12-1-15 Special Called Mtg Agenda Packet 1
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH
CITY COMMISSION AGENDA
December 1, 2015
SPECIAL CALLED MEETING AT 6:30 PM
Pledge to the flag
Call to order
1. Courtesy of the Floor to Visitors.
2. Election for Vacancy on the City Commission.
(Applications received by the City Clerk on or before 12:00 PM, Noon on November 30, 2015
will be considered. To view the applications on file, please click this link. To ensure you have
seen the complete list of applicants being considered, check the link after the deadline.)
Adjourn
Please Note: This meeting will be live-streamed and videotaped and can be accessed by clicking on the
Commission Meeting Video tab located on the home page of the City’s website at www.coab.us.
If any person decides to appeal any decision made by the City Commission with respect to any matter considered at any
meeting, such person may need a record of the proceedings, and, for such purpose, may need to ensure that a verbatim record
of the proceedings is made, which record shall include the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Any person wishing to speak to the City Commission on any matter at this meeting should submit a request to the City Clerk
prior to the meeting. For your convenience, forms for this purpose are available at the entrance to the Commission
Chambers.
Every effort is made to indicate what action the City Commission is expected to take on each agenda item. However, the
City Commission may act upon any agenda subject, regardless of how the matter is stated on the agenda.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 286.26, Florida Statutes, persons with disabilities
needing special accommodation to participate in this meeting should contact the City Clerk by 5:00 PM, Monday, November
30, 2015.
EXCERPTS FROM THE CITY CHARTER
ARTICLE II. – THE COMMISSION
Sec. 6. - Qualifications and disqualifications. Modified
Members of the city commission shall have been full-time residents of the city for at least
two years immediately prior to qualifying. They shall be electors in the city. Full-time residency
shall be defined as the person's principal place of abode during the year. Members of the city
commission shall not hold any other elective office. Any member of the city commission ceasing
to possess the foregoing qualifications or who shall have been convicted of a crime punishable
by more than one (1) year of imprisonment or a crime involving moral turpitude, shall forfeit the
seat prior to the next meeting of the city commission. Absence from four consecutive regular
meetings of the city commission shall operate to vacate the seat of a member, unless the
member's absence is excused by the city commission by a resolution setting forth the fact of such
excuse duly entered upon the minutes.
Sec. 12. - Vacancies in the city commission. Modified
If any vacancy occurs in the city commission, the city commission shall elect, within fifteen
(15) days of the vacancy, by the affirmative votes of not less than three members, an eligible
person as defined in Sec. [Section] 6 of this article to fill the vacancy until the next general
election.