HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #73 - First Reading OrdinanceJ-98-641
6/23/98
ORDINANCE N;G .
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2/ARTICLE II OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/MAYOR AND
CITY COMMISSION", BY ADDING LANGUAGE TO
CLARIFY SECTION 4(g)(6) OF THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED, AS IT
RELATES TO THE TIME WHEN THE REMOVAL OF THE
CITY MANAGER BY THE MAYOR WILL TARE EFFECT;
MORE PARTICULARLY BY ADDING NEW SECTION 2-37
TO SAID CODE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION
AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 4 (g) (6) of the City Charter provides that
the mayor may remove the city manager subject to the City
Commission conducting a hearing within 10 dayhosuch removal
and the City Commission's overriding the mayion by a
four -fifths (4/5ths) vote; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interestNof/ the citizens of
Miami that a permanent change of the cit Janager be effectuated
so as to assure a smooth tran 'tio or the administrative
functions of the City of Miami; d
WHEREAS, the Charter W ion regarding the permanent
removal of the city aV the mayor allows for the City
Commission to overr t yor's decision within 10 days is
intended to provide f�ontinuity in city management; and
WHE , notwithstanding the opinion of the city attorney
that upo emoval of the city manager by the mayor the manager is