Resolution No. 2018-81 Honoring Fifty Years of Municipal Home Rule - October 2, 2018 RESOLUTION NO. 2018-81
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA, HONORING FIFTY YEARS OF
MUNICIPAL HOME RULE IN THE FLORIDA CONSTITUTION;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Florida's voters placed municipal Home Rule powers into the
Florida Constitution on November 5, 1968, during the regular elections as an
amendment to Article VIII; and
WHEREAS, this power has enabled each city, town and village across the
Sunshine State to consider, adopt, revise or remove its own laws without the need to
seek legislative permission from the state and has further served as the foundation
upon which every municipality builds its governmental structure; and
WHEREAS, the political climate within the Florida Legislature has recently
included many attacks on these powers; and
WHEREAS, grassroots measures calling such actions wrong and declaring that
local decisions be made at the local level by local officials must continue so that all
legislators clearly understand Florida's Home Rule as a constitutional power and one
upheld in state statutes; and
WHEREAS, a 50th anniversary is a fitting time for all Florida municipalities to
acknowledge the many benefits of Home Rule.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The City of Aventura will actively challenge all efforts to reduce or
erode this cherished right and further employ all efforts to ensure state and federal
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government partners understand that a one-size-fits-all approach to governance is not
in the interests of Florida citizens.
Section 2. The tradition of local decision-making in Florida is essential to
protect, as it provides each municipality the ability to preserve and enhance the myriad
characteristics that make each one uniquely special and that maintains its quality of life.
Section 3. The City of Aventura will include home rule information on its
municipal website.
Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner Landman, who moved
its adoption. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Mezrahi, and upon being put to
a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Denise Landman Yes
Commissioner Dr. Linda Marks Yes
Commissioner Marc Narotsky Yes
Commissioner Robert Shelley Yes
Commissioner Howard Weinberg Yes
Vice Mayor Gladys Mezrahi Yes
Mayor Enid Weisman Yes
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of October, 2018.
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City of Aventura Resolution No. 2018-81
- ENIDT ISMAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ELLISA L. HORVATH, M C
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
AIWA
CITY AT 'RNEY
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