ORDINANCE - SUBMITTING TO REFERENDUM AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MARGATE AT ARTICLE III, ENTITLED “LEGISLATIVE,” AND IN PARTICULAR AMENDING SECTIONS 3.01, 3.02, 3.03, 3.04, 3.06, 3.07, 3.10, 3.11, 3.17, 4.02, 4.05, AND 4.15 OF THE CITY OF MARGATE CHARTER; FURTHER AMENDING ARTICLE VI, ENTITLED “ELECTIONS,” AND IN PARTICULAR SECTIONS 6.01, 6.05, AND 6.06 OF THE CITY OF MARGATE CHARTER TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER, 2028, OF A MAYOR AND FOUR (4) COMMISSIONERS WHO SHALL BE ELECTED AT LARGE BY THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF AN ELECTED MAYOR EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER, 2028, TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE MAYOR, TERM LIMITS FOR THE MAYOR, REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF COMMISSIONERS FROM FIVE (5) TO FOUR (4); FURTHER AMENDING CITY CODE SECTIONS 1-2, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-8, 2-15, 2-70.3, 2-70.6, 2-70.14, 2-86, 13-8, AND 33-69.52 TO PROVIDE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE AMENDED CITY CHARTER, PROVIDING FOR A NOTICE OF AN ADVERTISEMENT OF THE REFERENDUM ELECTION TO BE PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA, AS WELL AS THE STATE OF FLORIDA ELECTION CODE; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE, WHEN ADOPTED, SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, ON THE NOVEMBER, 2022 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT AND IT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS PROVIDED BY LAW; PROVIDING FOR THE PLACE AND PLACES WHERE SAID ELECTION IS TO BE HELD; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE CITY’S CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Committee

Regular City Commission Meeting

Requested by

City Attorney's Office

Introduced

April 28, 2022

On agenda

May 4, 2022