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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
ORDINANCE NO. 0-92-.11fo-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, PROPOSING AN
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4.02, OF
THE CITY CHARTER, ENTITLED "CITY COUNCIL;
ELECTION, TERMS AND QUALIFICATIONS",
CHANGING THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS FROM TWO (2)
YEARS TO THREE (3) YEARS, PROVIDING THAT
IF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS APPROVED BY
A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS AT THE SEPTEMBER
1, 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 City Council of the City of Tamarac has deemed it
to be in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Tamarac
that Article IV, Section 4.02, entitled "City council; election,
terms and qualifications" 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 September 1, 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 acid
acceptance of the election results:
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PROPOSED AMENDMENT
SHALL SECTION 4.02 OF THE TAMARAC CHARTER BE AMENDED TO
PROVIDE THAT THE LENGTH OF TERM OF OFFICE FOR MAYOR AND
COUNCILMEMBERS BE INCREASED TO A THREE YEAR TERM OF
OFFICE FROM CURRENT TWO YEAR TERM OF OFFICE?
COUNCILMEMBERS FROM DISTRICTS ONE AND THREE WILL RUN FOR
THREE YEAR TERMS BEGINNING WITH 1993 MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS FROM DISTRICTS TWO AND FOUR
WILL RUN FOR THREE YEAR TERMS BEGINNING WITH 1994
MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
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If the proposed amendment is approved, Article IV, Section
4.02 entitled "City council; election, terms and qualifications"
will read as indicated below:
Sec. 4.02 City council; election, terms and
qualifications.
The Mayor and Ggouncilmembers shall be elected for
a term of ; e ( 2 ) years three- _ ( gars in the manner
provided for and in accordance with the qualifications
set forth in article VI. Councilmembers from odd -
numbered districts shall be elected
year at the muniCipal eler-tion-hrld on Marcb-9—.1293 and
and Councilmembers
from even -numbered districts and the mayor shall be
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theft=. Beginning with the 1985 municipal election
and effective for all elections thereafter,
Councilmembers (including the mayor) who are elected to
office shall not succeed themselves for more than one
(1) term, without an intervening term, regardless of the
district or seat they might hold; except that if
otherwise qualified, the mayor or ex -mayor may run for
council and a councilman or ex -councilman may run for
mayor.
CODING: Words inGtFuek-hreu i type are deletions from existing Charter; Words in
Uf d2mcored type are additions to the Charter.
SECTION-2-= InrlusiQU,. into rode. 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 expressed.
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SECTION 3: Hapealer. All sections or parts of sections
of the Code of ordinances, all ordinances or parts of ordinances
and all resolutions or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith,
be and the same, are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflicts.
CTI�L�4 Should any section or provision
of this ordinance, or any portion thereof, or any paragraph,
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.
Effective date, This Ordinance shall be in
full force and take effect immediately upon its passage and final
adoption.
PASSED, FIRST READING this IC764-`day of �t.�-r� 1992.
PASSED, SECOND READING this o9'U'b"%-day of 1992.
ATTEST:
CAROL A. EVANS
CITY CLERK
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I
have approved this
OR
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MITCHEL". gi�tCITY ATTO
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H.L. SENDER .
MAYOR
RECORD OF COUNCIL, VOTE
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