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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-2021-022 Temp. Ord. # 2472 May 12, 2021 Page 1 of 4 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. S CODING: Words in type are deletions from the existing law; Words in underscore type are additions. Temp. Ord. # May 12, 2021 Page 2 of 4 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; e ; f.d. Staff reports; g.e. Public participation; • CODING: Words in type are deletions from the existing law; Words in underscore type are additions. Temp. Ord. # 2472 May 12, 2021 Page 3 of 4 • 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. (Rest of this page intentionally left blank) CODING: Words in type are deletions from the existing law; Words in underscore type are additions. Temp. Ord. # May 12, 2021 Page 4 of 4 III gjf- - , / , PASSED, FIRST READING this � � y ' " . , 2021. PASSED, SECOND READING this '" fi�`day of /14 , 2021. By L.)- CHELLE GOM MAYOR ATTEST: /A is b.fit..„,,= JE'NNIFE JOH_ ON, CMC 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 CODING: Words in type are deletions from the existing law; Words in underscore type are additions.