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12/12/73
RESOLUTION NO. 7 -/00--'
A RESOLUTION AUTHORISING AND DIRECTING THE CITY
ATTORNEY TO PREPARE AN AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI (CHAPTER 10847, SPECIAL ACTS
OF FLORIDA, 1925, AS AMENDED) FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING THAT IF ANY ELECTED POSITION (ELECTED
BY POPULAR VOTE OF THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI) BECOMES VACANT SUCH VACANCY SHALL ONLY BE
FILLED BY AN APPOINTMENT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME
TERMINATING AT SUCH TIME SUCH VACANCY IS FILLED
AS THE RESULT OF AN ELECTION HELD AT EITHER (1)
THE ODD YEAR CITY OF MIAMI GENERAL ELECTION AT
WHICH ELECTION THE MAYOR AND TWO COMMISSIONERS ARE
ELECTED, OR (2) THE EVEN YEAR STATE OF FLORIDA
GENERAL ELECTION AT WHICH ELECTION NATIONAL, STATE
AND COUNTY OFFICES ARE FILLED.
WHEREAS, the Home Rule Charter of Dade County, Florida,
in Section 5.03 provides:
"Section 5.03. Municipal Charters.
and
A. Except as provided in Section 5.04,
any municipality in the county may adopt, amend,
or revoke a charter for its own government or
abolish its existence in the following manner.
Its governing body shall, within 120 days after
adopting a resolution or after the certification
of a petition of ten per cent of the qualified
electors of the municipality, draft or have
drafted by a method determined by municipal
ordinance a proposed charter, amendment, revoca-
tion, or abolition which shall be submitted to
the electors of the municipalities. Unless an
election occurs not less than 60 nor more than
120 days after the draft is submitted, the pro-
posal shall be submitted at a special election
within that time. The governing body shall make
copies of the proposal available to the electors
not less than 30 days before the election.
Alternative proposals may be submitted. Each
proposal approved by a majority of the electors
voting on such proposal shall become effective
at the time fixed in the proposal.
B. All municipal charters, amendments
thereto, and repeals thereof shall be filed
with the Clerk of the Circuit Court."
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission of the -----�
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City of Miami to submit a charter amendment to the electors
of the City of Miami, Florida, for the purposes stated in
Section I of this resolution,
NOW, THEREFORE, HE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The City Attorney is hereby authorized and
directed to prepare a charter amendment to the Charter of the
City of Miami (Chapter 10847, Special Acts of Florida, 1925,
as amended) for the purpose of providing that if any elected
position (elected by popular vote of the electors of the City
of Miami)1:becomes vacant such vacancy shall only be filled
by an appointment for a period of time terminating at such
time such vacancy is filled as the result of an election held
at either (1) the odd year City of Miami General Election at
which election the Mayor and two Commissioners are elected,
or (2) the even year State of Florida General Election at
which election National, State and County offices are filled.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this cZ O day of December, 1973.
PREP DRO BY:
S. R. Sterbenz
Assistant City Attorney
APPROVEDTO FO AND CORRECTNESS:
n S. Lloyd
ty Attorney