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Article II, Sec. 10. - Appointment of city manager.
The city commission shall appoint an administrative officer of the city, who shall have the title of city
manager, who shall have the powers and perform the duties provided in this Charter and who shall be
compensated at a rate set by the city commission. No member of the city commission shall receive such
appointment during the term for which the person shall have been elected, nor within two years after
the expiration of the person's term. In the event the city manager resigns or is removed or is
incapacitated and unable to appoint a substitute as required in Sec. [Section] 24 of this Charter, the
deputy city manager shall assume the -responsibilities of an interim city manager until such time that
the city commission shall hire someone to perform the duties of the city manager.
Article III, Sec. 24. - Absence of the city manager.
The duties of the city manager during any temporary absence or disability shall be carried out by a
deputy city manager, or in the absence of the latter, by another administrative officer of the city
designated first by the city manager or second, by a majority of the city commission.
12/10/Z3 CRC - H -Ord ou't
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City of Atlantic Beach
Charter Review Committee
Date(s) Reviewed Article / Section Proposed Language Amendment
6/12/2014 Article I / Section 2 ... and running thence northerly along said low water mark of the Atlantic Ocean to the
point or place of beginning; excepting from the territory hereinabove described that
part thereof lying in said Sections 8 and 9 occupied and used by
Oub Atlantic Beach Country Club as described in deed recorded in Volume 652, page
484, Official Records of Duval County; ...
6/12/2014 Article II / Section 6 Members of the city commission shall have been full-time residents of the city for at
least eee-yeaf two years immediately prior to qualifying.
6/26/2014 Article II / Section 8 ... In the temporary absence or disability of the mayor -commissioner, all duties of the
mayor -commissioner shall be performed by the mayor pro tempore -fie shall be
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6/26/2014 Article II / Section 9 (13) The mayor pro tempore shall be appointed by the city commission from its
members.
6/26/2014 Article II / Section 9 (3) Establish or abolish official boards and elect the members thereof as recommended
by the mayor;
6/26/2014 Article II / Section 9 Pass ordinances and laws for the preservation of the public peace and order and
impose penalties for the violation thereof; provided that the maximum penalty to be
imposed shall be a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and
imprisonment for a period of time not longer than ninety (90) days, or as otherwise
provided for by Florida Statutes;
7/17/2014 Article II / Section 9(8) Lease golf courses, hospitals- and airports and pa&5, or any portion thereof, after the
city commission has passed an ordinance authorizing any such lease;
7/17/2014 Article II / Section 9(9) Sell golf courses, hespitalS, aiFpeFtS, PaFks and the public utility system, or any portion
7/24/2014 thereof, now owned by the city or hereafter acquired by it after the city commission
has passed an ordinance in which there is a finding that public welfare no longer
requires the operation of any such facility and in which are stated the terms of sale of
real property within the city limits and after such ordinance has been submitted to the
qualified voters of the city at an election called for that purpose;
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7/17/2014 Article II / Section 10 In the event the City Manager is removed or incapacitated and unable to appoint a
substitute as required in Sec. [Section] 24 of this Charter, the city commission shall
appoint someone to perform the duties of the city manager.
7/24/2014 Article II / Section 8 The mayor -commissioner shall have no regular administrative duties except as
authorized in this Charter but may appoint, from time to time, such special or select
committees as in his discretion he deems desirable OF as may be desiFed by the eity
Eem issie�; to expedite the handling of the business and affairs of the city. Other
members of the commission may on occassion appoint special or selectcommittees
with the approval of a majority of the commission.
7/24/2014 Article Il / Section 9 (14) Provide for the protection and preservation of parks as follow: Any real property
[revised language by City owned by the city which is used principally or held out for use as a public park, shall be
Attorney] used only as a public park; and parks shall not be sold, leased, gifted, changed in
description or use, or otherwise disposed of; and no structure shall be built in any such
park to accommodate activities not customarily associated with park use or outdoor
recreation; unless such sale, lease disposal, gift or structure is approved by voter
referendum.
7/24/2014 Article II / Section 11
The city manager and city clerk may request, if they deem it necessary, appoint a
deputy city manager and deputy city clerk, respectively, to be hired as approved by the
city commission and who shall be compensated at a rate set by the city commission.
8/7/2014 Article II / Section 20 Sec. 20. - R+g#t Attendance of city manager and other officers in city commission.
8/21/2014 Article II / Section 16 The City Commission shall determine its own rules and order of business. It shall
require a jeUFRal BF that minutes of its proceedings to be kept_ and the jeuFnal-e The
minutes shall be open and remotely available to the public ipec-tient in a timely
manner, through commonly accepted methods.
8/21/2014 Article III / Section 22(2) Not less than three years of adMiAiStFativeexperience as a city, municipal, ef-
county, or state government administrator serving in at least a department head or the
equivilent in responsibility; and / or
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8/21/2014 Article III / Section 22(1) Possession of at least a baccalaureate degree preferably in Public Administration or a
directly related field from a college or university accredited by a recognized
accreditation agency in the United States or from a recognized college or university
outside of the United States, which is acceptable to the city commission; and
8/21/2014 Article III Section 22(4)
maximum of-e��-
8/21/2014 Article III / Section 24 The duties of the city manager during any temporary absence or disability shall be
9/11/2014 carried out by a deputy city manager, or in the absence of the latter, by another
administrative officer of the city designated first by the city manager or second, by a
maiority of the city commission he eky manageF.
