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City of Miami Resolution R-24-0154 Legislation City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 15507 Final Action Date: 4/25/2024 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S), APPROVING, SETTING FORTH, AND SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORATE A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CHARTER"), KNOWN AS CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 1; AMENDING SECTION 48 OF THE CHARTER, TITLED "OFFICE OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GENERAL," TO ELIMINATE THE OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GENERAL; FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 4 OF THE CHARTER, TITLED "FORM OF GOVERNMENT; NOMINATION AND ELECTION," SECTION 20 OF THE CHARTER, TITLED "DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS," AND SECTION 36 OF THE CHARTER, TITLED "CIVIL SERVICE," TO REMOVE REFERENCES THERETO; CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM AND PROVIDING THAT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 1 WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AT THE REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD CONCURRENTLY WITH THE PRIMARY ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 20, 2024; DESIGNATING AND APPOINTING THE CITY CLERK AS THE OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF VOTER REGISTRATION BOOKS AND RECORDS; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A CERTIFIED COPY OF THE HEREIN RESOLUTION TO BE DELIVERED TO THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA NOT LESS THAN FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH ELECTION; PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS RESOLUTION. SPONSOR(S): Commissioner Damian Pardo, Commissioner Manolo Reyes WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") was incorporated by the Florida Legislature in 1896 and operates pursuant to the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida ("Charter"); and WHEREAS, the Charter has been amended from time to time as the governance of the City has evolved; and WHEREAS, it is intended that a separate question be presented to the electorate to approve the creation of the Office of an Independent Inspector General and to transfer duties of the Auditor General to the Office of Inspector General; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to Sections 4, 20, 36, and 48 of the Charter, eliminating the Office of Independent Auditor General, and references thereto, shall become effective upon being approved by the electorate at the Referendum Special Election to be held concurrently with the Primary Election scheduled for August 20, 2024; and City of Miami 15507 Legislation -SUB Page 1 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: B) Printed On: 5/23/2024 ITHIS DOCUMENT IS A SUBSTITUTION TO ORIGINAL. BACKUP ORIGINAL CAN BE SEEN AT END OF THIS DOCUMENT. File ID: 15507 nactment Number: R-24-0154 WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to submit the above -mentioned proposed amendment to the electorate for approval or disapproval at the Referendum Special Election to be held concurrently with the Primary Election scheduled for August 20, 2024; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. In accordance with the provisions of Section § 6.03 of the Miami -Dade County Home Rule Charter, a Referendum Special Election is to be called and directed in the City of Miami, Florida, from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. on August 20, 2024, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City for their approval or disapproval of the proposed Charter Amendment for the elimination of the Office of Independent Auditor General as stated herein. Section 3. Section 4 of the Charter is proposed to be amended in the following particulars:1 "CHARTER AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA SUBPART A. THE CHARTER Sec. 4. Form of government; nomination and election. (d) City commission to be judge of its own elections; neither mayor nor city commission nor any committees nor members thereof to dictate appointments by or interfere with city manager. The city commission shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of the mayor and its own members, subject to review by the courts. Neither the mayor nor the city commission, nor any committees nor members thereof shall direct, request, take part in or dictate the appointment or removal of any person in office or employment by the city manager or subordinates or in any manner interfere with the city manager or prevent the city manager from exercising his/her own judgment in the appointment of officers and employees in the administrative service. Except for the purpose of inquiry and as may be necessary as provided in section 14, the mayor, the city commission, any committees and members thereof shall deal with the administrative service solely through the city manager, and neither the mayor nor the city commission, nor any committees nor members thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the city manager, city attorney, city clerk and independent auditor general, either publicly or privately. Any such dictation, prevention, orders or other interference or violation of this section on the part of the mayor or a member of the city commission or committees shall be deemed to be violation of the Charter, and upon conviction before a court of competent jurisdiction any individual so convicted shall be subject to a fine not 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 Page 2 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: B) Printed on: 5/23/2024 File ID: 15507 THIS DOCUMENT IS A SUBSTITUTION TO ORIGINAL. BACKUP ORIGINAL CAN BE SEEN AT END OF THIS DOCUMENT. Enactment Number: R-24-0154 exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term of not exceeding sixty days or both, and in the discretion of the court shall forfeit his or her office. Any willful violation of the provisions to this section by the mayor or any city commissioner shall be grounds for his or her removal from office by an action brought in the Circuit Court by the state attorney of this county. *11 Section 4. Section 20 of the Charter is proposed to be amended in the following particulars:1 "CHARTER AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA SUBPART A. THE CHARTER Sec. 20. Directors of departments. The city manager shall appoint a director for each department and, in the city manager's discretion, may consolidate two departments under one director. Each such director shall serve until removed by the city manager or until a successor has been appointed and qualified, shall conduct the affairs of his or her department in accordance with rules and regulations made by the city manager, shall be responsible for the conduct of the officers and employees of his or her department, for the performance of its business, and for the custody and preservation of the books, records, papers and property under its control, and, subject to the supervision