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AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE XI OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED,
ENTITLED: "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS," MORE
PARTICULARLY BY AMENDING DIVISION 2/SECTION 2-883 ENTITLED:
"STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS
GENERALLY/CREATION OF NEW BOARDS," TO PROVIDE THAT NEW BOARDS
IN THE CITY OF MIAMI MAY BE CREATED BY EITHER ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended, entitled
"Administration," is 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. 2-883. Creation of new boards.
(a) All city boards created after the effective date of this division shall be created only by ordinance
or resolution. Such ordinance or resolution shall set forth the board's purpose, function, power,
responsibility, jurisdiction, membership requirements and restrictions, terms and conditions of
appointment to or removal from the board, and the specific staff support, if any, to be provided to
the board. The ordinance or resolution shall also provide for an annual report, either oral or written,
to the city commission.
(b) After passage on first reading of an ordinance creating a new board and prior to the second
reading of said ordinance, or prior to the presentation of a resolution creating a board to the city
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commission, the city manager shall submit to the city commission a report setting forth the_____
following information concerning the proposed new board:
(1) For boards other than advisory boards, whether the establishment of the board will create
sufficient betterment to the community to justify the city commission's delegation of a portion of
its authority.
(2) Whether another board or agency, either public or private, which is already in existence
could serve the same purpose.
(3) The costs, both direct and indirect, of establishing and maintaining the board.
(4) Whether the board is necessary to enable the city to obtain state or federal grants or other
financing.
(5) For boards other than advisory boards, whether the board should have bonding authority.
(6) For boards other than advisory boards, whether the board should have the final authority to
enter into contracts and spend city funds, or whether its contracts and expenditures must be
ratified by the city commission.
(7) Whether the creation of a new board is the best method of achieving the benefit desired.
For boards created by ordinance, tThe second reading shall be held no earlier than 15 days after
passage on first reading of the ordinance creating said board.
(d) All boards existing prior to the effective date of this amendment, and which meet the definition of a
board in Section 2-882, regardless of the manner in which said board was created, shall continue to
be a city board under this division.
Section 2. If any section, part of a section, paragraph, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is
declared invalid, the remaining provisions of this Ordinance shall not be affected.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and adoption
thereof.{2}
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VI LTORIA ENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
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} This Ordinance shall become effective as specified herein unless vetoed by the Mayor within ten
(10) 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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