1959-436,
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ORDINANCE NO. 436
AN C ORDINANCE EOF ENDING SECTION' 14 OF ARTICLE _II OF
AN ORDitJANCr AMEND
Y OF _ SOUTH_, MIAMI TO PR0 II Fk0
THE E�CTION %OF,,THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY. {CO> CIL
BY G[�Oi1PS AND FURTHER PRA IIDING THAT ELEC S I AF-
TER,THE POPULATION OF THE CITY REACHES, I7, 000 SHALL
REQV RE! r` CANDI ATE TO`kECEIVG - iV- MAJORITY,�OF THE VOTES
CAST, IN_ HIS, GROUP AND THEREBY PROVIDING FOR RUN -OFF -
ELECTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH MIAMI;
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That Section 14 -of :article II of the Charter of the City of
South Miami, be amended) id) accordance with the pro'ce'dure 'as outl'ine`d
in Seceion'5.03 of the Mdreropolitan,Charte'r of Dade County, Florida,
to provide for the el "ectidh of the five members of the City Council
by groups and further providing that el'ect`ions after the population
Gf the City` reaches 17,000 'sbidll require a candidate "to 'receive a
majority of the votes cast in his group and thereby providing for
run -off elections,
2', That Section 14 of Article II of the-Charter of City of
South Miami be amended to read as follows;
Section '014. (a) The Council shall be composed of five `members
elected from the City at large Inrgroups n�imbere,d one, two, three, }�
four a"nd five. Council =men shall be_ qualified "electors of the City,',C�
shall hold no- tt r pugfic office and be residents of the "City during
the tenure of office. The annual salary of councilmen shall be fixed
by ordinance and in the annual budget and such salA`ty shall not be'
increased after such budget shall have beer, submitted and approved;
,provided, however, such "salary shall not exceed $25.00 per regular
meeting. -.
(b) The 'regular election "for ` Ehe'e°b dice of members of the
Council shall be held on the second Tuesday in February of every even
year., - ,Three councilmen shall be elected each even year, by groups',
and the'two 'councilmen receiving the highest number of votes cast in
%the ih e groups, shall be elected for a term of 'four•years. The re-
- ' shall be elected for a term'
of twog elected councilman ces ors are duly-elected and qualified.
of two, years or until their successors a
An erson who shall possess the qualifications requisite_to an elector
at generil 'State electidfis and shall have resided in therrC', `ty of South
Miami 16r.six months'next preceding Mid'election: and shall have been
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registered in the City Registration "Books, as shall"be prescribed by
ordinance, shall be a_ qualified elector of the municipality at such
election. State or, County Registration shall not be required to
quali "iy an elector of the City. In both regular and special City
elections the candidates receivng' the highest "number of votes in
their group shall be declared to fill the number of vacancies to be
filled on the Council.
(c) The election of members "of, the Counbil,,after the population
of the City of South Tiiam'i has reached 17,000 by either State or Federal
census, shall be conducted in such a manner that the candidate ih any
group must receive .a majority of the votes cast in his 'gro °up ° °°`to be
elected., If a candidate receives a majority of votes in the primary
etbeffi n 'i'n his group, he shall be considered elected upon, and after
the canvass of the votes and the declaration of;;`the result of the
election,. If there be- no majority) the two candidates for nomination
to the office who receive the greatest vote in the primary election "in
each group shall be placed on the ballot in the run -off election,follow-
ing the primary. The candidate for,nomination� receiving the greatest
vote in the run -off election following the primary election,,if other-
wise qualified shall be elected to office from the group in which he
qualified.
3. That this proposal be submitted to the elec�iors 'of the City
of South Miami at the next regular election of .Mayor and members of
the Council to be held on the second Tuesday in February,'1960.
4. That this proposal if approved by a majority of the electors
voting, shall become effective immediately.
/iASSb AND A6 f fti—BY UNWIMTS #VOTE ;OF THE CITY COUIV(;�1L DECEMBER 1`, 19590
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0130 8ua••t Drlri - South Miami 48; Florida
OFFICE
OF THE
CITY CLERK
December 11, 1959 _
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To Members of the City Council:
As Mayo "r;'of the City of South Miami, I have
vetoed Ordinance No. 436, passed by you at the
meeting December 1, 1959, for the following
reasons:
1. The ordinance 'ras rari "tte 'n J's
speculative as to `the popuiat °io " of
the City reaching a certain figure
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in the future'at some time which is
not pr�esently_ascertainab`le, Such
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an ordinance `shou�:d not be' enacted
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now, to be effective at such unknown
time; but she,,Id be enacted at the
time;�such a condition; may be k'n'own
to exist, providing 3t is consered
to be in the best in id
terests of the
City under the then conditions.
2. ,The ordinance as written encumbers
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future City Councils, which Councils
should be free to act in the best in-
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terests of the City -under the conditions
existing at that time,
GIVEN-`UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF SOUtH'M'IAMI,
FLORIDA, THIS 11th DAY OF DECEMBER, AD,, 1959,
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Paul ev s, mayor