and control of the city manager in all matters, shall manage the department. None of the provisions of this section, however, shall be applicable to the department of law, or city clerk or office of independent auditor general." Section 5. Section 36 of the Charter is proposed to be amended in the following particulars:1 "CHARTER AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA-,. SUBPART A. THE CHARTER Sec. 36. Civil service. (c) Unclassified and classified service. The civil service of the city is hereby divided into the unclassified and the classified service. (1) The unclassified service shall include: (A) The city manager, his or her assistants, and secretarial staff; (B) The heads of departments, members of appointive boards, judges of the city court, the city clerk, chief of police, chief of fire division, and the superintendent of communications division; City of Miami Page 3 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: B) Printed on: 5/23/2024 File ID: 15507 THIS DOCUMENT IS A SUBSTITUTION TO ORIGINAL. BACKUP ORIGINAL CAN BE SEEN AT END OF THIS DOCUMENT. Enactmen Number: R-24-0154 (C) Assistants to department heads: Assistant chiefs of the police division; All ranks in the police division above the classified position of police captain; Assistant chiefs of the fire division; Chief of fire prevention; Director of training in the fire division; Battalion chiefs; Chief of fire rescue; Assistant to the superintendent of the division of communications; Director of corrections. (D) All attorneys employed by the city. The city attorney shall be the supervisor of all attorneys employed by the city. The city attorney shall have exclusive authority regarding, but not limited to appointment, removal and salary as to assistant city attorneys. The foregoing provisions of subsection (D) shall not apply to those attorneys in the classified service of the city on November 1, 1972. Attorneys with permanent civil service rights appointed by the city attorney to any applicable unclassified position above, shall retain civil service rights in the position from which selected as may have accrued. of the Independent Auditor General. Personnel with permanent civil service rights appointed by the city manager to unclassified positions shall retain said civil [service] rights in the position from which selected as may have accrued. Section 6. Section 48 of the Charter is proposed to be amended in the following particulars:1 "CHARTER AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA.',- SUBPART A. THE CHARTER * Cnn 48 Qf-i-ee of inrlepenetent n„rlitnr genet -a- Reserved. City of Miami Page 4 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: B) Printed on: 5/23/2024 File ID: 15507 THIS DOCUMENT IS A SUBSTITUTION TO ORIGINAL. BACKUP ORIGINAL CAN BE SEEN AT END OF THIS DOCUMENT. Enactment Number: R-24-0154 (a) Created; responsibility. There is hereby created the Office and position of Independent Auditor General shall report directly to the City Commission. city onmmicsinn shall appoint an aitor, who shall be a Certified Public Accountant, to serve as the director of the Office of th�de endent Auditor certified under the public accountancy law in Florida, shall have a degree in pt bllc adminictrati n or in ling oofrs� i�6h-dege h 11 have at least five years experience in public aelminictra+inp nnrJ shall haeen ci iffioient evperinpon in -ter,-rn„�,-��r�:--:.�� vu......�... d .r.....,..�..... governmental accounting and auditi---p-ractices. ]he -initial appointment Shan begin lanuan, 1, 2000, and shall -and with the election in November 2001. Thereafter, the appointment shal' be far a term, our (4) years During the initial and any subsequent term, the IAG shall be subject to suspension and/or removal by the city enmmiccinn far iRGenapetence, neglect of duty, immorality, e lrbiRke nee € fails ire to obey orders-g by proper authority or for any other 1b istt-a- Rel4ea enab1'e cause. - ) D hies and powers The I DC' ohall be rncnnncihle 4n prn� ia,e� ine^lenenr^Io oversight of audit functions, and for the performance of such other duties as may he nocironer! hie the rit„ anrnmioc inr,�.r apt er of the city commission. To the power and authority to: budget and legislative analysis, conduct financial, operational, it„ fission as deemed necessary by the IAG or as may be the aeJminictratinn (2) Have free and unrestricted access to city government employees,. officials, rccords and report- an whore appropriate, require all f bra -Rohe -sr nts, agencies and officials of city government ritterre-p nmc and to prec Joe naafi imams -filet a nTAnd-oCher-FeGnrel-s, I eh -ass Lance shall be limited to special audits or limited examinatkwi€ ordcar. �� the ni4y enmrnissinn iro gated by the I G aRGI ac am approved in the oityls a n- al b siget ao mate he amnnrteel from time to time bythe City Cnmmi h I4G chill be theipeneicor far all -ru—�'rn-rrr rn'J'c.✓i�n. Ti I�e-rr-rl� ..... .,... .. ..., �....,........ .... ..... auditors and support personnel employed by the Office of the Independent A i di nnral The I LAC`_ shaall have exclusive authority regarding, but not limited to appi intmentihiring-, rnmo5.4 and salad/ ao o all ernplo e-e of the gffioe of Ine-0enenolnnt LAuelitor Ge-R City of Miami Page 5 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: B) Printed on: 5/23/2024 File ID: 15507 THIS DOCUMENT IS A SUBSTITUTION TO ORIGINAL. BACKUP ORIGINAL CAN BE SEEN AT END OF THIS DOCUMENT. Enactment Number: R-24-0154 followed and responsibilities to be dis harged by the Office." Section 7. The Referendum Special Election shall be held at the polling places in the precincts designated, all as shown on the list attached hereto and made a part hereof and referred to as Exhibit "A" or as may be designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida ("Supervisor"), in conformity with the provisions of the general laws of the State of Florida ("State"). The Precinct Election Clerks and Inspectors to serve at said polling places on said Referendum Special Election date shall be those designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, for such purpose in accordance with the general laws of the State. A description of the registration books and records which pertain to Referendum Special Election precincts wholly or partly within the City and which the City is adopting and desires to use for holding such Referendum Special Election is all voter information cards, registration books, records and certificates pertaining to electors of the City and established and maintained as official by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, in conformity with the provisions of the general laws of the State, are hereby adopted and declared to be, and shall hereafter be recognized and accepted as, official registration cards, books, records and certificates of the City. Section 8. In compliance with Section 100.342, Florida Statutes (2023), the City Clerk is authorized and directed to publish notice of the adoption of this Resolution and of the provisions hereof, at least twice, once in the fifth