Ordinance No. 28-91-2 ORDINANCE NO. :28-91-2
AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING AND AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XVI,
SECTION 158 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH,
TO PROHIBIT A CITY COMMISSIONER FROM BEING APPOINTED CITY
ATTORNEY DURING ANY TERM FOR WHICH HE SHALL HAVE BEEN
ELECTED OR WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF HIS
TERM, REQUIRING A REFERENDUM, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC
BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. That the following proposed amendment to Article
XVI, Municipal Court and Department of Law, Section 158, City
Attorney: Appointment and Qualifications, of the Charter of the
City of Atlantic Beach, Florida, be submitted to the electors of
Atlantic Beach:
Sec. 158 . City Attorney: Appointment and Qualifications.
"No City Commissioner shall receive such appointment
during any term for which he shall have been appointed or elected,
nor within one (1) year after the expiration of said term. "
SECTION 2 . Effective Date, Nature and Conduct of Election.
Before this amendment shall become operative and effective it
shall first be submitted to a referendum vote of the qualified
electors of the City of Atlantic Beach, participating in an
election to be held in said City on the 3rd day of November, A.D. ,
1992 . Notice of said election shall be given by the City Clerk by
publishing the same at least twice in a newspaper published in
Duval County, Florida, the first publication to be not less than
thirty (30) days before said election, and once in the third week
prior to such election. Said notice shall be in substantially the
- following form:
"NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held in the
City of Atlantic Beach on the 3rd day of November, A.D. , 1992 , for
the approval or disapproval of the Ordinance of the City
prohibiting the appointment of a City Commissioner as City Attorney
for a specified period of time.
"All persons qualified to vote in the last general election of
the City, or who may have since become qualified and registered
shall be qualified to vote in said referendum election.
Dated the day of , A.D. , 1992 .
City Clerk"
The form of ballot to be used at said election shall be as
follows:
SPECIAL REFERENDUM
DATE
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
Shall the Charter of the City of Atlantic Beach be amended to
prohibit a City Commissioner from being appointed City Attorney
during the term for which he was elected or within one (1) year
after the expiration of his term.
Yes for approval
No for rejection
Section 3 . This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
its final passage and adoption.
PASSED by the City Commission on first reading this 14th day
of October, 1991.
PASSED by the City Commission on second . . . final reading this
28th day of October, 1991.
ATTEST: ` I /
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N UR�FEIDN KING-- -1± 5' WILL' AM I. GUL ' FIR
City Clerk Mayor, Presiding o f
Approved as to form and correctness:
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•N C. JENSEN .' QUIRE
City Attorne