Item 7D Ordinance 33-15-20ORDINANCE NO. 33-15-20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH,
FLORIDA, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY
CHARTER WHICH WOULD ELECT CITY
COMMISSIONERS FOR SEATS 2, 3, 4 AND 5 BY THEIR
RESPECTIVE DISTRICTS; SUBMITTING THE
PROPOSED AMENDMENT FOR CONSIDERATION BY
THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY FOR APPROVAL OR
OLSAPPROV AL; PROVIDING THE APPEARANCE OF
THE CHARTER AMENDMENT ON THE BALLOT;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
AGENDA ITEM 1170
MAY I I , 2015
WHEREAS, the C ity of Atlantic Beach, Florida , after receiv ing input from its citizen s
and the Charter Review Committee, find s the proposed amendment contained in thi s Ordinance
s ho uld be s ubmitted to the qualified electo rs of the City of Atlantic Beach for considera tion; and
WHEREAS, the City of Atlantic Beach appreciates th e d il igent effo rt s of th e Charter
Review Committee comprised of: Don Wolfson, Mark Tomaski , Mike Borno, Katherine
Cal'ithers, Joan Carve r, Sally Cle mens, Thomas Goodrich, Judith Leroux and David Vincent.
NOW THEREFORE, BE JT ENACTED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CJTY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, JrLORLOA:
SECTION l. Charter Amendment Proposed. The Ci ty Comm issio n of the City of
Atlanti c 13 cach, Florida hereby proposes th e following amendment to th e City Charte r:
Sec. 5. Number of commissioners; select ion ; term.
The city commission s hall consist of five (5) electors of the City of
Atlantic Beach who have the qualification s as defined in section 6
of this C ha rter .. en t I <.,IJull b elected at large, •trad ;cut ·}. tlulHH 'h
s l,.tll L':J ·It b · c lc ted b~ t h ~:a r J l'~pel·tiH. di sltu . .:l , without regard
for any designation of polit ical party affiliation . The seats sha ll be
known as sea ts I tluou gh 5 respect ive ly, and scat I s hall be
designed as the mayor-commissioner. Seats 2 through 5 shall be
de s ignated as district commissioners, with each commissioner
required to reside within the di s trict rrom which he or she is
e lected. The four (4) districts sha ll be created using th e p rec in c t
line s ex istin g as of J,. 'il ~ 'cGl17.1unu r) 0 I , as a beginn ing
point, sha ll be es ta bli s hed by ordin a nce, s hall be as equ a l in
population as possibl e, a nd to th e ex tent po ss ible sha ll ma int a in the
integrity of neighborhood s and commun ities o r int erest. Th e
mayor-commi ss ione r shall be e lected for two-year term s and th e
terms for sca ts 2 throu g h 5 sha ll eac h be four yea rs. Ef fective w ith
the muni c ip al electi on in Octobe r, 1993, anyone e lected or
appo int ed to th e office of mayor-co mmi ss ion er sha ll not se rve
more th a n fo ur (4) co nsecut i ve two-yea r terms; and any e lected or
appo int ed to co mmi ss ion scats 2 throu g h 5 sha ll not serve mor e
than two (2) co nsecutive four -yea r term s. Servi ng any part of a
term shall be con si de red a fullt.erm. No thing co nt ai ned he re i_n sha ll
prevent anyon e who has se rved as a city commissio ner from bein g
ap po inted or e lected to th e po s ition of mayo r-co mmis sion e r and
then se rvin g in that capacity fo ur (4) co nsec utive two-year term s.
AGENDA ITEM# 70
MAY 11.201 5
SECTJON 2. Submiss ion of Charter Amendment to Public Referendum. T hi s
amen dm ent to th e Charte r of th e City o f Atlantic Beach, PloTid a shall be sub mitted to public
re fe re ndum at th e next genera l e lection held in th e C ity of Atl ant ic l3each , Florida ror a pprova l
or di sappmval by th e qua lified e lec tors of th e City.
SECTION 3. Appea ranc e of the Char te r Amendm ent on the Ballot. Th e ba ll ot ti tl e to
be used in sa id e lec ti o n s ha ll be as fo llows: ''CHANGE IN COMM ISSION ER ELECT IONS
FROM AT-LARGE VOTfNG TO DI STRICT REPRESENTATIVE VOTING ." The
ex planatory sla tement shall be as follow s: "Comm iss ion seats 2, J, 4 and 5 will be elected only
by t he electo rs in the re spec ti ve distric ts eac h commi ss ioner represents in stead of th e entire
electo rs of the City of Atlanti c Beach." Be low th e exp lan a tory statement sha ll appear the
following qu es ti on:
S hall th e above de scri bed Charter amendment be ado pt ed?
YES NO __ __
SECTION 4. Effec tive Date. This amendment to the Cha rter of th e City of Atl a nt ic
Beach shall become effectiv e upon approv a l by the e lec tors of the C ity and shall be filed w ith the
Flo rid a Depar tm ent of State as req uir ed by Jaw .
PASSED by the City Commission on first reading this 27 day of April, 2015.
AGENDA ITEM# 7D
MAY 11,2015
PASSED with a quorum present and voting, by the City Commission this __ day of
______ ,2015.
ATTEST:
DONNA L. BARTLE,
City Clerk
Approved as to form and correctness:
RICHARD KOMANDO,
City Attorney
CAROLYN WOODS,
Mayor, Presiding Officer