week and once in the third week prior to the week in which the aforesaid Referendum Special Election is to be held, in newspaper(s) of general circulation in the City which notice shall be substantially in the following form: "NOTICE OF REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION TO AMEND THE MIAMI CITY CHARTER TO BE HELD TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2024 IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0154 A Referendum Special Election will be held on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. in the City of Miami, Florida, at the polling places in the several Referendum Special Election precincts designated by the Supervisor, Of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, as set forth herein, unless otherwise provided by law, and submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Miami, Florida, the following question: "SHALL SECTIONS 4, 20, 36, AND 48 OF MIAMI'S CHARTER BE AMENDED TO ELIMINATE THE OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR — GENERAL AND REFERENCES THERETO, SUCH DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BEING ASSUMED BY THE OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR GENERAL?" This Charter Amendment will amend Sections 4, 20, 36 and 48 of the Miami Charter to eliminate the Office of the Independent Auditor General, and references thereto. By order of the Commission of the City of Miami, Florida. City of Miami Page 6 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: 8) Printed on: 5/23/2024 File ID: 15507 THIS DOCUMENT IS A SUBSTITUTION TO ORIGINAL. BACKUP ORIGINAL CAN BE SEEN AT END OF THIS DOCUMENT. Enactment Number: R-24-0154 Section 9. The official ballot to be used at said Referendum Special Election shall be in full compliance with the laws of the State with respect to vote -by -mail ballots and to the use of the mechanical voting machines or the Computer Election System, and shall be in substantially the following form: "Official Ballot" Referendum Special Election Tuesday, August 20, 2024, for Approval or Disapproval of the following question: Charter Amendment to Eliminate Independent Audit thereto YES NO 1 r General and references "Shall Sections 4, 20, 36, and 48 of Miami's Charter be amended to eliminate the Office of the Independent Auditor General and references thereto, such duties and responsibilities -being assumed by the Office of the Independent Inspector General?" Section 10. The form of the ballot shall be in accordance with the requirethepts of` "L general election laws. Electors desiring to vote in approval of the Question described -abo , shall be instructed to vote their selection next to the word "YES" within the ballot containing the statement relating to the Question. Electors desiring to vote to disapprove the Question shall be instructed to vote their selection next to the word "NO" within the ballot containing the statement relating to the Question. Section 11. The City Clerk shall cause to be prepared vote -by -mail ballots containing the Question set forth in Section 9 above for the use of vote -by -mail electors entitled to cast such ballots in said Referendum Special Election. Section 12. All qualified electors of the City shall be permitted to vote in said Referendum Special Election and the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, is hereby requested, authorized, and directed to furnish, at the cost and expense of the City, a list of all qualified electors residing in the City as shown by the registration books and records of the Office of said Supervisor of Elections and duly certify the same for delivery to and for use by the election officials designated to serve at the respective polling places in said Referendum Special Election precincts. Section 13. For the purpose of enabling persons to register who are qualified to vote in said Referendum Special Election on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, and who have not registered under the provisions of the general laws of the State and Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, or who have transferred their legal residence from one voting precinct to another in the City, they may register Monday through Friday, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the Miami - Dade County Elections Department located at 2700 Northwest 87th Avenue, Miami, Florida, within such period of time as may be designated by the Supervisor. In addition to the above place and times, qualified persons may register at such branch offices and may also register to vote online for the purpose of voting in the herein described Referendum Special Election during such times and on such dates as may be designated by the Supervisor. City of Miami Page 7 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: 8) Printed on: 5/23/2024 THIS DOCUMENT IS A SUBSTITUTION TO ORIGINAL. BACKUP ORIGINAL CAN BE SEEN AT END OF THIS DOCUMENT. File ID: 15507 Enactment Number: R-24-0154 Section 14. Todd B. Hannon, the City Clerk of the City of Miami, Florida, or his duly appointed successor, is hereby designated and appointed as the official representative of the Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, in all transactions with the Supervisor related to matters pertaining to the use of the registration books and the holding of said Referendum Special Election. Section 15. The City Clerk shall deliver a certified copy of this Resolution to the Supervisor not less than forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the Referendum Special Election. Section 16. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption and signature of the Mayor.2 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: ng III, C ty 5/13/2024 e , ge Wy ng III, C ty -ttor -y 5/23/2024 2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission. City of Miami Page 8 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: B) Printed on: 5/23/2024 City of Miami Resolution R-24-0154 Legislation SUBSTITUTED City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 15507 Final Action Date: 4/2 024 A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACH APPROVING, SETTING FORTH, AND SUBMITTING TO THE ELEC PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FLORIDA, AS AMENDED ("CHARTER"), KNOWN AS CHARTE NO. 1; AMENDING SECTION 48 OF THE CHARTER, TITLED INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GENERAL," TO ELIMINATE THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GENERAL; FURTHER AMEND THE CHARTER, TITLED "FORM OF GOVERNMENT; N ELECTION," SECTION 20 OF THE CHARTER, TITLE DEPARTMENTS," AND SECTION 36 OF THE CHA SERVICE," TO REMOVE REFERENCES THERET REFERENDUM AND PROVIDING THAT THE WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD CONCU ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST APPOINTING THE CITY CLERK AS TH THE CITY COMMISSION WITH RESP REGISTRATION BOOKS AND REC CLERK TO CAUSE A CERTIFIED BE DELIVERED TO THE SUPE COUNTY, FLORIDA NOT LES THE DATE OF SUCH ELEC DATE FOR THIS RESOLU SPONSOR(S): Commissioner WHEREAS, the City 1896 and operates