07-20-1999 CC Workshop Agenda2999 NE 191~t Street Suite 500 Aventura. FL 33
City Commission
Workshop Meeting
July 20,1999
immediately following Budget Review Meeting
Executive Conference Room
AGENDA
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CIP/Cultural Center
Homestead Exemption for Elderly
Street Naming Policy
Lobbyist Ordinance
City Clerk Review
Other Business
This meeting is open to the public. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, all persons who are disabled and who need special
acconanodations to pa~icipate in this meeting i~eause of that disability should co.act the Office of the City Clerlq 305-466-$901, not latex than two days
prior to such proceeding.
CITY OF AVENTURA
OFFICE OFTHECITY MANAGER
MEMORANDUM
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
City Commission ~
Eric M Soroka, C,~,1~ ~nageI
June 18, 1999
Resolution Adopting in Principle the Capital Improvement Program
Document 1999/00 to 2003~2004
July 6, 1999 City Commission Meeting Agenda Item
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution adopting, in
principle, subject to annual revision and authorization, the Capital Improvement
Program for 1999/00 to 2003/04.
BACKGROUND
The 1999/00 to 2003/04 Capital Improvement Program document represents the
second update of the CIP that was originally prepared for the five-year cycle of 1997 to
2002. The document was reviewed at the May Commission Workshop Meeting.
Since the Workshop Meeting, more up-to-date revenue and expenditure information
was available relating to the five-year projections.
The preliminary assessed taxable valuable amount for the City provided by the Property
Appraisers Office rose 9%, not 2.5% as originally projected. The operating
expenditures for the 1999/00 Fiscal Year were revised to reflect the proposed budget
amounts to be submitted to the City Commission next month. The operating
expenditure increase will only be 10% not 12% as originally projected.
Based on the results of these revisions, $2,500,000 was added to the anticipated
reserve at the end of the five-year period. The reserve in the fifth year increased from
$3,644,924 to $6,144,173. I have attached revised Tables 1, 2 and 3 of the CIP
document.
Memo to City Commission
Page 2
Over eighty (80) copies of the document and a cover letter advising them of the meeting
were distributed to the various condominium boards in the City and major businesses.
Once the CIP is adopted, the first year 1999/00 will be incorporated into the proposed
1999/00 budget.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
EMS/aca
Attachment
CC0761-99
City of Aventura
TRANSFERS FROM STORMWATER UTIUTY
TOTAL AVAB-ABLE
$6,560,000 $7,125,000 $7,303,125 $7,449,188 $7,59~,171 $7,750,135 (a)
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NOTES TO ASSUMPTION OF PROJECTIONS
Ad valorem Tax revenue nat of any tax increase will grow at the rate of 2.5% for 2000
and 2% there after per year.
Proposed 4.6% tax increase if approved by voters for Cultural Arts Center.
FPL Franchise Fees from Dade County will grow at the rate of 2.5% per year..
Franchise fees will grow at the rate of 3 % per year.
Utility taxes will grow at the rate of 3% per year.
Occupational Licenses will grow at the rate of 3.5% per year.
Building related revenues will decrease at the rate of $100,000 per year.
State shared revenues will grow at the rate of 3.5% per year.
Half-cent sales tax will grow at the rate of 3.5% per year.
Charges for services will grow at the rate of 3.5% per year.
Fines & forfeitures will grow at the rate of 4% per year.
Gas Tax revenues will grow at the rate of 3.5% per year.
