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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity of Tamarac Ordinance O-1992-047Temp. Ord. #1U4 Section 6.03 Revision No. 1 Revision No. 2 CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA ORDINANCE NO. 0-92- W~i AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA, PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VI, SECTION 6.03, OF THE CITY CHARTER, ENTITLED "REDISTRICTING"; CHANGING REDISTRICTING COMMITTEES REPORT FROM FINAL TO ADVISORY TO COUNCIL; PROVIDING THAT IF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS AT THE NOVEMBER 3, 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 8 to be in the best interest of the citizens and residents of the City of Tamarac that Article VI, Section 6.03, entitled "Redistricting", be amended; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, a public 2 hearing has been held on this matter. 3 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE 4 CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA: �5 ACTION 1: The following 'proposed referendum question amending the City Charter shall be presented to the electorate of the City of Tamarac at the November 3, 1992 election and if the �a following proposed referendum question is approved by a majority 19 of the electorate at said election, the amendment proposed shall !D become a part of the City Charter upon Certification and li acceptance of the election results: 1 Temp. Ord. #1624 Section 6.03 Revision No. 1 Revision No. 2 PROPOSED AMENDMENT REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE REPORT CHANGED FROM FINAL TO ADVISORY TO COUNCIL. SHALL SECTION 6.03 OF THE TAMARAC CHARTER BE AMENDED TO CHANGE THE REDISTRICTING COMMITTEE'S REPORT, WHICH ESTABLISHES FOUR (4) DISTRICTS, EACH CONTAINING AS CLOSE TO ONE -QUARTER OF THE TOTAL REGISTERED VOTERS AS POSSIBLE IN A CONTIGUOUS REGION, FROM BEING A FINAL REPORT TO BEING ADVISORY TO THE CITY COUNCIL? YES NO If the proposed amendment is approved, Article VI, Section 6.03 entitled "Redistricting" will read as indicated below: Sec.6.03. Redistricting. Each year, within thirty (30) days after the day of the municipal election, the city clerk shall ascertain the current number of registered voters in each of the four (4) districts of the city as of the day of the election (from the Broward County Supervisor of Elections) and determine in a written report to the city council and the charter board if any of the districts contain less than twenty-two and one-half (22.50) percent or more than twenty-seven and one-half (27.50) percent of the total registered voters in the city. If such is the case, then within forty-five (45) days after the election day a redistricting committee shall be appointed as a board for redistricting. The redistricting committee shall consist of nine (9) public members who are Broward County registered voters and residents in the city. Four (4) public members shall be appointed by city council, (one (1) member from each district). Four (4) public members shall be appointed by the charter board, (one (1) member from each district). One (1) public member shall be appointed by the eight (8) previously appointed public members. The committee shall elect its own chairman. The redistricting process shall commence within two (2) weeks after the committee for redistricting has been appointed. The redistricting committee shall establish four (4) districts, each containing as close to one - quarter of the total registered voters as possible in a contiguous region without dividing any precinct, residential rental or condominium development, or residential section. At least five (5) affirmative votes of the committee shall be needed to adopt a report. The report of the committee shall be final advisory to the City Council- It shall include a map and description of the districts determined and shall be delivered to a joint meeting of the city council and the charter board within one hundred eighty (180) days after the municipal election day. A copy of the redistricting report in effect shall be kept on file with the city 2 Temp. Ord. #1UA Section 6.03 Revision No. 1 Revision No. 2 clerk for inspection or purchase by the public. Members of the redistricting committee shall serve without compensation. The redistricting committee shall be discharged at the last regular city council meeting prior to the next municipal election day. CODING: Words in-sIFUek 111FOU0 type are deletions from existing Charter; Words in underscored type are additions to the Charter. 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. SECTION 3: Repealer..._ 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. SEcTTON J, Severability. Should any section or provision of this ordinance, or any portion theregf, 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. 3 l4l ,k3 • Temp. Ord. #1 U Section 6.03 Revision No. 1 Revision No. 2 SP Eel-�t„j,Ye date . This Ordinance shall be i full force and take effect immediately upon its passage and fina adoption. PASSED, FIRST READING this lc't*l day of �t.� , 1992. PASSED, SECOND READING thisoZ'a'lday of , 1992. ATTEST: CAROL A. EVANS CITY CLERK I HEREBY CERTIFY that I ha e approved this DIN as to 0 MITCHELL S. KRAFT �J CITY ATTORNEY (Redist6.03.ms) H.L. BENDER MAYOR RECORD OF COUNCIL MAYOR f3 NDE DISTRICT 1: DISTRICT 2: Y/14 SQfjQMAN DISTRICT 3: C/M HR -IBE DISTRICT 4: C/M ABRAMC)" :IFS :11