pursua WHEREAS, th City has evolved; an NT(S), RATE A AMI, MENDMENT FFICE OF FFICE OF THE G SECTION 4 OF INATION AND DIRECTORS OF R, TITLED "CIVIL CALLING FOR A C RTER AMENDMENT NO. 1 T THE REFERENDUM ENTLY WITH THE PRIMARY 2024; DESIGNATING AND FFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF T TO THE USE OF VOTER DS; FURTHER DIRECTING THE CITY OPY OF THE HEREIN RESOLUTION TO SOR OF ELECTIONS OF MIAMI-DADE THAN FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS PRIOR TO ON; PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE ON. 4{ mian Pardo, Commissioner Manolo Reyes Miami ("City") was incorporated by the Florida Legislature in to the Charter of the City of Miami, Florida ("Charter"); and harter has been amended from time to time as the governance of the WHERE` ., it is intended that a separate question be presented to the electorate to approve the crr -tion of the Office of an Independent Inspector General and to transfer duties of the Auditor neral to the Office of Inspector General; and EREAS, the proposed amendment to Sections 4, 20, 36, and 48 of the Charter, eliminng the Office of Independent Auditor General, and references thereto, shall become effe e upon being approved by the electorate at the Referendum Special Election to be held co► urrently with the Primary Election scheduled for August 20, 2024; and City of Miami Page 1 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: A) Printed On: 5/23/2024 File ID: 15507 SUBSTITUTED Enactment Number: R-24-0154 WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to submit the above -mentioned proposed amendment to the electorate for approval or disapproval at the Referendum Special Election to be held concurrently with the Primary Election scheduled for August 20, 2024; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolutioare adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. In accordance with the provisions of Section § 6.03 of the Mia -Dade County Home Rule Charter, a Referendum Special Election is to be called and ,erected in the City of Miami, Florida, from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. on August 20, 2024, for e purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of the City for their approval or disappro .I of the proposed Charter Amendment for the elimination of the Office of Independent Audi • r General as stated herein. Section 3. Section 4 of the Charter is proposed to be ame ed in the following particulars:1 "CHARTER AND CODE OF THE CITY iF MIAMI, FLORIDA, SUBPART A. THE ' ARTER Sec. 4. Form of government; nomination d election. (d) City commission to be ju• 4 e of its own elections; neither mayor nor city commission nor any committe nor members thereof to dictate appointments by or interfere with city manager. e city commission shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of the mayor . nd its own members, subject to review by the courts. Neither the mayor nor the city c. mission, nor any committees nor members thereof shall direct, request, take p. in or dictate the appointment or removal of any person in office or employment by t city manager or subordinates or in any manner interfere with the city manager or pr- ent the city manager from exercising his/her own judgment in the appointment of . " leers and employees in the administrative service. Except for the purpose of in. ry and as may be necessary as provided in section 14, the mayor, the city commis in, any committees and members thereof shall deal with the administrative service so y through the city manager, and neither the mayor nor the city commission, nor any-.mmittees nor members thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of the cit manager, city attorney, city clerk and independent auditor general, either publicly or p ately. Any such dictation, prevention, orders or other interference or violation of th''. section on the part of the mayor or a member of the city commission or committees all be deemed to be violation of the Charter, and upon conviction before a court of competent jurisdiction any individual so convicted shall be subject to a fine not ords 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 Page 2 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: A) Printed on: 5/23/2024 File ID: 15507 SUBSTITUTED Enactment Number: R-24-0154 exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term of not exceeding sixty days or both, and in the discretion of the court shall forfeit his or her office. Any willful violation of the provisions to this section by the mayor or any city commissioner shall be grounds for his or her removal from office by an action brought in the Circuit Court by the state attorney of this county. *,, Section 4. Section 20 of the Charter is proposed to be amended in the folio particulars:1 "CHARTER AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLO SUBPART A. THE CHARTER * Sec. 20. Directors of departments. The city manager shall appoint a director for each de discretion, may consolidate two departments under shall serve until removed by the city manager or and qualified, shall conduct the affairs of his or and regulations made by the city manager, s officers and employees of his or her depart and for the custody and preservation of t its control, and, subject to the supervisi shall manage the department. None applicable to the department of law general." Section 5. Section 36 of the particulars:1 rtment and, in the city manager's e director. Each such director it a successor has been appointed r department in accordance with rules I be responsible for the conduct of the nt, for the performance of its business, books, records, papers and property under and control of the city manager in all matters, the provisions of this section, however, shall be .r city clerk or office of independent auditor arter is proposed to be amended in the following "CHART • ' AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA`,'1 SUBPART A. THE CHARTER Sec. 36. Civi -ervice. (c) Unclassified and classified service. The civil service of the city is hereby divided into the unclassified and the classified service. (1) The unclassified service shall include: (A) The city manager, his or her assistants, and secretarial staff; (B) The heads of departments, members of appointive boards, judges of the city court, the city clerk, chief of police, chief of fire division, and the superintendent of communications division; City of Miami Page 3 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: A) Printed on: 5/23/2024 SUBSTITUTED File ID: 15507 Enactment Number: R-24-0154 (C) Assistants to department heads: Assistant chiefs of the police division; All ranks in the police division above the classified position of police captain; Assistant chiefs of the fire division; Chief of fire prevention; Director of training in the fire division; Battalion chiefs; Chief of fire rescue; Assistant to the superintendent of t division of communications; Director of corrections. (D) All attorneys employed by t city. The city attorney shall be the supervisor of all attorneys employed by - - city. The city attorney shall have exclusive authority regarding, but not I ' ited to appointment, removal and salary as to assistant city attorneys. The fo going provisions of subsection (D) shall not apply to those attorneys in the cla fied service of the city on November 1, 1972. Attorneys with perman= t civil service rights appointed by the city attorney to any applicable u assified position above, shall retain civil service rights in the position from ich selected as may have accrued. .