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ORDINANCE NO. 390
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA,
APPROVING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA PROVIDING THAT THE
COMMISSION SHALL DESIGNATE AN ACCOUNTANT NO LATER THAN
SIX MONTHS, INSTEAD OF THIRTY DAYS, AFTER THE BEGINNING
OF A FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDING FOR A REFERENDUM ELECTION
BY CITY ELECTORS TO APPROVE OR REJECT THE AMENDMENT TO
THE CITY CHARTER; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Commission finds it better serves the needs of
the city to allow the Commission to designate an accountant no
later than six (6) months, instead of thirty (30) days after the
beginning of a fiscal year;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it enacted by the Mayor and Commissioners
of the City of Winter Springs, Florida that:
Section 1. The following proposed amendments to the Charter
for the City of Winter Springs, Florida, is hereby approved and
adopted by the Commission for placement on the ballot in the next
general election:
SECTION 4.12. INDEPENDENT AUDITS.
The commission shall provide for an independent audit of all
city accounts and may provide for such more frequent audits as it
deems necessary. Such audits shall be made by a certified public
accountant or firm of accountants who have no personal interest,
direct or indirect in the fiscal affairs of the city government
or any of its officers. The commission may, without requiring
competitive bids, designate such accountant or firm annually or
for a period not exceeding three (3) years provided that the
designation for any particular fiscal year shall be made no later
than thirty (30) six (6) months after the beginning of such
fiscal year. If the state makes such an audit the commission may
accept it as satisfying the requirement of this section.
Section 2. All other provisions of the Charter of the City
of Winter Springs, Florida shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. The Mayor and City Commission hereby direct that
the proposed amendments to the City Charter of Winter Springs,
Florida, as set forth in Section I of this Ordinance, be placed
on the ballot in the form of a single question, as set forth in
Section 5 of this Ordinance, indicating the chief purpose of the
proposed amendments, for approval or rejection by the City
electors at the next general election held in the City.
Section 4. Such referendum election shall be held in con-
formance with the laws of the State of Florida and ordinances of
the City of Winter Springs, Florida relating to the amendment of
the City Charter.
Section 5. The ballot to be used in the referendum election
shall be substantially in the following form:
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF ACCOUNTANT
Shall the proposed amendment to the Charter for the
City of Winter Springs, Florida providing the
Commission may designate an accountant within six
months after the end of a fiscal year, approved by the
Mayor and City Commissioners in Ordinance No. 390
on Aug. 10, 1987, be approved and adopted?
Yes for approval:
No for rejection:
Section 6. Upon adoption of the proposed Charter amendments
by a major i ty of the electors voting in a referendum election
upon such amendments, the City Commission shall have the Charter,
as amended, filed with the Secretary of State, at which time the
amended Charter shall take effect.
Section 7. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable
and if any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance
shall for any reason be held invalid or unconstitutional, the
remaining sections, sentences, phrases or clauses of this
Ordinance, shall remain valid and in full force and effect.
Section 8. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in con-
flict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed.
Section 9. This Ordinance shall become effective immedi-
ately upon its passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 10th day of August ,1987.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
JOHN V. TORCASO, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Mary T. Norton
CITY CLERK
First Reading 7/13/87.
Posted 7/14/87.
Second reading and Public Hearing 8/10/87
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NonCE OF PUBUC HEARING
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the City
Commission of the City of Winter
~gs Florida that said Commission
WIll hOld a Pubiic Hearing on an ordi-
nante entitled as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 390
AN ORDINANCE OF THE Cl1V OF
WINTER SPRINGS, flORIDA, AP-
PROVING A PROPOSED AMEND-
MENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, flOR-
IDA PROVIDING THAT THE COM-
MISSION SHALL DESIGNATE AN
ACQUNTANT NO LATER THAN SIX
MONTHS, INSTEAD OF THIRTY
DAYS, AFTER THE BEGINNING OF
A FISCAL YEAR; PROVIDING FOR
A REFERENDUM ELECTION BY
CITY ELECTORS TO APPROVE OR
REJECT THE AMENDMENT TO
THE CITY CHARTER; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABIUTY, CONFIJCTS
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. .
This PubliC Hearing will be held at 7:30
p.m. on August 10, 1987, or as soon
thereafter as po$Sible in the Commis-
Sion Chamber, City Hall, 1126 East S.R.
434, Winter SPrings, FI. 32708.
Copies of the proposed ordInance are
available in the olfice of the City CIer'.
for Inspection. Interested parties may
appear at. this hearing and be heard
with respect to this proPosed ordinance.
Persons are adVised that if they decide
to aPllll81 any deCIsion made at' this
meeiilig, they will need a record of the
procee(ltngs and for such purpose, they
may need to ensure that a verbatim ....
cord of the proceedings is made which
record inclUdes the testimony and evi-
dence upon which the appeal is to be
baslld per Sllclion 286.0105 Florida
StatUtes.
Dated this 15th day of July, 1987
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS,
FLORIDA
Is/Marv T. Norton
Mary T. Norton,
City Clerk
LS-695(6s) Jul.26,1987
published at Altamonte Springs, in Seminole County, Florida; that the attached copy of ad-
, be' Notice of Public Hearing
vertl8ement, mg II in the matter of
Ordinance No. 390
in the
Court,
was published in said newspaper in the issues of
July 26, 1987
Affiant further says that the said Orlando Sentinel is a newspaper published at Altamonte
Springs, in Seminole County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been contin-
uously published in said Seminole County, Florida, each Week Day and has been entered as
second-class mail matter at the post office in Altamonte Springs, in said Seminole County,
Florida for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of ad-
vertisement; and affiant f her says that he/she has neither paid nor promised any person,
firm or corporation an discoun, bate, commission refund for the purpose of securing this
advertisement for publi tion in the 'd newspaper.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
of
July
87
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