HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008 10 28 Ordinance 2005-31 Distributed to Board Members Under ReportsDate: October 28, 2008
A COPY OF ORDINANCE 2005-31 WAS
DISTRIBUTED TO BOARD MEMBERS
UNDER REPORT BY DEPUTY CITY
CLERK HARKER.
ORDINANCE NO. 2005-31
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AMENDING
SECTION 2-42 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES WITH
REGARD TO BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEMBER
ABSENCES; PROVIDING FOR THE AUTOMATIC
REMOVAL OF BOARD OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS
SERVING ON BOARDS OR COMMITTEES MEETING
QUARTERLY OR LESS FREQUENTLY AFTER TWO
CONSECUTIVE, OR TWO TOTAL ABSENCES IN A
TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD; PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF PRIOR INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS, INCORPORATION INTO THE CODE
SEVERABILITY, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City. is granted the authority, under Section 2(b), Article VIII, of the State
Constitution, to exercise any power for municipal purposes, except when expressly prohibited by
law; and
WHEREAS, a quorum is required to be present at meetings of City boards and committees
in order for the boards and committees to conduct board business; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to implement more stringent attendance
requirements for City boards and committees meeting on a quarterly or less frequent basis in order
to ensure that business may be conducted in an efficient and timely manner; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, hereby finds this
Ordinance to be in the best interests of the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of W inter
Springs.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER
SPRINGS HEREBY ORDAINS, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are hereby incorporated herein by this
reference.
Section 2. Code Amendment. The City of Winter Springs Code, Chapter 2,
Administration, ishereby amended as follows: underlined type indicates additions and stri~ccont type
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indicates deletions, while asterisks (* * *) indicate a deletion from this Ordinance of text existing in
Chapter 2. It is intended that the text in Chapter 2 denoted by the asterisks and set forth in this
Ordinance shall remain unchanged from the language existing prior to adoption of this Ordinance).
CHAPTER 2. ADMINISTRATION
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ARTICLE III. BOARDS, COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS
DIVISION 1. GENERALLY
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Sec. 2-42. Appointments of boards and committees.
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(f) Absences. Unless otherwise provided by state or federal law, or for boards and
committees that regulazly meet on a quarterly or less frequent basis, any boazd or committee
member incurring three (3) consecutive absences from any regulazly scheduled meeting of
the board or committee, or seven (7) absences from any meeting of the boazd or committee
within atwelve-month period (starting with the last absence and counting backwazd), shall
be deemed automatically removed from the respective boazd or committee in which the
absences have occurred. For boazds and committees that regularly meet on a quarterly or less
frequent basis, the number of absences which shall cause automatic removal shall be two (21
consecutive or two (2~ within a twelve month period Any meeting which is cancelled, other
than for lack of a quorum, shall not be counted for purposes of determining absenteeism.
Absences which occurred prior to the date of reappointment of any board or committee
member shall not be counted toward automatic removal.
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Section 3. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Ordinances and Resolutions. All prior
inconsistent ordinances and resolutions adopted by the City Commission, or parts of prior ordinances
and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict.
Section 4. Incorporation Into Code. This Ordinance shall be incorporated into the
Winter Springs City Code and any section or pazagraph, number or letter, and any heading may be
changed or modified as necessary to effectuate the foregoing. Grammatical, typographical, and like
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errors may be corrected and additions, alterations, and omissions, not affecting the construction or
meaning of this ordinance and the City Code may be freely made.
Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word or
provision of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of
competent jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or any other reason, such portion shall
be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon
adoption by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, and_ pursuant to City
Charter.
ADOPTED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, )~ lorida, in a pegular
meeting assembled on the 28`~ day of November, 2005. - ~ .
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JO F. BUSH, Mayor.y.
ATTEST:
LORENZO-LUACES, City Clerk
proved as egal form and sufficiency for
City o ~ er Springs only:
ANTHONY A. GARGANES~; Eity Attorney
First Reading: November 14, 2005
Second Reading: November 28, 2005
Effective Date: Refer to Ordinance
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