Capital Improvement Program 1999-2004 Page 14
City of Aventura
TABLE 2
PROJECTION OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT SERVICES
CityCommls$ion $74,749 $ 74,771 $ 76,266 $ 77,792 $ 79,348 $ 80,935
Office of the City Manager 440,021 459,142 495,873 535,543 578,387 624,658
Finance Support Services 606,076 658,565 717,836 782,441 852,861 029,618
Legal 205,000 205,000 209,100 217,464 226,163 235,2(}9
City Cl®d~ 162,776 189,290 204,433 220,788 238,451 257,527
Public Safety 5,101,670 5,558,684 6,170,139 6,787,153 7,465,868 8,137,797
Community Development 1,363,415 1,311,354 1,309,706 1,307,933 1,260,251 1,110,661
Community Services 1,765,235 2,250,750 2,565,855 2,796,782 3,020,525 3,413,193
Non - Deparb~ental 557,582 602,000 650,160 702,173 758,347 819,014
TOTAL PROJECTED OPERATING EXPENDITURE,'
GENERALGOVERNMENTALSERVICES $ 10,276,524 $ 11,309,556 $ 12,399,369 $ 13,428,069 $ 14,480,199 $ 15,608,611
1999 Debt Service 450,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000 1,400,000
2002 Debt Service 315,000
TOTAL PROJECTED OPERATING EXPENDITURE,~ $ 10,276,524 $ 12,709,556 $ 13,799,369 $ 14,828,069 $ 15,880,1~9 $ 17,323,611
NOTES TO ASSUMPTION OF PROJECTIONS
Operating expenditures will increase by 10% in 1999/00, 9% in 2000/01
and between 8% and 7% thereafter.
The following chart illustrates that half of the operating budget is committed to
)roviding public safety services.
City Clerk
2,AEegal
2%
Finance Support Services
6%
Office of the City Manager
4%
Public Safety
53%
City Com missio
Nol~/~- Departmental
5%
Community Services
21%
Community Development
8%
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City of Aventura
TABLE 3
RECAP OF AVAILABLE RESOURCES vs PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS
GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/2004
TOTAL PROJECTED AVAILABLE RESOURCES $17,613,099 $17,649,032 $17.325.270 $17,637,071
PROJECTED OPERATING EXPENDITURES
TRANSFER TO GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROGRAM
BALANCE FROM PREVIOUS YFJ~R
TOTAL AVAILABLE RESOURCES FOR CIP
$18,216,244
12,709,556 13,799,369 14,828,069 15,8~0,199 17,323.611
4,903,543 3,849,664 2,497,207 1,756,872 892,633
3,760,000 4,563,360 6,164,090 6,963,583 6,836,201
8,663,543 8,413,023 8,661,297 8.720,456 7,728,833
pAY-AS-YOU-GO PROPOSED APPROPRIAT[ON- ClF 4,100,183 2,248,933 1.697,714 1,884,265
BALANCE IN CIP - END OF YEAR
$20,000,000
$t8,000,000
$16,000,000
$'14,000,000
$12,000,OO0
$'10,000,000
$6,OOO,OOO
$2,OOO,OOO
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Fund Balance
20(X)/01 2001102 2007J03 2(X)3/0,4
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RESOLUTION NO. 99-.._
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING AND
ADOPTING IN PRINCIPLE, SUBJECT TO ANNUAL
REVISION AND AUTHORIZATION, THE CITY OF
AVENTURA CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
DOCUMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999/00 TO 2003~04;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DO ALL THINGS
NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE AIMS OF THIS
RESOLUTION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Capital Improvement Program document for fiscal years
1999/00 to 2003/04, attached hereto was presented and recommended to the City
Commission of the City of Aventura by the City Manager as a long term plan of
proposed capital expenditures, the means and methods of financing the projects and
an action plan for the implementation of the projects; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission recognizes the need to adopt a Capital
Improvement Program to address Beautification and Parks, Roads, Drainage and
Infrastructure Improvements, Public Buildings and Facilities, Communications and
Computers and Capital Equipment Purchase and Replacement which represents a
commitment by the community toward achievement and maintenance of a desirable
high quality of life for all residents; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission recognizes the need to formulate a Capital
Improvement Program which adopts a sound financing plan that includes both pay-as-
you-go and financing. The City Commission pledges that until October 1, 2001, they
will not take action to increase ad valorem taxes to support additonal debt service
requirements other than what is provided for in the proposed Capital Improvement
Program document (not including the Cultural Center project) or required by the City's
Resolution No. 99-__
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Comprehensive Plan or such other County or State legislation requring or causing
