A Honolulu City Council selection committee is recommending that acting City Clerk Glen Takahashi take over the job permanently. The committee made the recommendation in a resolution introduced Wednesday.

The selection is expected to be confirmed by the full Council at its June 3 meeting.

For many years, Takahashi has been the city’s chief elections officer and deputy clerk. He became acting clerk after Clerk Bernice Mau retired last year.

The clerk, by charter, is the keeper of all the Council’s records and documents, including city ordinances, bills and resolutions. The clerk also manages the city’s election functions.

The selection committee, made up of three Council members and three former Council staffers, also recommended that Kimberly Ribellia, former chief of staff to Council Chairman Ernie Martin and former Council Chairman Donovan Dela Cruz, be named the new deputy clerk.

Both appointments are for six-year terms. Takahashi’s term would begin July 1 while Ribellia would start Sept. 1.

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State to clear tall trees in Hilo

Crews are removing several large trees that could pose a danger to air traffic at Hilo Airport.

The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Thursday that the state Department of Transportation found that a 70-foot banyan and several mango trees were too tall and becoming a safety problem.