HomeMy WebLinkAboutVeto Memo-City ClerkCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO Honorable Members of DATE: July 30, 2021 FILE:
the City Commission
SUBJECT. Mayoral VETO of Resolution
R-21-0327 adopted at the
July 22, 2021 City
F REFERENCES: Commission Meeting
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City Clerk ENCLOSURES: (1)
I am in receipt of a mayoral veto (received on Friday, July 30, 2021, at 3:48 p.m.) pertaining
to Resolution R-21-0327 that was passed at the July 22, 2021 City Commission Meeting
involving the following item:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
APPROVING, SETTING FORTH, AND SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORATE A
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED ("CHARTER"), BY AMENDING SECTION 26, TITLED "SUSPENSION
AND REMOVAL OF CHIEF OF POLICE AND FIRE CHIEF", TO SET FORTH A
PROCEDURE, COMMENCING IN NOVEMBER 2021, FOR SELECTING AND
APPOINTING THE POSITIONS OF CHIEF OF POLICE AND FIRE -RESCUE CHIEF;
CALLING FOR AND PROVIDING THAT THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AT THE REFERENDUM SPECIAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH THE CITY OF MIAMI'S GENERAL
MUNICIPAL ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 2, 2021; DESIGNATING
AND APPOINTING THE CITY CLERK AS THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE CITY COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF VOTER REGISTRATION
BOOKS AND RECORDS; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A
CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION TO BE DELIVERED TO THE
SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY NOT LESS THAN
FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH ELECTION; PROVIDING
AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
Pursuant to City Charter Section 4(g)(5), the City Commission may, at its next regularly
scheduled or special meeting after the veto occurs, override the veto by a four -fifths (4/5ths)
vote of the City Commissioners present, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary
contained in the Charter and City Code. For your information, the next regularly scheduled
meeting of the City Commission will occur on September 13, 2021.
If you have any questions regarding this information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
C: Francis Suarez, Honorable Mayor
Arthur Noriega, V, City Manager
Victoria Mdndez, City Attorney
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