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Ordinance 13883
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Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 6644 Final Action Date: 12/12/2019
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION AMENDING CHAPTER
2/ARTICLE II/SECTIONS 2-33 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
CLARIFY HOW MATTERS MAY BE SPONSORED BY AN ELECTED OFFICIAL;
CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Manolo Reyes
WHEREAS, the order of business and rules of procedure for City Commission meetings
are set forth in Section 2-33 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Code");
and
WHEREAS, presently, there is no rule of procedure related to who may sponsor a
legislative item and how such a sponsorship should occur; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds it to be in the best interests of the residents and
stakeholders of the City of Miami to amend its rules of procedure to provide for a more
transparent means of sponsoring legislative items;
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 fully set forth in this Section.
Section 2. Chapter 2, Article II, Section 2-33 of the City Code is amended in the
following particulars:1
"CHAPTER 2
ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE II. MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
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.
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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) The agenda shall be prepared by the City Manager in an appropriate form
approved, from time to time, by the City Commission. Matters may be placed
on the agenda by the Mayor, any Member of the City Commission, the City
Manager, the City Attorney, the City Clerk, and a City board as defined in
section 2-882 of this Code. An elected official who desires to sponsor or co-
sponsor any such matter must submit such a request in writing to the Agenda
Office or direct his or her Chief of Staff to do the same.
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Section 3. 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 4. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after final reading and
adoption thereof.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
ndez, ity Attor ey 11/6/2019
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.
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