Res No 061-10-13095RESOLUTION NO.
61 -10 -13095
A resolution of the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South
Miami, Florida, establishing procedure for advanced notice of add -on
item(s) on the agenda; and providing an effective date.
WHEREAS, Section 2 -2.1 (C) of the City of South Miami Code of Ordinances
provides that "the Commission shall not take action upon any matter or item or business
which is not listed upon the official agenda without approval of at least three (3)
Commissioners present at such regular meeting'; and,
WHEREAS, Section 2 -2.1 (C) of the City of South Miami Code of Ordinances
further provides that "except for emergencies, no item will be placed on the agenda of a
regular meeting of the Commission which has not been delivered to the City Clerk by
noon on the Wednesday preceding such regular meeting "; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission wish to establish a procedure for
advanced notice of add -on item(s) on the agenda; and,
WHEREAS, the procedure for advanced notice of add -on item(s) on the agenda
shall consist in posting such item on the City's website (www.cityofsouthmiami.net),
and, at the same time, the item shall be electronically forwarded to the City Commission.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA; that
Section 1. The above whereas clauses are incorporated by reference into the
body of this resolution.
Section 2. The Mayor and City Commission direct the City Manager, City
Attorney and City Clerk to ensure that the procedure for advanced notice of add -on
item(s) on the agenda be carried out, by posting such item on the City's website
(www.cityofsouthmiami.net), and, at the same time, the item be electronically forwarded
to the City Commission.
Section 3. The City Clerk is further directed to make said add -on item(s)
available to the public at the entrance to the Commission Chambers during every
Commission meeting.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall after the roll is called, at any Commission
meeting, read into the record of such Commission meeting the title of the proposed add -
on item(s) sought to be placed on the agenda.
Section 5. Nothing herein shall affect the requirement that any add -on item
can only be placed on the agenda by the approval of the majority vote of the City
Commission.
Pg. 2 of Res. No. 61 -10 -13095
Section 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon approval.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16 day of March, 2010.
ATTEST: APPROVED
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READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM
AND SUFFICIENCY:
Laurence Feingold,
Office of City Attorney
COMMISSION VOTE: 4 -0
Mayor Stoddard:
Yea
Vice Mayor Newman:
Yea
Commissioner Palmer:
Yea
Commissioner Beasley:
absent
Commissioner Harris:
Yea
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