same, without a vote of the electors of the City of Aventura. However, in no event shall
the public's health, safety, welfare or best interests be jeopardized or the City's ability
to react to unforeseen emergencies or provide services to the community be limited in
order to avoid additional debt or tax increases. The proposed Cultural Center project
financing utilizing General Obligation Bonds will require a vote of the electors of the
City; and
WHEREAS, in the event operating expenditures increase at a higher level than
expected, or unanticipated events reduce key revenue sources, on an annual basis the
City Commission will endeavor to reprioritize projects or revise the schedules in order
to eliminate the need for ad valorem tax rate increases during the next three years
1999-2002). However, in no event shall the public's health, safety, welfare or best
nterests be jeopardized or the City's ability to react to unforeseen emergencies or
provide services to the community be limited in order to avoid tax increases; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission has reviewed the Capital Improvement
Program document at a public meeting of the City Commission and wishes to adopt
said document in concept.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The City Commission of the City of Aventura hereby accepts and
adopts in principle, su. bject to annual revisions and authorization, the City of Aventura
Resolution No. 99-
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Capital Improvement Program document for fiscal years 1999/00 to 2003/04 attached
hereto and incorporated herein as specifically as if set at length herein.
Section 2. The City Manager of the City of Aventura, Florida be and the same
is hereby authorized to do all things necessary and expedient in order to carry out the
aims of this Resolution.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner who
moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by Commissioner and
upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Arthur Berger
Commissioner Jay Beskin
Commissioner Ken Cohen
Commissioner Harry Holzberg
Commissioner Jeffrey Perlow
Vice Mayor Patricia Rogers-Libert
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of July, 1999.
A~I-EST:
ARTHURI. SNYDER, MAYOR
TERESA M. SOROKA, CMC/AAE
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
CITY ATTORNEY
THE CITY OF AVENTURA
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
SUBJECT:
MEI
Eric M. Soroka, City,~var
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June 23, 1999
IORANDUM
~ity Manager~
Homestead Exemption for Elderly
Governor Bush recently signed into law an additional $25,000 homestead exemption
for Floridians over 65 years of age and with an annual income of less than $20,000.
Attached is a recent article on the law and a copy of the legislation adopted by the
State Legislature.
An Aventura resident called this week to ask how the City would be enacting this new
law. I spoke with Angela Newman with the Miami-Dade County Property Appraiser's
Office, who informed me that cities must pass an ordinance accepting the law. After
the ordinance is enacted, we must forward a copy to her office for enactment.
I marked the language in the bill, which authorizes municipalities to enact the law.
Because this office will surely receive more calls from elderly residents regarding this
law, I recommend forwarding this issue to the City Attorney for review and
recommendation.
Please let me know if you have any questions or need additional information.
Tax break for many homeowners over 65 becomeSAlaam her
art, who backed the measure since
1995 to little avail.
HBY LE6LEY CLARK
erald Capital Bureau
TALLAHASSEE -- Flanked by
two Miami-Dada lawmakers,
Gov. Jab Bush Wednesday signed
into law a bill that could give Flor-
ida's poorest seniors a tax break.
Pushed for the past four years
by Miami Republicans Rep. Alex
Villalobos and Sen. Marlo Diaz-
Balart, the law allows counties to
give people 65 and older who earn
less than $20,000 a year up to an
extra $25,000 cut in the taxable
value of their homes. That's in
addition to the $25,000 home-
stead exemption that Florida
homeowners receive.
Voters already approved the
measure last November when they
voted for a constitutional amend-
ment. The bill allows it to happen.
"Voters by a resounding margin
said, 'Yes, elders on fixed income,
on low income, should receive this
break,'" Bush said. "Their
incomes don't go up, but their
costs go up."
The law, which could bring
relief to an estimated 100,000
households in Miami-Dade
County, enjoys support from
Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penelas.
