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File Number: 05-00924 Final Action Date:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE XI/DIVISION 14 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES,
COMMISSIONS/HOMELAND DEFENSE/NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT BOND
PROGRAM OVERSIGHT BOARD," MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING
SECTION 2-1203(E), ELIMINATING THE STIPULATION THAT A CHAIRPERSON
CANNOT SERVE FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN OFFICE; CONTAINING A
REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 12177, adopted January 10, 2002, amended Chapter 2/Article XI of the
Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), entitled "Administration/Boards,
Committees, Commissions," to establish the Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bond
Program Oversight Board ("Bond Oversight Board"); and
WHEREAS, Section 2-1203(e) of the City Code sets forth the Bond Oversight Board's terms of
office and currently prohibits any chairperson from serving more than two years in office; and
WHEREAS, the Bond Oversight Board is the only City Board with this limitation; and
WHEREAS, removing this stipulation will provide consistency with other City Boards; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor is the authority who designates the chairperson of the Bond Oversight
Board and has requested an amendment to the ordinance governing the Bond Oversight Board;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Ordinance are adopted by
reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 2/Article XI/Division 14 of the City Code, entitled "AdministrationlBoards,
Committees, Commissions/Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bond Program Oversight
Board," is amended in the following particulars:{1}
"Chapter 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE Xl. Boards, Committees, Commissions
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Section 2-1203. Membership; qualifications; terms of office; vacancies; officers; parliamentary
procedures and rules of procedure; meetings; quorum; voting; attendance requirements.
(e) Officers. The mayor shall designate the chairperson of the board. The board shall select and
designate from its members a vice -chairperson, secretary, and such other officers as may be deemed
necessary, who shall serve at the pleasure of the board.
yoars in office. The vice -chairperson shall serve as chairperson in the absence of the chairperson.
Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances that are inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are repealed.
Section 4. 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.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption
thereof.{2}
APPROVFD AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS/
JO ERNANDEZ
CITY A NEY
Footnotes:
{1} Underscored words and/or figures shall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and
remain unchanged. Asterisks indicate omitted and unchanged material.
{2} 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.
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