08-27-08 Item 25a �
ORDINANCE NO:
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4 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
5 OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA RELATING TO
6 THE CODE OF ORDINANCE; AMENDING SECTION' 2- 2.1(A)
7 ENTITLED "RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR CITY
8 COMMISSION MEETINGS ", TO ALLOW FOR MEETING TIME
9 LIMITS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, ORDINANCES IN
10 CONFLICT, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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12 WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Commission of the City of South Miami attach
13 importance to promoting inclusion, and positive community relations by bringing the
14 total community together for the betterment of the entire City; and
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16 WHEREAS, in its endeavor to encourage more public participation, the
17 Commission desires to take an ambassadorial approach to preserving the constancy of its
18 City Commission meetings; and
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20 WHEREAS, it is the aspiration of this commission to impose a meeting time
21 limitation of 11:00 p.m., for regular City Commission, except upon an affifffl4 ve ete of
22 a super - majority vote 4/5 vote) of the members present at that meeting and such
23 meeting extension shall not exceed midnight.
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25 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
26 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
27 Section 1. That Section 2 -2.1 (A) of the Code of Ordinances entitled "Rules of
28 Procedure of city commission is here by amended as follows "REGULAR MEETING.
29 The City commission shall hold regular meetings at 7:30 p.m., on the first and third
30 Tuesdays of each month with the exception of the months of June and July. The City
31 Commission shall hold regular meetings at 7:30 p.m. on the first and second Tuesdays of
32 June and the last two (2) Tuesdays of July. When the day set for any regular meeting falls
33 on a day designated by law as a legal, public, national or religious holiday, such meeting
34 shall be held on the next succeeding day following such holiday. Regular meetings may
35 be otherwise postponed, cancelled or reset only by resolution adopted at a regular
36 meeting of a majority of the entire membership of the commission. All regular meetings
37 shall be held in the commission chambers, located at city 'hall.
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39 No meeting of the city commission shall extend later that 11:00 p.m., except upon
40 the affkm tive vote of super - majority vote (4/5 vote) of members present at the meeting
41 and such meeting extensions shall not exceed midnight. Any and all items not considered
42 by this limitation time period will be deferred to the next regular scheduled commission
43 meeting.
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Section 2. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance are repealed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approved.
PASSEP AND ADOPTED this
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
1 st Reading —
2nd Reading —
day of August , 2008.
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM:
APPROVED:
MAYOR
COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Feliu:
Vice Mayor Beasley:
Commissioner Wiscombe:
Commissioner Palmer:
Commissioner Beckman:
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