(E) All cmp .y es employed by the City and working within the Office of the Independent s ditor General. Personn with permanent civil service rights appointed by the city manager to u assified positions shall retain said civil [service] rights in the position fro ► hich selected as may have accrued. Section 6. particulars:1 *1 ection 48 of the Charter is proposed to be amended in the following "CHARTER AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA SUBPART A. THE CHARTER * Sen i18 Office of irvdependcnt auditor general Reserved. City of Miami Page 4 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: A) Printed on: 5/23/2024 File ID: 15507 SUBSTITUTED Enactment Number: R-24-0154 (a) Created; responsibility. There is hereby created the Office and -position of Independent Auditor General to provide the City Commission with independent oversight of audit and analytical functions of the City. TheOffice of the Accountant, to serve as the director of the Office of the Independent Auditor General and to be known as the Independent Auditor General ("IAG"). time of appointment, the IAG shall have and maintain an active licence, s 1 be governmental accounting and auditing pr '1) yea . During the initial and any subsequent term, the IAG shall be subject to susp ion and/or removal e e e 11."" . 1.` just and reasonable cause, (o)----D641es-anol-powers,--The-IAG shall be resp' Bible to provide independent the power and authority to: (3) sis, conduct financial, operational, - - " ce audits of city government, officials, and indep ndent agenoiesT-witla-reportangitted-to-tne city commission c-deemeol-nesess-by4he-1-AG-er-asmay-la,e the adminis 'tion. miss-i-ennler-and-GeOee4-e. ity government employees, to p vide oral and writtewrepe-rts-a-n-ol-to-prod-uoe-etaou-raentSLf-i-le;') a other reoorel-e, ender assistance to external audito-Fs-retained-by-the-c-i-ty oornni-i-seion--S-uon-assistance shall be limited to special audits'Or 1ecl-exemination-s-ardered by the c;ty commission. ta) suc •rofcssional assis and as are approved in the cityls n,-The IAG shal-l-be-the-suparviser-fer-al1 auditors and support personnel employed by the Office of the Independent to, app intment/hiring, rem -oval, and salary as to all employees of the Office of depencient-Auditer-Ge n ecal, City of Miami Page 5 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: A) Printed on: 5/23/2024 SUBSTITUTED File ID: 15507 Enactment Number: R-24-0154 (e) Establishment of operating procedures and responsibilities. The IAG may, from time to time, issue directives setting forth the operating procedures to be. Section 7. The Referendum Special Election shall be held at the polling places in t precincts designated, all as shown on the list attached hereto and made a part hereof an referred to as Exhibit "A11 or as may be designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Mi- i-Dade County, Florida ("Supervisor"), in conformity with the provisions of the general laws o e State of Florida ("State"). The Precinct Election Clerks and Inspectors to serve at said po g places on said Referendum Special Election date shall be those designated by the Sup- isor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, for such purpose in accordance with e general laws of the State. A description of the registration books and records which pertai o Referendum Special Election precincts wholly or partly within the City and which the Cit s adopting and desires to use for holding such Referendum Special Election is all voter iormation cards, registration books, records and certificates pertaining to electors of the ity and established and maintained as official by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade aunty, Florida, in conformity with the provisions of the general laws of the State, are reby adopted and declared to be, and shall hereafter be recognized and accepted as, officia egistration cards, books, records and certificates of the City. Section 8. In compliance with Section 100.342, FI. da Statutes (2023), the City Clerk is authorized and directed to publish notice of the adoption .` this Resolution and of the provisions hereof, at least twice, once in the fifth week and once i- the third week prior to the week in which the aforesaid Referendum Special Election is . be held, in newspaper(s) of general circulation in the City which notice shall be substa ally in the following form: "NOTICE OF REFE NDUM SPECIAL ELECTION TO AMEND THE MI I CITY CHARTER TO BE HELD TUES'AAY, AUGUST 20, 2024 IN TH CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA PURSUA TO RESOLUTION NO. R-24-0154 A Referendum Special Ele► on will be held on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. ' the City of Miami, Florida, at the polling places inlhe several Referendum S' -cial Election precincts designated by the Supervisor.' of Elections of Miami-D .e County, Florida, as set forth herein, unless otherwise provided by law, ar r submitting to the qualified electors of the City of Miami, Florida, the folio ng question: r ,, fe�;y "SHALL CTIONS 4, 20, 36, AND 48 OF MIAMI'S CHARTER BE AMEN D TO ELIMINATE THE OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENTAUDITOR;' i- GENr"AL AND REFERENCES THERETO, SUCH DUTIES AND R "ONSIBILITIES BEING ASSUMED BY THE OFFICE OF THE kr) rEPENDENT INSPECTOR GENERAL?" his Charter Amendment will amend Sections 4, 20, 36 and 48 of the Miami Charter to eliminate the Office of the Independent Auditor General, and references thereto. By order of the Commission of the City of Miami, Florida. City of Miami Page 6 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: A) Printed on: 5/23/2024 File ID: 15507 SUBSTITUTED Enactment Number: R-24-0154 Section 9. The official ballot to be used at said Referendum Special Election shall be in full compliance with the laws of the State with respect to vote -by -mail ballots and to the use of the mechanical voting machines or the Computer Election System, and shall be in substantially the following form: "Official Ballot" Referendum Special Election Tuesday, August 20, 2024, f Approval or Disapproval of the following question: Shall the Miami Charter be amended to eliminate the Independent Audito General and references thereto? "Shall Sections 4, 20, 36, and be amended to eliminate the Independent Auditor Gener thereto, such duties and r assumed by the Office o Inspector General?" YES NO 4:.f Miami's Charter ice of the and references ponsibilities being he Independent Section 10. The form of the ballot shall be in a• ordance with the requirements of general election laws. Electors