In some cities, the tax break could
be as much as $600 a year.
The governor's signature was a
relief to Villalobos and Diaz-Bal-
of the then-minority Republican
party, Villalobos said, he was told
it would pass "when pigs fly." He
toted an umbrella to the signing
"to guard against the pigs."
a-mall: Iclark@herald.conl
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An act relating to homestead exemption;
creating s. 196.075, F.S.; authorizing boards
of county commissioners and municipal governing
authorities to grant by ordinance an additional
homestead exemption for persons 65 and older
whose household income does not exceed a
specified amount; defining the terms
"household" and "income"; providing
requirements for the ordinances; providing a
penalty; providing an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
Section 1. Section 196.075, Florida Statutes, is
created to read:
196.075 Additional homestead exemption for L~ersons 65
and older.--
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{a) "Household" means a person or group of persons
living_together in a room or group ef rooms as a housinq unit,
but the term does net include persons boarding in or rentinq a
porEion of the dwelling. When the household includes a husband
and wife and they file a ioint income tax re%urn, their income
is Ehe joint income as reported te the In5ernal Revenue
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1 (2} In accordance with s. 6{f) , Art. VIi of the State
2 Constitution the board of county commissioners_of an~anty
3 or ~he governing authority of any municipality may adopt an
4 ordinance to allow an additional homestead exemption of ~ to_
5 $25~_000 tot any person who has the l~uitable title to
6 real estate auld maintains thereon the permanent residence of
7 the owner, who has attained age 65, and whose household income
8 does not exceed $20,000_.
9 (3) Beginni~ January 1, 2001, the $20,000 income
10 limitation will be increased by the percentage change in the
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13 preceding calendar year as initially__~eported by_the United
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prescribed by ~he Department of Revenue. The property
appraiser ~ay no£ ~rant the exemption without the required
documentation.
i5__) The board of county commissioners or municipal
qove~nin~, authority must deliver a copy of an~ ordinance
~ted under this section to the ~ro~erty appraiser no later
than December 1 of the ~ar prior to 5he ~ar the exemption
will take effect. If the ordinance is re_pealed, the board of
count~L commissioners or munici~a~_!Aoverninq authority shall
notify_~he Drop_e_~ty appraiser no later than December 1 of the
y~_ar prior to uhe ~ear the exempti%n expires.
(6} It is a felony of the third degree~_.~unishable as
provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or 775.084, to file a
false statement of elis~bilif~ for an additional homestead
exemption under 5his section.
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.
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Authorizes boards of county commissioners and municipal
governing authorities to grant by ordinance an additional
homestead exemption of up to $25,000 for persons 65 and
older whose household income does not exceed $20,000,
adjusted annually for changes in the Consumer Price
Index.
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Bulletin: PTA-99-06
From: John R. Everton
Date: June 25, 1999
To: Property Appraisers
Tax Collectors
Taxing Authorities
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
PROPERTY TAX BULLETIN
ADDITIONAL HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR PERSONS 65 AND OLDER
The 1999 Legislature enacted Chapter 99-341, Laws of Florida, effective July 1, 1999
(see Committee Substitute 'for Committee Substitute for House Bill 29'1). This new
legislation creates section 196.075, Florida Statutes, in accordance with express
authority provided in a recent revision of the State Constitution approved by electors of
Florida at the November 3, 1998, general election, which took effect January 1, 1999
(see Section 6(f), Article Vll, of the Florida Constitution, and 1998 House Joint
Resolution 3151). The law allows both counties and municipalities, through adoption of
an ordinance, to each grant an additional homestead tax exemption of up to $25,000 to
resident homeowners who have legal or equitable title to the real estate, who are at
least 65 years of age on January 1 of the year for which the application for exemption is
read,and whose annual household income for the prior year does not exceed ~,zu,000.
The law defines the terms "household" and "household income" and provides for a cost-
of-living increase for the income limitation beginning January 1,2001. A copy of the new
law is attached to this bufletin.
