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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. 0-92-_,:�
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC,
FLORIDA, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE
VII, SECTION 7.13 "REQUIREMENTS FOR REFEREN-
DUM", PROVIDING A CLARIFICATION IN SAID
SECTION THAT THE THRESHOLD COMPUTATION IS
BASED UPON THE COMBINED CURRENT GENERAL FUND
AND ENTERPRISE FUND BUDGETS; 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 92-2
REFERENDUM REQUIRED WHEN CAPITAL
COSTS EXCEED A PERCENTAGE OF THE COMBINED
GENERAL AND ENTERPRISE BUDGETS
Shall Section 7.13 of the Tamarac Charter be amended
to clarify that the threshold computation for the
requirement of a referendum is based upon the combined
current general fund and enterprise fund budgets.
Yes No
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 .)
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,general fund and enterprise fund budgets ,
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 facility 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.
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
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
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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 day of/�2�Q,yy(, 1991.
PASSED SECOND READING this 11'1 day of 1992.
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ATTEST:
' CAROL A. EVANS
CITY CLERK
RECORD OF COUNCIL VOTE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have MAYOR ABRAI-10WITZ JdaL
approved this DIN NCE as W
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CITY ATTORNEY DISTRICT4: _N
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