desiring to vote in ap► oval of the Question described above shall be instructed to vote their selection next to th ord "YES" within the ballot containing the statement relating to the Question. Electors desi ' g to vote to disapprove the Question shall be instructed to vote their selection next to the wo . "NO" within the ballot containing the stai+enent relating to the Question. Section 11. The City Clerk shall use to be prepared vote -by -mail ballots coritainiijg I the Question set forth in Section 9 ab e for the use of vote -by -mail electors entitled.to cad such ballots in said Referendum Sp la! Election. �o Section 12. All qualified Referendum Special Election hereby requested, authorize of all qualified electors res Office of said Superviso election officials desi Election precincts. ectors of the City shall be permitted to vote in said d the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, is , and directed to furnish, at the cost and expense of the City, a list ing in the City as shown by the registration books and records of the f Elections and duly certify the same for delivery to and for use by the ted to serve at the respective polling places in said Referendum Special Section For the purpose of enabling persons to register who are qualified to vote in said Referen. Special Election on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, and who have not registered under the p , isions of the general laws of the State and Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of Miami, FI. da, or who have transferred their legal residence from one voting precinct to another in the C. , they may register Monday through Friday, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the Miami - Dade ' ounty Elections Department located at 2700 Northwest 87th Avenue, Miami, Florida, wit such period of time as may be designated by the Supervisor. In addition to the above e and times, qualified persons may register at such branch offices and may also register to to online for the purpose of voting in the herein described Referendum Special Election during such times and on such dates as may be designated by the Supervisor. pl City of Miami Page 7 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: A) Printed on: 5/23/2024 File ID: 15507 SUBSTITUTED Enactment Number: R-24-0154 Section 14. Todd B. Hannon, the City Clerk of the City of Miami, Florida, or his duly appointed successor, is hereby designated and appointed as the official representative of the Commission of the City of Miami, Florida, in all transactions with the Supervisor related to matters pertaining to the use of the registration books and the holding of said Referendum Special Election. Section 15. The City Clerk shall deliver a certified copy of this Resolution to the Supervisor not less than forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the Referendum Speci Election. Section 16. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its doption and signature of the Mayor.2 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: g . Wy j ng III, C y -ttor -y 5/13/2024 f the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission. City of Miami Page 8 of 8 File ID: 15507 (Revision: A) Printed on: 5/23/2024 SUBSTITUTED City of Miami Legislation Resolution City Hall 3500 Pan American Drive Miami, FL 33133 www.miamigov.com File Number: 15507 Final Action '-ate: A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT( APPROVING, SETTING FORTH, AND SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORAT PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI AS AMENDED ("CHARTER"), KNOWN AS CHARTER AMENDMENT N AMENDING SECTION 48 OF THE CHARTER, TITLED "OFFICE OF I AUDITOR GENERAL," TO ELIMINATE THE OFFICE OF THE INDE AUDITOR GENERAL; FURTHER AMENDING SECTION 4 OF TH TITLED "FORM OF GOVERNMENT; NOMINATION AND ELEC OF THE CHARTER, TITLED "DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMEN OF THE CHARTER, TITLED "CIVIL SERVICE," TO REMOV THERETO; CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM AND PROV AMENDMENT NO. 1 WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE E REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD C PRIMARY ELECTION SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST APPOINTING THE CITY CLERK AS THE OFFICI CITY COMMISSION WITH RESPECT TO THE BOOKS AND RECORDS; FURTHER DIRECT CERTIFIED COPY OF THE HEREIN RESO SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS OF MIA THAN FORTY-FIVE (45) DAYS PRIOR PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFEC A LO RI DA, 1; EPENDENT NDENT CHARTER, N," SECTION 20 " AND SECTION 36 REFERENCES ING THAT THE CHARTER CTORATE AT THE NCURRENTLY WITH THE 0, 2024; DESIGNATING AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE E OF VOTER REGISTRATION G THE CITY CLERK TO CAUSE A TION TO BE DELIVERED TO THE ADE COUNTY, FLORIDA NOT LESS THE DATE OF SUCH ELECTION; E DATE FOR THIS RESOLUTION. WHEREAS, the City of Miami City") was incorporated by the Florida Legislature in 1896 and operates pursuant to the ' arter of the City of Miami, Florida ("Charter"); and WHEREAS, the Charter as been amended from time to time as the governance of the City has evolved; and WHEREAS, it is i -nded that a separate question be presented to the electorate to approve the creation of e Office of an Independent Inspector General and to transfer duties of the Auditor General t• he Office of Inspector General; and WHERE , the proposed amendment to Sections 4, 20, 36, and 48 of the .Charter, eliminating the '.ffice of Independent Auditor General, and references thereto, shall become effective upon .eing approved by the electorate at the Referendum Special Election to be held concurrentl with the Primary Election scheduled for August 20, 2024; and HEREAS, the City Commission wishes to submit the above -mentioned proposed ame ment to the electorate for approval or disapproval at the Referendum Special Election to be -Id concurrently with the Primary Election scheduled for August 20, 2024; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: SUBSTITUTED Section 1. The recitals and findings contained in the Preamble to this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as if fully set forth in this Section. Section 2. In accordance with the provisions of Section § 6.03 of the Miami -Dade County Home Rule Charter, a Referendum Special Election is to be called and directed in th City of Miami, Florida, from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. on August 20, 2024, for the purpose submitting to the qualified electors of the City for their approval or disapproval of the pro. -sed Charter Amendment for the elimination of the Office of Independent Auditor General a tated herein. Section 3. Section 4 of the Charter is proposed to be amended in the folly ing particulars:1 "CHARTER AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, F 4 RIDA SUBPART A. THE CHARTER Sec. 4. Form of government; nomination and election. (d) City commission to be judge of its own commission nor any committees nor membe interfere with city manager. The city comm