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Resolution: R-10-0014
File Number: 10-00082a
City Hall
3500 Pan American
Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 1/26/2010
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION APPOINTING RICHARD P.
DUNN, II, AS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA, DISTRICT 5, TO FILL THE VACANCY CREATED BY THE SUSPENSION
OF MICHELLE SPENCE-JONES, TO SERVE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE RESULTS
HAVE BEEN DECLARED AND CERTIFIED FOR AN ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 2,2010 OR UNTIL COMMISSIONER SPENCE-JONES' SUSPENSION
MAY BE REVOKED PURSUANT TO SECTION 112.51(6), FLORIDA STATUTES
(2009), OR COURT ORDER, WHICHEVER MAY OCCUR FIRST.
WHEREAS, on November 3, 2009, Commissioner Michelle Spence Jones was re-elected to
the Office of Commissioner for District 5; and
WHEREAS, on November 13, 2009, Governor Charlie Crist issued Executive Order Number
09-248, suspending Michelle Spence -Jones from public office; and
WHEREAS, on November 25, 2009, the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 09-0513,
thereby scheduling a Special Election to be held on January 12, 2010, to fill the vacancy caused by
the suspension; and
WHEREAS, on January 15, 2009, the City Clerk certified that the canvass of the vote was
completed and transmitted the official results of the January 12, 2009, Special Election, thereby
certifying that Michelle Spence -Jones received the greatest number of votes in the Special Election;
and
WHEREAS, on January 14, 2010, Governor Crist issued Executive Order Number 10-05
suspending Michelle Spence -Jones from public office, again; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Executive Order Number 10-05, Michelle Spence -Jones was
suspended effective upon her assuming office in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Charter of the City of Miami ("City Charter"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 09-0513, the candidate who shall receive the greatest
number of votes holds office as of noon the day following the canvass of the vote, thereby, making
the suspension of Michelle Spence -Jones effective on November 16, 2009; and
WHEREAS, under the City Charter, Section 12, the Commission has ten (10) days to fill the
vacancy caused by the suspension; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, to fill such vacancy, by
appointment, pursuant to City Charter provisions relative to same;
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File Number: 10-00082a
Enactment Number: R-10-0014
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. Richard P. Dunn, II, is appointed as a member of the City Commission of the City of
Miami, Florida, District 5, to fill the vacancy created by Governor Crist's suspension of Michelle
Spence -Jones, to serve until such time as the results have been declared and certified for the
Election to be held on November 2, 2010, or until Commissioner Spence -Jones' suspension may be
revoked pursuant to §112.51(6), Florida Statutes (2009), or court order, whichever may occur first.
Section 2. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor.
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