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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-12409J-03-688 9/25/03 ORDINANCE NO. 12409 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE II OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION" TO PROVIDE FOR THE SCHEDULING OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA BY CITY BOARDS AND TO REQUIRE ALL CITIZENS' REQUESTS FOR AGENDA PLACEMENT BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY MANAGER PRIOR TO AGENDA SCHEDULING, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE MAYOR OR A MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION; MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTION 2-33(c) OF SAID CODE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. Chapter 2/Article II of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, entitled "Administration/Mayor and City Commission," is amended in the following particulars:!' "Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION 11 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. 12409 Article II. Mayor and City Commission Sec. 33. Order of business and rules of procedure. (c) After approval of the minutes of the previous meeting(s), all business that shall come before the city commission shall be taken up in the order as such items of business appear on the city commission agenda in accordance with the following provisions: (1) The agenda shall be prepared by the city manager in an appropriate form approved, from time to time, by the city commission. Matters may be placed on the agenda by the mayor, any member of the city commission, the city manager, the city attorney, a+rd the city clerk, and a City Board as created by resolution of the City Commission or as defined in Section 2-882 of this Code. (2) Only the mayor, members of the city commission and the city manager may place a citizen on the agenda. Any citizen shall be entitled to speak on any matter appearing on the agenda under the agenda portions entitled "consent agenda," "public hearings," and "public discussion." (3) Any citizen shall be entitled to be scheduled on the aaenda of a reaular meetina of the city commission for presentation of information and material to be considered by the commission within the scope of the jurisdiction of the City Commission after the city manager has communicated with the citizen and reviewed or investiaated the Page 2 of 5 1209 citizen's issue, unless otherwise directed by the Mayor or a member of the City Commission. If the City Manager is able to resolve or remedy the concerns of the citizen, the citizen may elect to withdraw the request to appear before the City Commission. If the matter is not or cannot be resolved or remedied by the City Manager, then, at the will of the citizen, the request for appearance shall be scheduled- on the next available agenda and the City Manager shall submit a report in the agenda packet detailing actions taken to resolve or remedy the matter and administrative recommendations. (-34) No citizen shall be entitled as a matter of right to address the city commission on any matter appearing on the agenda which is not scheduled for public hearing or public discussion or which does not appear thereon as a result of his or her placement, as described in paragraph (c)(2) hereof; citizens so desiring to speak shall be allowed to speak only if permitted to do so by the presiding officer of the city commission and if such permission is not withdrawn by a majority of the commission members present. (45) The total number of items that may be scheduled on a regular city commission agenda shall not exceed 60 items. (-56) The lunch recess shall begin: a. At 12:00 noon; or b. At the conclusion of deliberations of the agenda item being considered at 12:00 noon; or C. At the conclusion of statements made by the person who has been recognized to address the commission immediately prior to 12:00 noon; or d. At any time deemed appropriate by the city commission. Page 3 of 5 12409 2409 (-67) The city commission meetings shall adjourn at the conclusion of deliberations of the agenda item being considered at 9:00 p.m., or at the conclusion of the regularly scheduled agenda, whichever occurs first. (d) A copy of requests, petitions and applications shall be placed before the mayor and each member of the city commission, supported by departmental fteffier-andiafa administrative memoranda and such information as may be necessary to enable the city commission to reach a decision. All such requests, petitions and applications, except in cases of extreme emergency, shall be in the hands of the city manager for a period of five at least twenty-one days prior to a regular meeting, to enable the herds of the departs affeeted administration to prepare necessary memoranda, data or reports. Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances that are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance are repealed. 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. Page 4 of 5 12409 Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption thereof.�' PASSED ON FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY this 11th day of September , 2003. PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING BY TITLE ONLY this 25th day of September , 2003. ATTEST: P ISCILLA AMPS CITY CLERK . i 'T FORM AND CORRECTNESS NDRO VILARELLO ATTORNEY W1500: BSS This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten 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. Page 5 of 5 12409 Second Reading Ordinance 19 CITY ATTOWEVS OFFICE ME UM TO: Mayor and Members; embers of Ir y Commission FROM: Alejandro Vilarello, ityney DATE: August 13, 2003 RE: Proposed First a j'g Ordinance- Septe er 11, 2003 To provide for the uling of items on the genda by City boards and to require all citizens' requ isagenda placement be reviewed by the City Manager prior to agenda scheduli g (688) The attached proposed Ordinance has been drafted pursuant to the July 24, 2003 City Commission directive that legislation be drafted to provide for the scheduling of items on the agenda by City boards and to require all citizens' requests for agenda placement be reviewed by the City Manager prior to agenda scheduling W920:BSS c: Joe Arriola, City Manager Priscilla A. Thompson, City Clerk Elvi G. Alonso, Agenda Coordinator 12409