HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #83 - First Reading OrdinanceORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE SETTING FORTH A PROPOSED CHARTER AMEND-
MENT, KNOWN AS "CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 211, AMENDING
SECTIONS 4, 8, 13-A AND 13-B OF THE CITY CHARTER;
INCORPORATING THE METHOD OF DISTRICT ELECTIONS FOR
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI;
ESTABLISHING A BOUNDARIES COMMITTEE WHICH SHALL BE
INITIALLY IMPANELLED NINE (9) MONTHS PRIOR TO THE
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION TO DETERMINE THE ORIGINAL
DISTRICTS, AND WHICH COMMITTEE SHALL BE REIMPANELLED
AGAIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE OFFICIAL RESULTS OF EACH
FEDERAL DECENNIAL:CENSUS TO REDEFINE SUCH DISTRICTS;
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS FROM FIVE (5)
TO SEVEN (7); AND ESTABLISHING THE TERMS OF EACH
COMMISSIONER AND THE DATE AND MANNER OF THEIR ELEC-
TION; REPEALING ALL CHARTER SECTIONS OR PARTS THEREOF
IN CONFLICT; AND CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Commission hereby submits the
following proposed charter amendment for submission to
the qualified electors of the City of Miami at the special
municipal election of November 2, 1982, for the purpose of
incorporating the method of district elections for members
of the City Commission of the City of Miami; establishing a
Boundaries committee to be impan,e..led nine (9) months prior
to the nextr-generaj' election',`tb' define the original districts,
which comm tev;'shall b;e rei panelled immediately after the
official resuVts of each Fjderal Decennial Census to redefine
such district; in�creafi; Vthe number of Commissioners from
five (5) to seven (1) ; a#id establishing the terms of each
Commissioner, and th� date and manner of their elections.
The following proposed charter amendment shall repeal all
Charter sections or parts thereof insofar as they are incon-
sistent or in conflict with the provisions of the proposed
Charter Amendment and shall become effective upon its ap-
proval by the electors:
CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 2
Sections 4, 8, 13-A and 13
te'r, Chapter 10847, Special Act
CITY COMMISSION
MEETING OF
SE P 9 1982
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