9/11/2014 Article III / Section 22 At the time ofappeintment,
Residency requirements for the city manager shall be established by ordinance.
9/11/2014 Article IV / Section 28(4) Provide the city commission with information as requested about the-
aa effieieneyof the legislatiYe programs of the city government; and
9/25/2014 Article IV / Section 29(1) At least a baccalaureate preferably in Business Administration or a related field
acceptable to the city commission from a college or university accredited by a
recognized accreditation agency in the United States or from a recognized college or
university outside of the United States which is acceptable to the city commission; and
9/25/2014 Article V / Section 31 The city commission shall appoint a city attorney, which may be a law firm, who shall
be an attorney with at least five years of experience in the practice of general, civil or
municipal law, admitted in and having authority to practice in all courts of this state,
and who shall be compensated at a rate set by the city commission.
9/25/2014 Article V / Section 32 (6) The city attorney shall serve at the pleasure of the city commission. The cit
commission may remove the city attorney by the affirmative vote of not less than
three (3) of its members.
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10/9/2014 Article XVI Section 61
No suit shall be brought against the city for damages aNSiRg etrt of aR a4eged teftieWS
ac-g, unless all provisions of state law have been met.
10/9/2014 Article II / Section 9(11) Appoint, remove and fix the compensation of all officers and employees appointed by
the city commission as hereinafter provided; the city commission shall perform an
annual performance review of the city clerk, city manager and city attorney.
10/23/2014 Article IX / Section 36 Sec. 36. - Elections Regulations.
10/23/2014 Article IX / Section 39 A petition for this purpose shall be signed by not less than ten (-10) twenty-five(25)
qualified electors of the city.
10/23/2014 Article X / Section 44 ... Any initiated ordinance may be submitted to the city commission by a petition
signed by registered electors of the city equal in number to at least twenty five pe-
entuF, (25% ten percent (10%) of the registered electors at the last regular municipal
election.
10/23/2014 Article X / Section 45 Within tweaty thirty 30 days after the enactment by the city commission of any
ordinance which is subject to a referendum, a petition signed by registered electors of
the city equal to at least ten percent (10%)of the
registered electors at the last preceding regular municipal election may be filed with
the city clerk requesting any such ordinance be either repealed by the city commission
or submitted to a vote of the electors.
10/23/2014 Article X / Section 47 Within twenty thin 30 days after a petition is filed, the city clerk shall determine
whether each page of the petition has a proper statement of the circulator and
whether the petition is signed by a sufficient number of qualified electors.
11/6/2014 Article X / Section 51 If the city commission shall fail to pass an ordinance proposed by initiative petition or
shall pass it in a form different from that set forth, or if the city commission fails to
repeal an ordinance referred for reconsideration, the proposed or referred ordinance
shall be submitted to the electors not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one year
from the date the city commission takes its final vote. If no regular election is to be
held within the specified time frame, the city commission ff�ay shall provide for a
special election.
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11/20/2014 Article IX / Section 43 The City of Atlantic Beach ,
12/4/2014 City Mapag^F and r'*" C'^'' delegates the election canvassing responsibilities for all
city elections to the Duval County Canvassing Board. in the eveRt that any m^m"^r is
OF special eleetieR, the county rzaRvassing beaFd will fulfill the fellewing duties listed in
this section. The AtlaRtiC Bea Canvassing Board &4a4 may meet in Atlantic Beach, or
at a location as decided by the Duval County Canvassing Board in a building accessible
to the public to publicly canvass the absentee electors' ballots and provisional ballots
as provided for in Florida Statutes. Public notice of canvassing shall be given at least 48
hours in advance in a publication of general circulation in the City of Atlantic Beach.
The canvass shall be made from the returns and certificates of the inspectors as signed
and filed by them. The canvassing board shall submit to the Supervisor of Elections the
preliminary returns by 11:59 pm on election night. See Fla. Stat. Chapters 101 and 102
for a complete listing of Canvassing Board duties. After each city election, the
Canvassing Board shall issue an official Certification of Election to the city clerk. The
clerk shall provide a certificate of election to the candidates elected.
11/20/2014 Article X / Section 53 Lists of qualified electors or registers may be pled obtained from the Supervisor
of Elections for Duval County in accordance with the provisions of F.S. 98.045(3)
98.211.
11/20/2014 Article X / Section 55
affiFFnative vote of the full city cernmossion following a public heaFing.
11/20/2014 Article XIV / Section 59 The only property excepted from this height limitation shall be certain parts of the
existing Sea Tuole'^" hotel property, located at 1 Ocean Boulevard, Atlantic Beach,
Florida, which property is bounded by Ahern Street on the north, the Atlantic Ocean on
the east, Atlantic Boulevard on the south, and Ocean Boulevard on the west, and only
those parts of said property as follows:...
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Deferred until Article X / Section 50 Whenever the city commission receives a certified initiative or referendum petition
12/4/2014 from the city clerk, it shall proceed forthwith to consider such petition. A proposed
initiative ordinance shall be read and a public hearing shall be held upon the proposed
ordinance. The city commission shall take final action on the ordinance not later than
sixty (60) days after the date on which such ordinance was submitted to the city
commission. Such final action shall be decided by at least a four-fifths affirmative vote
of the full city commission to approve, amend or deny. If such ordinance is one which is
referred for reconsideration by the city commission, it shall be brought forth for its
final vote upon such reconsideration and the question shall be, "Shall the ordinance
specified in the referendum be repealed?" Such final action shall also be decided by at
least a four-fifths affirmative vote of the full city commission.
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