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Ordinance: 12743
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 05-01039 Final Action Date: 11/17/2005
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER 2/
ARTICLE XI/ DIVISION 2 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS
AMENDED ("CITY CODE"), ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS,
COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF
BOARDS GENERALLY" AND DIVISION 3 OF SAID CHAPTER AND ARTICLE OF
THE CITY CODE ENTITLED "MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL" TO PROVIDE
SEPARATE QUORUM REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL
COUNCIL; MORE PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING SECTIONS 2-887 AND 2-923(F)
OF THE CITY CODE; CONTAINING A REPEALER PROVISION, A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 2-887 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City
Code"), sets forth the quorum requirements for boards generally and exceptions thereto; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to include the Mayor's International Council on the
list of boards subject to a separate quorum requirement;
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/ Divisions 2 and 3 of the City Code, are further amended in
the following particulars:{1}
"Chapter 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE XI. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS
Division 2. STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS GENERALLY
*
Sec. 2-887. Quorum requirements; exceptions.
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(b) The following boards are subject to quorum requirements as provided for
elsewhere in this Code.
Audit Advisory Committee
Bayfront Park Management Trust
Coconut Grove Special Events and Marketing Committee
Equal Opportunity Advisory Board
Mayor's International Council
Miami Commission on the Status of Women
Parking Advisory Board
Street Codesignation Review Committee
Urban Development Review Board
Division 3. MAYOR'S INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL
Sec. 2-923. Governing body: composition and appointments; terms of office and
vacancies; membership eligibility requirements; oath; quorum and voting; meetings;
attendance requirements; parliamentary authority and rules of procedure; and
indemnification.
(f)
Quorum and voting. At all meetings of the council, a majority of the then
appointed the members present shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and each member shall have one vote on every issue submitted to a
vote of the council. The act of a majority of the members present at a meeting at
which a quorum is present shall be the act of the council. The members of the
council shall make and adopt bylaws and rules and regulations.
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Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances insofar as they 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 immediately upon its adoption and signature
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of the Mayor.{2}
Footnotes:
{1} Words/and or figures stricken through shall be deleted. 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} If the Mayor does not sign this Ordinance, it shall become effective at the end of ten calendar
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.
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