qualifications of the mayor and its own the mayor nor the city commission, no direct, request, take part in or dictat or employment by the city manage city manager or prevent the city appointment of officers and e purpose of inquiry and as m city commission, any com service solely through t nor any committees n the city manager, ci or privately. Any s this section on t shall be deem competent j exceedin sixty da willful sha C• rt ections; neither mayor nor city thereof to dictate appointments by or sion shall be the judge of the election and tubers, subject to review by the courts. Neither ny committees nor members thereof shall e appointment or removal of any person in office or subordinates or in any manner interfere with the anager from exercising his/her own judgment in the loyees in the administrative service. Except for the be necessary as provided in section 14, the mayor, the tees and members thereof shall deal with the administrative city manager, and neither the mayor nor the city commission, members thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of attorney, city clerk and independent auditor general, either publicly h dictation, prevention, orders or other interference or violation of part of the mayor or a member of the city commission or committees to be violation of the Charter, and upon conviction before a court of sdiction any individual so convicted shall be subject to a fine not ve hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment for a term of not exceeding or both, and in the discretion of the court shall forfeit his or her office. Any olation of the provisions to this section by the mayor or any city commissioner e grounds for his or her removal from office by an action brought in the Circuit by the state attorney of this county. *„ 1 Words and/or figures stricken through shall be deleted. Underscored words and/or figuresshall be added. The remaining provisions are now in effect and remain unchanged. Asterisks indicai'e•,omitted and"" unchanged material. SUBSTITUTED Section 4. Section 20 of the Charter is proposed to be amended in the following particulars:1 "CHARTER AND CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA SUBPART A. THE CHARTER * Sec. 20. Directors of departments. The city manager shall appoint a director for each department and, in the discretion, may consolidate two departments under one director. Each shall serve until removed by the city manager or until a successor ha and qualified, shall conduct the affairs of his or her department in a and regulations made by the city manager, shall be responsible f officers and employees of his or her department, for the perfor and for the custody and preservation of the books, records, its control, and, subject to the supervision and control of th shall manage the department. None of the provisions of applicable to the department of law, or city clerk al." ity manager's ch director een appointed ordance with rules the conduct of the nce of its business, ers and property under city manager in all matters, s section, however, shall be Section 5. Section 36 of the Charter is proposeo be amended in the follqw(rig particulars:1 "CHARTER AND CODE OF Sec. 36. Civil service. E CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA' SUBPART . THE CHARTER * (c) Unclassified and assified service. The civil service of the city is hereby divided into the unclas ied and the classified service. (1) The classified service shall include: (A) The city manager, his or her assistants, and secretarial staff; ) The heads of departments, members of appointive boards, judges of th city court, the city clerk, chief of police, chief of fire division, and the su ' rintendent of communications division; (C) Assistants to department heads: Assistant chiefs of the police division; All ranks in the police division above the classified position of police captain; Assistant chiefs of the fire division; Chief of fire prevention; SUBSTITUTED Director of training in the fire division; Battalion chiefs; Chief of fire rescue; Assistant to the superintendent of the division of commu ations; Director of corrections. (D) All attorneys employed by the city. The city attor shall be the supervisor of all attorneys employed by the city. The city attor ► y shall have exclusive authority regarding, but not limited to appointmen emoval and salary as to assistant city attorneys. The foregoing provisions of - bsection (D) shall not apply to those attorneys in the classified service of the on November 1, 1972. Attorneys with permanent civil service rights , •pointed by the city attorney to any applicable unclassified position abe, shall retain civil service rights in the position from which selected as ma ave accrued. {E) All employees employed by ' City and working within the Office of the Independent Auditor General. Personnel with permanent civ ervice rights appointed by the city manager to unclassified positions s ' . II retain said civil [service] rights in the position from which selected as :y have accrued. Section 6. Section 48 of the Ch er is proposed to be amended in the following particulars:1 andcpen "CHARTER ' D CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA SUBPART A. THE CHARTER Reserved. nt Auditor General to provide the City Commission with independent Appointment, qualifications and term of Independent Auditor General. The city commission shall appoint an auditor, who shall be a Certified Public A,.ee intant to sor"e +ham Glir-e-et .r ef_ h-e (lffiGe of the Independent Auditor III A ^II time of appointment, the IAG shall have and maintain an active license, shall be certified under the pu lin accountancy law in Florida, shall have a degree in public administration or in lieu of such degree shall have at least five years SUBSTITUTED Thereafter, the appointment shall be for a term of four ('I) years. During the initial and any subsequent term, the IAG shall be subject to suspension and/or removal by thc city commission for incompetence, neglect of duty, immorality, rin inl�cnnosc_ fni�, irn +n nhcai nnlr�rs ryi„on h„ nroper authority, or for any other just and reasonable cause. II be responsible to provide independe► oversight of audit functions and for the performance f such other duties as r ay e ho cssignad by the city cnm41 € o_ .� a .... e e the degree necessary to fulfill thc responsibilities of the office, the IAG s I have the power and authority t-e (1) Examine c budget ard-leg4&l tive analysis, conduct knee, single act -and performance audits of . ty government, officials, a the administration. (2) Have free -a Rrestr. r�ffiriol rr�cnr�s vTrTvrcn's ��ti�vrcrrv�`�ri � . O �' . branc to -provide oral-axed-w an o e Fe-Goi d€ {3) Render assistance to extern ditors retained by thc city GO-141414iSSierl. Such assicta shall be limited to special audits or limi+curl ovc,minntinn (d) Staffing. The Office of Indepdent Auditor General hall be staffed by IAG and as are approved in the ty's annual budget, as may be amended frorwr auditors and support perso cl employed by the Office of the Independent Auditor Gener Tom, : - xclusive authority rcgarding, but not liNtect oval, and salary as to all employees of the Office of operating procedures and responsibilities. The IAG e ir�n des -setting forth the operating procedures to be +�= be discharged by thc Office." Section 7 he Referendum Special Election shall be held at the polling places in the precincts desi. ated, all as shown on the list attached hereto and made a part hereof and referred to a xhibit "A" or as may be designated by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, FI• da ("Supervisor"), in conformity with the provisions of the general laws of the State of Florid. "State"). The Precinct Election Clerks and Inspectors to serve at said polling places on sai. 