Item 7E Ordinance 33-15-20ORDINANCE NO. 33-15-20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH,
FLORJDA, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE C IT Y
CHARTER WHICH WOULD ELECT C JTY
COMMISS IONERS FOR SEATS 2, 3, 4 AND 5 BY T H EIR
RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS; SUBMITTING THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT FOR CONS IDERATION BY
THE ELECTOR S OF THE C ITY FOR APPROVAL OR
DISAPPROVAL; PROVIDING THE AP PEARANCE OF
THE CHARTER AMEN DMENT ON THE BALLOT;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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WHEREAS, th e Cil y of At lanti c Beach, F lorid a, after rece iv in g i nput from its citize ns
and th e Chart er Review Co mmittee, finds th e proposed amend ment con tain ed in th is Ord ina nce
sho uld be s ubm itted to the qualified electors of the City of Atlanti c Beach for co nsid erati on; and
WHEREAS, th e City of Atlanti c Beach apprecia tes th e diligen t effor ts o f th e Cha rt er
Re view Co mmittee comprised of: Don Wo lrso n, Mark Tomaski, Mike Ba rno, Ka th erin e
Ca rithers, Joa n Ca rve r, Sall y Clemens , Thomas Goodr ich, Judith Lero ux and David Vincent.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE C ITY COMMISSION ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. Charter Amendment Propo sed. The Cit y Co mm iss ion of the C it y of
Atl anti c Beach, F lorid a hereby proposes th e followin g amendm ent to the Cit y C harte r:
Sec. 5. Num be r of com mi ssioners; se lecti on; term .
Th e cit y comm iss ion sha ll consist offive (5) electors of the City of
Atl a nti c Beach who have th e qu alifi ca ti o ns as defi ned in sec ti on 6
of thi s C h ar te r;~ Sea L 1 shal l be e lec ted at large. and sea ts 2 thro ugh
5 shall each be elec ted by th ei r respect ive di stricts. without regard
for any des ignation of po li tical party affiliation. The seats shall be
known as seats 1 ttu·o ugh 5 respec ti vely, a nd se at I sha ll be
designed as the mayor-commissioner. Sea ts 2 thr ough 5 shall be
designat ed as di strict commissio ners, with each comm iss ioner
required to res id e wit hin the di stric t from whic h he or she is
elected. Th e four (4) di stri cts s hall be created usin g the prec in ct
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lin es ex istin g as of November, 209-7Jl:l t1ttat·y 20 13, as a beginning
point, sh all be establi shed by ordin an ce, shall be as equal in
po pulation as po ssi bl e, a nd to th e extent poss ible sha ll maint ain the
int egrity of neighb orh oo ds and co mmunities of interest. Th e
mayo r-co mmi ssioner shall be elected fo r two-year te rm s and the
term s fo r sea ts 2 through 5 s hall ea ch be four yea rs. Effec ti ve with
the munic ip al election in October, 1993 , a nyon e e lected or
a ppo int ed to th e oftic e of mayor-co mmi ssioner shall not serve
more th a n fo m (4 ) co nsecutive two -yea r t erm s; an d any elec ted or
a pp ointed to comrni ss ion seats 2 thr oug h 5 sh all not se rve mo re
than two (2) co nsec uti ve fo ur-yea r term s. Ser ving any part of a
term shall be co ns idere d a full te rm. No thin g co ntain ed herein shall
preve nt a nyo ne who has se rved as a c it y co mmi ss io ner fr om be in g
appo inted or elec ted to th e pos iti on of ma yo r-commi ss ioner and
th en ser vin g in th at capac it y fo ur ( 4) consecutiv e t wo-yea r term s.
SECTION 2. Submi ss ion o f Char ter A mendm ent to Publi c Referendum . T hi s
amendm ent to the Charter of ti1 c Cit y of Atlantic Beach, Florida shall be submitted to public
refere ndum at th e next gene ral e lec ti on held in th e City of Atl ant ic Beach, F lori da fo r app ro va l
or disap prova l by th e qu a lifi ed e lectors ofthe C ity.
SECTION 3. Appeara nce of th e Charter Amend ment on th e Ball ot. Th e ball ot titl e to
be u se d in sa id election s hall be as fo ll ows : "CHANGE IN CO MMISS IONER ELECTJONS
FROM AT-LA RGE VOT fN G TO DI STR ICT REPRESENTATIV E VOTING ." T he
ex p lana tory statement shall be as fo ll ows: "Commission se at s 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be e lected onl y
by th e elec tors in the res pecti ve di s tri cts eac h co mmi ssi oner represent s instead o r th e ent ire
electors of th e City of A tl anti c Beac h." Be low th e ex pl anatory state ment shall app ear th e
fo ll owin g ques ti on:
Shall th e above descr ib ed Charte r a mendm ent be adopted?
YES ---N O __ _
SECTION 4 . Effecti ve Date . Thi s amendm ent t o th e Charte r of the Ci t y of Atl anti c
Beac h s hall beco me effecti ve up on approv al by th e electo rs of the City and sha ll be fi led with th e
Flo rid a De partm ent of Sta te as required by law.
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APRIL 27, 2015
PASSED by the City Commission on first reading this __ day of ______ _
2015.
PASS ED with a quorum present and voting, by the City Commission this __ day of
______ ,2015.
ATTEST:
DONNA L. BARTLE,
City Clerk
Approved as to f01m and conectness:
RICHARD KOMANDO,
City Attorney
CAROLYN WOODS,
Mayor, Presiding Officer