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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. 0-92-q
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC,
FLORIDA, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE
VII, SECTION 7.13 "REQUIREMENTS FOR REFEREN-
DUM", PROVIDING THAT THIS PROVISION SHALL
NOT BE APPLICABLE TO EXPENDITURES INVOLVING
THE WATER'AND SEWER UTILITIES OF THE CITY OR
FEDERAL OR STATE MANDATED EXPENDITURES;
PROVIDING THAT IF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS
APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES AT THE
MARCH 10, 1992 ELECTION, THEN SUCH AMENDMENT
SHALL BECOME A PART OF THE CITY CHARTER UPON
CERTIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF THE ELECTION
RESULTS; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION;
PROVIDING FOR REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE. _
WHEREAS, the Charter Board and the City Council of the
City of Tamarac have agreed that it would be in the best
interest of the citizens of the City of Tamarac that Article
VII, Section 7.13, "Requirements for referendum" be amended,
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, a
public hearing has been held on this matter.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1 : The following proposed referendum question
amending the City Charter shall be presented to the electorate
of the City of Tamarac at the March 10, 1992 election and if
the following proposed referendum question is approved by a
majority of the electorate at said election, the amendment
proposed shall become a part of the City Charter upon
Certification and acceptance of the election results:
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT 92-1
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES INVOLVING THE
WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES OR MANDATED BY
LAW EXCLUDED FROM REFERENDUM
Shall Section 7.13 of the Tamarac Charter be amended
to provide that capital purchase or construction for the
water and sewer utilities or which are mandated by
federal or state law will be exempt from the
referendum requirements of this Section.
Yes
If the proposed amendment is approved, Article VII,
Section 7.13 "Requirements for referendum" will read as
outlined below.
(Additions to text are indicated by underscore; deletions
to the text are eteaek-thEaugk .)
Section 7.13. Requirements for referendum
In addition to complying with public bidding
requirements, no capital facility or improvements or
contract for acquisitions or construction of such
facility or improvements involving a cost to the city in
excess of two and one-half (2 1/2) percent of the then
current budget, or requiring the borrowing of funds by
the City, or the issuance of bonds to fund such capital
facility or improvements shall be authorized or initiated
until such improvements and the borrowing of funds or the
issuance of bonds therefore have been approved by a
majority of the qualified electors voting on such issue
at a special or general election. If the capital faci-
lity or improvement or acquisition or construction is
eligible for grant funding, then the two and one-half
(2 1/2) percent limitation of this section shall only
apply to the funds paid by the city (matching funds),
not the entire project cost.
The referendum requirement of this section shall not
apply to capital ro ects within t e water and sewer
utility systems of the City. Nor shall 7 ap to
expenditures mandated apply
� _ y federal or state governments.
SECTION 2 : Inclusion into Code. It is the intention of
the City Council that the provisions of this Ordinance shall
become and be made a part of the Code of Ordinances and that
the sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered
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and the words "Ordinance" may be changed to "Chapter",
"Section", "Article" or such other appropriate word or phrase,
the use of which shall accomplish the intentions herein
expressed.
SECTION 3 : Repealer. All sections or parts of sections
of the Code of Ordinances, all ordinances or parts of ordin-
ances and all resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict
herewith, be and the same, are hereby repealed to the extent
of such conflicts.
SECTION 4 : Severability. Should any section or provi-
sion of this ordinance, or any portion thereof, or any para-
graph, sentence or word be declared by a Court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not affect the
validity of the remainder hereof, as a whole or part hereof,
other than the part declared to be invalid.
SECTION 5 : Effective date. This Ordinance shall be in
full force and take effect immediately upon its passage and
final adoption.
PASSED FIRST READING this �11C.day of 1991.
PASSED SECOND READING this I(h day of , 1992.
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MAYOR
ATTEST: '
CAROL A. EVANS
CITY CLERK
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
MAYOR A9FIA:',10V1Ji i7'
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have DISTRICT 1: C/M! KAT
approved this 0 ANCE as
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CITY ATT RNEY r2I3191 /1'
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