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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, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION/BOARDS, COMMITTEES,
COMMISSIONS/STANDARDS FOR CREATION AND REVIEW OF BOARDS
GENERALLY", TO AMEND SECTION 2-885, ENTITLED "TERMS OF OFFICE;
TERM LIMIT WAIVER", AND SECTION 2-886, ENTITLED "ATTENDANCE
REQUIREMENT", TO PROVIDE THAT BOARD MEMBERS' TERMS MAY ONLY BE
EXTENDED FOR ONE (1) ADDITIONAL ONE (1) YEAR TERM; PROVIDING THAT
SUCH EXTENSION MUST BE APPROVED BY FIVE (5) MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COMMISSION; FURTHER PROVIDING THAT BOARD MEMBERS WILL ONLY BE
ENTITLED TO ONE (1) EXCESSIVE ABSENCE WAIVER DURING THEIR TENURE
AS A MEMBER OF A BOARD; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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 2 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
("City Code"), 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
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Sec. 2-885. - Terms of office; term limit waiver.
(a) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the charter or the Code, the terms of office of the
members of each board shall be:
(1) One year;
(2) Until the nominating commissioner leaves office; or
(3) Until recommended for removal, at the will of the nominating commissioner, voted upon by
the members of the city commission, whichever occurs first. When the nominating
commissioner leaves office the board member's term shall expire. Vacancies on boards shall
be filled by the commission for the unexpired term. Board members shall continue to serve until
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their successors have been appointed and qualified. The provisions of this section shall not
apply to the downtown development authority.
(b) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Charter or the Code, no board member shall serve
more than eight consecutive years on any one board. The provisions of this section shall be
applied prospectively to current board members. Nothing set forth in the subsection above shall
prohibit any individual from being reappointed to a city board after a hiatus of two years.
(c) Unless otherwise specifically provided in the Charter or the Code, the eight -consecutive -years
limitation contained in subsection (b) of this section may only be waived once for a particular board
member who has completed eight (8) consecutive years to permit such board member to be
reconsidered annually for an one (1) additional one-year term by a unanimous vote of the five (5)
members of the city commission.
Sec. 2-886. - Attendance requirement.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any board member shall be automatically
removed if, in a given calendar year:
(1) He or she is absent from three consecutive meetings; or
(2) He or she is absent from four of the board's meetings;
(3) Provided that regardless of their compliance with subsection (a)(1) and (2) hereinabove,
members must attend at least 50 percent of all the board meetings held during a year.
(b) A member of a city board shall be deemed absent from a meeting when he or she is not
present at the meeting at least 75 percent of its duration.
(c) The provisions of this section may only be waived once by a four -fifths vote of the members of
the full city commission.
(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to municipal board members, as defined in F.S. §
112.501, as amended, and to those individuals who are members of city boards and who are:
(1) Reservists in the United States Armed Forces or members of the Florida National Guard,
and have been ordered to active military duty for national, state, or homeland defense and due
to such duty cannot attend board meetings, or
(2) Employees of agencies whose services are considered essential for national, state, or
homeland defense and due to such services cannot attend board meetings.
Section 3. 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 4. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of
the Mayor. {2}
APPOVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
VI( fORIA r 1ENDEZ
CITY ATTORNEY
City of Miami
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Footnotes:
{1} Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figures shall
be added. The remaining provisions are not 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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