HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #18 - First Reading OrdinanceORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NOS. 7245
AND 7247 IN THEIR ENTIRETY AS APPEARING IN
BASIC ORDINANCE FORM AND AS CODIFIED IN THE
CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED, BOTH ORDINANCES HAVING BEEN ADOPTED
SEPTEMBER 30, 1964 AND RELATING TO THE
ORIGINAL CREATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICE
AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FIRE, RESCUE AND
INSPECTION SERVICES RESPECTIVELY; FURTHER,
CREATING THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS WHOSE AFFAIRS
ARE TO BE ADMINISTERED BY DIRECTORS WHO WHILE
BEING APPOINTED BY AND SERVING UNDER THE
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE CITY MANAGER
SHALL ONLY BE REMOVED FROM THEIR POSITION BY
JUDGMENT OF THE CITY COMMISSION; PROVIDING
THAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES, FUNCTIONS, AND
DUTIES OF THE NEWLY CREATED DEPARTMENTS
REMAIN UNCHANGED FROM THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES,
FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES BEING DISCHARGED PRIOR
TO THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE AND BY
PROVIDING THAT ALL FUNDS, PERSONNEL RECORDS
AND EQUIPMENT CURRENTLY APPROPRIATED AND
ASSIGNED TO THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS AS OF
THE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE ARE TO REMAIN SO
APPROPRIATED AND ASSIGNED; REPEALING CITY
CODE SECTIONS 2-81, 2-82, 2-83, 42-1, 42-2,
and 42-3 IN THEIR ENTIRETY; AND ADOPTING NEW
CITY CODE SECTIONS 2-81, 2-82, 2-83, 42-1,
42-2, AND 42-3; CONTAINING A REPEALER
PROVISION AND A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, in 1964 the City Commission adopted Ordinance
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Nos. 7245 and 7247 which ed the departments of polic rid
fire respectively, rs t the authority of City a r
Section 19, thereb scan inuing the Department u is Safety
which haVAS,
c prised of the Divisi off ice and the
Divisioni ; and
WHER in the creation th a departments there was no
provision made to ensure ecurity for the department
directors: the police chief d the fire chief, both of whom
having previously had a degree of security by virtue of their
status as head of their respective divisions; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of Charter Sectio,L 19A allow the
City Commission to create departments having such characteristics