'eferendum Special Election date shall be those designated by the Supervisor of Elec '•ns of Miami -Dade County, Florida, for such purpose in accordance with the general laws of e State. A description of the registration books and records which pertain to Referendum ecial Election precincts wholly or partly within the City and which the City is adopting and esires to use for holding such Referendum Special Election is all voter information cards, registration books, records and certificates pertaining to electors of the City and established and maintained as official by the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, in SUBSTITUTED conformity with the provisions of the general laws of the State, are hereby adopted and declared to be, and shall hereafter be recognized and accepted as, official registration cards, books, records and certificates of the City. Section 8. In compliance with Section 100.342, Florida Statutes (2023), the City Clerk authorized and directed to publish notice of the adoption of this Resolution and of the provisi• s hereof, at least twice, once in the fifth week and once in the third week prior to the week in which the aforesaid Referendum Special Election is to be held, in newspaper(s) of gene circulation in the City which notice shall be substantially in the following form: "NOTICE OF REFERENDUM SPECIAL ELECTION TO AMEND THE MIAMI CITY CHARTER TO BE HELD TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2024 IN THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NO. R- A Referendum Special Election will be held on Tuesday, Augu 20, 2024, from 7:00 A.M. until 7:00 P.M. in the City of Miami, Florida, at the ►.Iling places in the several Referendum Special Election precincts designated .y the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, as set forth her in, unless otherwise provided by law, and submitting to the qualified elector- of the City of Miami, Florida, the following question: "SHALL SECTIONS 4, 20, 36, AND 48 OF MI'S CHARTER BE AMENDED TO ELIMINATE THE OFFICE ' THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GENERAL AND REFERENCES THERE 'S, SUCH DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES BEING ASSUME►- BY THE OFFICE OF THE INDEPENDENT INSPECTOR GEN " AL?" 1 6. This Charter Amendment will ame► Sections 4, 20, 36 and 48 of the Miami.;:' Charter to eliminate the Office o e Independent Auditor General, and ;;; references thereto. By order of th ommission of the City of Miami, Florida. Section 9. The official .allot to be used at said Referendum Special Election'sh Tt be in full compliance with the law• of the State with respect to vote -by -mail ballots and to the use of the mechanical voting m. Ines or the Computer Election System, and shall be in substantially the following form: "Offi• al Ballot" Referendum Special Election Tuesday, August 20, 2024, for Approval or Disappro I of the following question: Shall Section 49 20, 36 nd 48 of the Charter be amended to eliminate the Office of Independent editor General and references thereto? "Shall Sections 4, 20, 36, and 48 of Miami's Charter be amended to eliminate the Office of the Independent Auditor General and references thereto, such duties and responsibilities being assumed by the Office of the Independent Inspector General?" YES SUBSTITUTED NO Section 10. The form of the ballot shall be in accordance with the requirements of general election laws. Electors desiring to vote in approval of the Question described above shall be instructed to vote their selection next to the word "YES" within the ballot containing th statement relating to the Question. Electors desiring to vote to disapprove the Question shal •e instructed to vote their selection next to the word "NO" within the ballot containing the stat ent relating to the Question. Section 11. The City Clerk shall cause to be prepared vote -by -mail ballots c taining the Question set forth in Section 9 above for the use of vote -by -mail electors entit • to cast such ballots in said Referendum Special Election. Section 12. All qualified electors of the City shall be permitted to vo in said Referendum Special Election and the Supervisor of Elections of Miami-D- 4e County, Florida, is hereby requested, authorized, and directed to furnish, at the cost and e sense of the City, a list of all qualified electors residing in the City as shown by the registratio' •ooks and records of the Office of said Supervisor of Elections and duly certify the same for . ivery to and for use by the election officials designated to serve at the respective polling pla s in said Referendum Special Election precincts. Section 13. For the purpose of enabling persons to said Referendum Special Election on Tuesday, August 2 under the provisions of the general laws of the State a Miami, Florida, or who have transferred their legal re in the City, they may register Monday through Frid Dade County Elections Department located at 27 within such period of time as may be designate place and times, qualified persons may regis vote online for the purpose of voting in the such times and on such dates as may b gister who are qualified to vote in 2024, and who have not registered Chapter 16 of the Code of the City of ence from one voting precinct to another , from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the Miami - Northwest 87th Avenue, Miami, Florida, by the Supervisor. In addition to the above at such branch offices and may also register to rein described Referendum Special Election during esignated by the Supervisor. Section 14. Todd D. Hannon e City Clerk of the City of Miami, Florida, or his duly appointed successor, is hereby de- •nated and appointed as the official representative of the Commission of the City of Miami Iorida, in all transactions with the Supervisor related to matters pertaining to the use o e registration books and the holding of said Referendum Special Election. Section 15. The y Clerk shall deliver a certified copy of this Resolution to the Supervisor not less th Election. forty-five (45) days prior to the date of the Referendum Special Section This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption atn signature of th ayor.2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission. SUBSTITUTED APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: George K. WysOtig III, Acting Citysi'Attorney 4/16/2024