This new legislation provides that the county or municipal ordinance must be adopted
b.~ December 1 pursuant to the procedures contained in section 125.66(2), Florida
Statutes, for adoption of a non-emergency ordinance. The exemption can apply only to
taxes levied by the unit of government granting the exemption; and, unless otherwise
specified, such exemption will apply to all tax levies of the county or municipality
granting the exemption, including dependent special districts and municipal service
taxing units. The amount of the exemption, which cannot exceed $25,000, must also be
specified in the ordinance. If the unit of government granting the exemption specifies a
different amount for dependent special districts or municipal service taxing units, the
exemption amount must be a uniform amount in all dependent special districts or
municipal service taxing districts within the county or municipality. The ordinance must
also require a taxpayer claiming the exemption to annually submit a sworn statement of
household income, on a form prescribed by the Department of Revenue, to the property
appraiser not later than March 1.
The new law authorizes the Department of Revenue to prescribe rules and forms
pertaining to the exemption. The Department is developing forms and rules to
implement this new law, which will take effect by January 1, 2000. Interested parties
should provide input in the rulemaking process during the summer and fall of 1999.
(Over)
Persons entitled to the regular homestead exemption may apply for the additional
homestead exemption provided by the new law. The new law requires the applicant
taxpayer to submit to the property appraiser, by March 1, a sworn statement of adjusted
gross income of the household for the prior year. Persons applying should be
encouraged to file the necessary supporting income documentation, if available, along
with the sworn statement of adjusted household income that is required to be filed with
the property appraiser no later than March 1. If this required sworn statement is filed
timely, the law allows applicants three additional months, until June 1, to provide the
required supporting income documentation to the property appraiser if more time is
needed.
Persons receiving the additional homestead exemption are subject to the provisions of
sections 196.131 and 196.161, Florida Statutes, pertaining to wrongful receipt of a
homestead exemption. If title to the property is held jointly with right of survivorship, the
person residing on the property and otherwise, g.ualify. Jng ma)/re~ei'~e the (~tire amount
of the additional homestead exemption.
The board of county commissioners or municipal governing authority must notify the
property appraiser of the adoption of an ordinance no later than December 1 of the year
prior to the year the exemption takes place. Therefore, this exemption will be available
for the first time in tax year 2000. If the ordinance is later repealed the board of county
commissioners or municipal governing authority must notify the property appraiser of
the adoption of an ordinance no later than December 1 of the year prior to the year the
exemption expires.
In those counties and municipalities where this additional exemption is granted by local
ordinance, the property appraiser will be responsible for receiving applications for the
new exemption, evaluating the applications and their supporting documentation,
informing citizens if their application was accepted or rejected, and applying the
exemption to the tax roll. The property appraiser will have to ascertain which cities, if
any, have adopted an exemption ordinance, and for how much, as welt as the amount
of any county exemption ordinance in existence; and, monitor the repeal of any
exemption ordinances.
This information is being furnished by the Depsrtment of Revenue to advise interested
parties of legislative action taken during the t999 session. If you have questions
regarding the administration of this new law and wish to discuss them, you may call
Jeffrey Picker at (850) 488-0712.
JRE/cs
Attachment
196.075 Additional homestead exemption for persons 65 and older. -
(1) As used in this section, the term:
(a) "Household" means a person or group of persons living together in a room or group of
rooms as a housing unit, but the term does not include persons boarding in or renting a
portion of the dwelling.
(b) "Household income" means the adjusted gross income, as defined in s. 62 of the United
States Internal Revenue Code, of all members of a household.
(2) In accordance with s. 6(f), Art. VII of the State Constitution, the board of county
commissioners of any county or the governing authority of any municipality may adopt an
ordinance to allow an additional homestead exemption of up to $25,000 for any person who
has the legal or equitable title to real estate and maintains thereon the permanent residence of
the owner, who has attained age 65, and whose household income does not exceed $20,000.
