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Ordinance 14088
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File Number: 12268
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 9/13/2022
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AMENDING CHAPTER
2, ARTICLE II, SECTION 2-33(I) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION/ORDER OF BUSINESS AND RULES OF PROCEDURE" TO
PROVIDE FOR CONSIDERATION OF EMERGENCY MATTERS AT SPECIAL
MEETINGS OF THE CITY COMMISSION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Alex Diaz de la Portilla
WHEREAS, on occasion, the City Commission is unable to meet at its regularly
scheduled time and date due to a lack of quorum or other emergency; and
WHEREAS, on such occasions, the City Commission or the Mayor may call a special
meeting to ensure that important matters are heard and decided in a timely manner and without
delay; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission is presently restricted from considering additional
emergency items at a special meeting of the City Commission when those items were not
expressly noticed; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it to be in the best interests of the citizens and
residents of the City of Miami to amend its rules of procedure to provide for the flexibility of
considering additional emergency items at special City Commission meetings when appropriate;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are
adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 2, Article II, Section 2-33(I) of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida,
as amended, titled "Administration/Mayor and City Commission/Order of Business and Rules of
Procedure" is amended in the following particulars:'
"CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION
' Words/and or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall be
added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted
and unchanged material.
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ARTICLE 11. MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
Section 2-33. Order of business and rules of procedure.
(1) Nothing in this section shall prohibit either the mayor, the commissioner
designated as the presiding officer of the city commission, or three city
commissioners from calling special meetings at any time provided that written
notice of the request for a special meeting is delivered to the city clerk at least 72
hours in advance. The city clerk shall then notify the mayor, each member of the
commission, the city manager, the city attorney, and the public of the special
meeting including the business to be considered at the special meeting. No
business shall be conducted or a vote taken at a special city commission meeting
on business other than the subject(s) for which the special meeting is called
unless the City commission by a majority vote deems such resolution or
ordinance to be of an emergency nature and such resolution or ordinance has
been reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget for any fiscal impact.
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Section 3. If any section, part of section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this
Ordinance is declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately after final reading and
adoption thereof.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
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2 This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten (10)
days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Ordinance, it shall become
effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission or upon the effective date stated
herein, whichever is later.
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