Item 7BAGENDA ITEM # 7B
AUGUST 13, ?007
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA,
CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM TO AMEND SEC. 5 OF THE CITY
CHARTER TO PROVIDE FOR ELECTION OF FOUR (4) OF THE CITY
COMMISSIONERS FROM DISTRICTS, AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON BEHALF OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA:
4F.C`TTnN 1 _ Calling for referendum Election Amending Charter.
A referendum shad be added to the election ballot on October 2, 2007, to amend Sec. 5 of
the Charter of the City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, to read as follows:,
"Sec. 5. Number of commissioners; selection; term.
The city commission shall consist of five (5) electors of the City of
Atlantic Beach who have the qualifications as defined in section 6 of this Charter,
elected at large without regard for any designation of political party affiliation.
The seats shall be known as seats 1 through 5 respectively, and seat 1 shall be
designed as the mayor-commissioner. ,Pats 2 tnrnugh shall hP r~PC;anatPri ac
c~ictrint rnmmiccinnPrc, with Parh rnmmiccinneT ren.~»?rPr~ to rPCirjP Si,ithin the
yg~ th TrPrin~t linPC Pxicting ac of NnvPmhPr~ 7nn7,~s a he..glIIAlllg~lOintTchall
extPnt~n, ncclhl_e shall mairit7in the intPpritv~nf nPighhorhfloLls aIld COmmimitiPC of
intPre.ct The mayor-commissioner shall be elected for two-year term:- and the
terms for seats 2 through 5 shall each be four years. Effective with the municipal
election in October, 1993, anyone elected or appointed to the office of mayor-
commissioner shall not serve more than four (4) consecutive two (2) year terms;
and any elected or appointed to commission seats 2 through 5 shall not serve more
than two (2) consecutive four (4) year terms. Serving any part of a term shall be
considered a full term. Nothing contained herein shall prevent anyone who has
served as a city commissioner from being appointed or elected to the position of
mayor-commissioner and then serving in that capacity four (4) consecutive two-
year terms."
cF['TT(1N 2- Form of Ballot and Election Question.
The form of ballot and election question to be used in said election shall be as
follows
AGENDA ITEM H 7B
AUGUST l3, 2007
CHARTER ELECTION BALLOT
October 2, 2007
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
BAT •LnT TTTT ,F.: Amending Sec. 5 of the Charter "Number of commissioners;
selection; term" to provide for four (4) of the city commissioners to continue to be elected at
large, but from districts, to be created by ordinance, and requiring that each commissioner reside
within the district from which he or she is elected.
BAT •T •(7T ~TTNTMAR V: Amending Sec. 5 of the Charter to provide that city
commission Seats 2 through 5 shall be designated as district commissioners, with each
commissioner required to reside within the district from which he or she is elected. The four (4)
districts shall be created using the precinct lines existing as of November, 2007, as a beginning
point, shall be established by ordinance, shall be as equal in population as possible, and to the
extent possible shall maintain the integrity of neighborhoods and communities.
Shall the al;ove Charter amendment be adopted?
Yes (approve-amendment)
No (reject amendment)
~FrTTnN ~_ Effective date of Charter amendment.
If approved by a majority of the voters at the election on October 2, 2007, then the
Charter amendment shall take effect immediately.
Sl+•(:TT(1N 4_ Effective date of this Ordinance.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its final passage and adoption.
PASSED by the City Commission on first reading this 23rd day of July, 2007.
PASSED by the City Commission on second and final reading `'pis 13"' day of August,
2007.
ATTEST:
DONNA L. BUSSEY, CMC
City Clerk
Approved as to form and correctness:
ALAN C. JENSEN, ESQUIRE
City Attorney
DONALD M. WOLFSON
Mayor, Presiding Officer
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