(3) Beginning January 1, 2001, the $20,000 income limitation shall be adjusted annually, on
January 1, by the percentage change in the average cost-of-living index in the period January
1 through December 31 of the immediate prior year compared with the same period for the
year prior to that. The index is the average of the monthly consumer-price-index figures for
the stated 12-month period, relative to the United States as a whole, issued by the United
States Department of Labor.
(4) An ordinance ~jrariting additional homestead ~xen-,p[ion as au[hOrized by this sec[iun
must meet the following requirements:
(a) It must be adopted under the procedures for adoption of a nonemergency ordinance
specified in chapter 125 by a board of county commissioners, or chapter 166 by a municipal
governing authority.
(b) It must specify that the exemption applies only to taxes levied by the unit of government
granting the exemption. Unless otherwise specified by the county or municipality, this
exemption will apply to all tax levies of the county or municipality granting the exemption,
including dependent special districts and municipal service taxing units.
(c) It must specify the amount of the exemption, which may not exceed $25,000. If the
county or municipality specifies a different exemption amount for dependent special districts
or municipal service taxing units the exemption amount must be uniform in all dependent
special districts or municipal service taxing units within the county or municipality.
(d) It must require that a taxpayer claiming the exemption annually submit to the property
appraiser, not later than March 1, a sworn statement of household income on a form
prescribed by the Department of Revenue.
(5) The department must require by rule that the filing of the statement be supported by
copies of any federal income tax returns for the prior year, any wage and earnings statements
(W-2 forms), and any other documents it finds necessary, for each member of the household,
to be submitted by June 1. The taxpayer's statement shall attest to the accuracy of such
copies. Tile propertY appraiser may not ~grant the exemption without the required
documentation.
(6) The board of county commissioners or municipal governing authority must deliver a
copy of any ordinance adopted under this section to the property appraiser no later than
December 1 of the year prior to the year the exemption will take effect. If the ordinance is
repealed, the board of county commissioners or municipal governing authority shall notify the
property appraiser no later than December 1 of the year prior to the year the exemption
expires.
(7) Those persons entitled to the homestead exemption in s. 196.031 may apply for and
receive an additional homestead exemption as provided in this section. Receipt of the
additional homestead exemption provided for in this section shall be subject to the provisions
of ss. I96.131 and 196.161, if applicable.
(8) If title is held jointly with right of survivorship, the person residing on the property and
otherwise qualifying may receive the entire amount of the additional homestead exemption.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AVENTLIRA,
FLORIDA, AMENDING THE CITY CODE OF
ORDINANCES BY CREATING SECTION 2-380
"RESTRICTION ON ACTIVITIES BY CITY LOBBYIST"
OF ARTICLE VI "LOBBYING ACTIVITIES" OF
CHAPTER 2 "ADMINISTRATION;" PROHIBITING
ANY PERSON RETAINED BY THE CITY TO SERVE
AS A LOBBYIST FROM LOBBYING THE CITY
DURING THE TERM OF SERVICE AND FOR A
PERIOD OF ONE YEAR AFTER COMPLETION OF
SERVICE; PROVIDING PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR
INCLUSION IN CODE; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR EFFECTIVE DATE.
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY
OF AVENTHRA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. RESTRICTION ADOPTED. Section 2-380 "Restriction On Activities
by City Lobbyist" of Article VI "Lobbying Activities" of Chapter 2 "Administration" of the City
Code is hereby created to read as follows:
ARTICLE VI. LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.
Section 2-380. Restriction On Activities by City Lobbyist.
No person who is retained to serve as a lobbyist for the City,
pursuant to a contract between such person and the City, shall,
during the term of the contract and for a one year period after the
termination thereof, lobby the City Commission or any City board,
upon any matter, on behalf of any other person or entity, unless
first authorized by resolution of the City Commission. This
ordinance shall only restrict and prohibit lobbying activities
engaged in after the effective date hereof. The term "lobby"
includes any attempt to influence governmental decision-making
of the City Commission or any City boards.