Ordinance No. 5-18-67 Do not useORDINANCE NO. 5-18-67
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA
AMENDING CHAPTER 23 OF THE ATLANTIC BEACH CODE OF
ORDINANCES; AMENDING SECTION 23.52, ENVIRONMENTAL
STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE, SUBSECTION (c); "MEMBERSHIP,
TERMS, APPOINTMENTS, GEOGRAPHIC REQUIREMENTS,
COMPOSITION," AND SUBSECTION (e), "REMOVAL OF MEMBERS,"
PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Board Member Review Committee has conducted a study over the last
year to assess board and committee membership, terms, removal and selection/appointment
procedures for all boards and committees of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Board Member Review Committee has developed and forwarded its
recommendations to standardize, clarify and streamline the membership, terms, removal and
selection/appointment procedures for the various boards and committees of the City to the City
Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION ON
BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. Revisions to Section 23-52(c)(1), Membership. Section 23-52(c)(1) of the
Atlantic Beach Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows:
(1) Membership. The Environmental Stewardship Committee shall be composed of
eleven members. A majority of the members of the Committee shall constitute a
quorum. No member of the Committee shall hold any other public office or
appointed position in the city.
SECTION 2. Revisions to Section 23-52(c)(2), Terms. Section 23-52(c)(2) is hereby
amended as follows:
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(2) Terms. Following the expiration of the terms of office of the inaugural board
members, A all members shall serve fet-three-year terms. <,„ti, the emeeptio e
Members shall not serve more than two three
consecutive terms on the Committee. All terms shall expire on December 31 of
the proper year, provided, however, that members whose terms expire shall
continue to serve until replacement appointments are effective. Throe year tefms
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Any committee member who
wishes to resign should submit a letter of resignation to the chairman and city
clerk.—Any vacancy during the unexpired term of an appointed member shall be
filled for the remainder of the term. Should the length of the unexpired term be
less than one year, then such appointment shall not count towards the maximum
number of consecutive terms.
SECTION 3. Revisions to Section 23-52(e). Removal of Members. Section 23-52(e) is
hereby amended as follows:
(e) Removal of members.
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peried. Any member on the Committee may be removed for cause by the City
Commission ipon written charges and after public hearing. Ay member who fails to
attend three (3) consecutive meetings without prior notice to the Director of Planning
and Community Development or his/her designee and without reasonable cause shall
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have his office declared vacant by the Committee. The vacancy shall be promptly
reported to the city clerk and filled by the city commission.
SECTION 4. Conflict. All ordinances, resolutions, official determinations or parts thereof
previously adopted or entered by the City or any of its officials and in conflict with this ordinance
are repealed to the extent inconsistent herewith.
SECTION 5. Severability. If a Court of competent jurisdiction at any time finds any
provision of this Ordinance to be unlawful, illegal, or unenforceable, the offending provision shall
be deemed severable and removed from the remaining provisions of this Ordinance which shall
remain in full force and intact.
SECTION 6. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect upon final reading and
approval.
PASSED by the City Commission this 13th day of November 2018.
PASSED by the City Commission on second and final reading this Z day of NO V6PJ)f1C
2018.
CFZTLAN,T,IC BEACH
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E en Glasser, Mayor
Attest:
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Donna L. Bartle, City Clerk
Approved as to form and correctness:
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Bre a Dur City Attorney
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