HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-2021-022 Temp. Ord. # 2472
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ORDINANCE NO. 0-2021-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CITY'S
CODE OF ORDINANCES, ENTITLED "ADMINISTRATION",
AMENDING ARTICLE II, ENTITLED "CITY COMMISSION", BY
AMENDING SECTION 2-34 ENTITLED "COMPREHENSIVE
PROCEDURES FOR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS"AMENDING
SUBSECTION (G) "ORDER OF BUSINESS" TO REMOVE
PROCLAMATIONS/SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS AND
COMMISSION REPORTS FROM THE GENERAL ORDER OF
BUSINESS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 4.06(b) of the City of Tamarac's Charter allows the
City Commission to determine its own rules of procedure for meetings; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Charter, the City Commission adopted an
Ordinance which established Comprehensive Procedures for the City
Commission Meetings; and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Procedures for City Commission
Meetings serves as a valuable reference guide for all those in whom the public
has placed its trust; and
WHEREAS, recently, the City Commission has been making changes to
its Comprehensive Procedures and a change to subsection 2-34(g) has been
discussed; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission wishes to amend the Comprehensive
Procedures for City Commission Meetings to remove "Proclamations/special
recognitions" and "Commission reports" from the general order of business to
assist in establishing more efficient commission meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1: The foregoing WHEREAS clauses are hereby ratified and
confirmed as being true and correct and are hereby made a specific part of this
Ordinance upon adoption hereof.
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Section 2: The CityCommission of the Cityof Tamarac herebyamends
Chapter 2 of the City's Code of Ordinances, entitled "Administration", by amending
Article II of the City's Code of Ordinance, entitled "City Commission", Section 2-
34, entitled "Comprehensive Procedures for City Commission Meetings", as
follows:
Article II. City Commission
Sec.2-34. Comprehensive procedures for city commission meetings.
(g) Order of business.
(1) The mayor shall take the chair at the hour appointed
for the meeting of city commission and shall call the
meeting to order and direct the clerk to call roll. In the
absence of the mayor, the vice-mayor shall preside. If
a quorum is present, the meeting shall continue.
(2) Upon the establishment of a quorum, city commission
workshop meetings shall open with the Pledge of
Allegiance, led by the presiding city commission
member.
(3) The general order of any regular or alternate meeting,
which any member of the city commission can alter
upon request, should be as follows. This order and
content may vary in consideration of time constraints
and/or actual items being considered:
a. Call to order;
b. Roll call;
c. Pledge of Allegiance;
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f.d. Staff reports;
g.e. Public participation; •
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J f. Legislation:
1. Consent agenda;
2. Reading of ordinances/resolutions;
3. Public hearings/quasi-judicial;
hg Adjournment.
SECTION 3: It is the intention of the City Commission of the City of
Tamarac, Florida that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made
a part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Tamarac, Florida, and that the
Sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered, re-lettered and the word
"Ordinance" may be changed to "Section," "Article" or such other word or phrase
in order to accomplish such intention.
SECTION 4: If any clause, section, or other part or application of this
4111 Ordinance shall be held by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutional or invalid part or application shall
be considered as eliminated and so not affecting the remaining portions or
applications remaining in full force and effect.
SECTION 5: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances, Resolutions or parts of
Resolutions in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent
of such conflict.
SECTION 6: This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
adoption.
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PASSED, FIRST READING this � � y ' " . , 2021.
PASSED, SECOND READING this '" fi�`day of /14 , 2021.
By L.)-
CHELLE GOM
MAYOR
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CITY CLERK
RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE: 1ST Reading
MAYOR GOMEZ .0 '
DIST 1: COMM BOLTON c.9
DIST 2: COMM. GELIN Nv •
DIST 3: V/M VILLALOBOS
DIST 4: COMM. PLACKO U
RECORD OF COMMISSION VOTE: 2ND Reading
MAYOR GOMEZ
DIST 1: COMM. BOLTON No
DIST 2: COMM. GELIN MC).
DIST 3: V/M VILLALOBOS
DIST 4: COMM. PLACKO
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I
have approved this
ORDINANCE as to form.
IN,
A ORNEY III
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