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File ID: #6592
Ordinance
Sponsored by: Wifredo Gort, Commissioner, Manolo Reyes, Commissioner
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AMENDING CHAPTER 2,
ARTICLE II, SECTION 2-33(C)(7) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED, TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION/ORDER OF BUSINESS AND RULES OF PROCEDURE," TO CHANGE
THE TIME AND MANNER WHEREBY THE CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS ARE
ADJOURNED; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
City of Miami File ID: 6592 (Revision:) Printed On: 4/24/2025
City of Miami
Legislation
Ordinance
File Number: 6592
Final Action Date: 10/10/2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, AMENDING CHAPTER 2,
ARTICLE II, SECTION 2-33(C)(7) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
AS AMENDED, TITLED "ADMINISTRATION/MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION/ORDER OF BUSINESS AND RULES OF PROCEDURE," TO CHANGE
THE TIME AND MANNER WHEREBY THE CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS ARE
ADJOURNED; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the operation of the adjournment rule set forth in Section 2-33(c)(7) of
the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code"), has caused the delay and
consideration of important items set to be deliberated by the City Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it to be in the best interests of the citizens,
residents, and stakeholders of the City of Miami to amend its rules of procedure to provide
for a more efficient means of conducting City Commission meetings;
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 of the City Code is amended in the following particulars:1
"CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE II. MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
Section 2-33. Order of business and rules of procedure.
(c) After approval of the minutes of the previous meeting(s), all business that shall come
before the city commission shall be taken up in the order as such items of business
appear on the city commission agenda in accordance with the following provisions:
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.
City of Miami File ID: 6592 (Revision:) Printed On: 4/24/2025
(7) The city commission meetings, shall adjourn:
(a) At the conclusion of deliberation of the agenda item being considered at midnight,
12:00 a.m. 10:00 p.m., unless the time is extended by unanimous agreement the
concurring votes of a supermajority of the members of the city commission then
present, or
(b) At the conclusion of the regularly scheduled agenda, whichever occurs first. This
rule does not apply to city commission meetings required for annual budget
hearings.
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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 thirty (30) days after final reading and
adoption thereof.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity Httor ey 10/1/2019
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.
City of Miami File ID: 6592 (Revision:) Printed On: 4/24/2025