the Council as trustees of the Kapiolani Park charitable trust