2001-026 RESOLUTION NO. 2001-26
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
AVENTURA, FLORIDA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 96 -18 WHICH
ESTABLISHED COMPREHENSIVE COMMISSION MEETING AND
AGENDA PROCEDURES, AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION NO. 2000-
36; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 96-18, as amended by Resolution No. 2000-
36, established comprehensive Commission meeting and agenda procedures;
and
WHEREAS, the City Commission is desirous of providing further
amendments to the comprehensive Commission meeting and agenda
procedures.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Resolution No. 96-18, as amended by Resolution No. 2000-36,
is hereby amended to provide that the term "Commission" shall be substituted for
"Council" and the term "Commissioner" shall be substituted for "Councilmember".
Section 2. Section 2. a. i. is hereby amended to read as follows:
........ ,.,omm~ss~on shall hold regular
i. Regular Meetinqs. The City r, .....ar, ' '
.... S.00 p.m. at the
meetings on the first end th[rd Tuesday of each month at -~.,-,n ·
Aventura ~..~.,.~,~l ~...~;...., .~.rts ~";"~'-'~ 2!!~n ~ ....... ~""~ ..... '~ ~"~*" !0!
Government Center, 19200 West Country Club Drive, Aventura, Florida or such
........ ...omm~ss~on from time to time.
other location designated by the City '" ..... ;,r. . .
Coding: Words in hiahliahted type are additions
Words in ctd~c thru type are deletions
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Section 3. Section 2 c. is hereby amended to read as follows:
ORDER OF BUSINESS
The order of business of the City Commission at the regular meetings
shall be as follows.-
1. Call to Order/Roll Call
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Zoning Hearings
4. Special Presentations
5. Consent Agenda
6. ~ - Ordinances - First Reading/Public
Input
7. Public Hearings - Ordinances - Second Reading
8. Resolutions
9. Reports
10. Public Comments
11. Other Business
12. Adjournment
Section 4. Section 2 f. is hereby amended to read as follows
iii. Consent Aqenda. There shall be a consent agenda during
each regular City Commission meeting. The consent
agenda shall contain Resolutions, O ........... for firct
-"~'~"" approval of minutes, motions and other pertinent
matters which, in the opinion of the City Manager, may be
handled and implemented without necessity for discussion.
Unless a Commissioner specifically requests that an item be
removed from the consent agenda, such items shall be
approved and adopted by a single motion and roll call vote.
viii. Public Comments. Individuals wishing to speak on matters
not on the agenda but pertinent to the City may do so by
,-;,-,-;,-,- ~ .... ;*~- *~-,- ,";*,, ~".,--~, ,'-~'-- *'-' *~' .... *~'-'~ under the
Public Comments portion of the aqenda. The Mayor will
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Section 5. Sections 2.g.i and 2.g.ii are hereby amended to read as
follows
COMMISSION AGENDA PREPARATION
i. Placement of Items on Agenda. All appropriate background
material shall accompany the item in the form of a signed
memorandum. All information relating to items to be placed
on the agenda shall be submitted by the City Commissioner
to the City Manager by 12:00 noon the Wodncsd~yTuesday
prior to a regular meeting. A complete package of all
agenda material shall be provided to the City Commission by
the City Manager no later than the Friday evening prior to
the date of the meeting. In the event pertinent information
relating to an agenda item is missing or unaccounted for
prior to the meeting, the City Commission may remove the
item from the agenda at the meeting.
ii. Agenda Closing Dates. The agenda for all regular meetings
of the City Commission shall be closed by 5:00 p.m. on the
WodnosdayTuesday prior to the date of the meeting. No
additional items shall be added to the agenda after the
agenda closing date unless it is deemed to be an
emergency. An item requiring immediate Commission
action and not included in the agenda may be added to the
agenda by five (5) affirmative votes of the City Commission
determining consideration of such items is necessary as an
emergency.
Section 6. Conflict. All Resolutions or parts of Resolutions in conflict
herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
Section T. Severability If any clause, section, or other part or
application of this Resolution shall be held by any Court of competent jurisdiction
to be unconstitutional or invalid, such unconstitutional or invalid part or
application shall be considered as eliminated and so not affecting the validity of
the remaining portions or applications of this Resolution, with such unaffected
provisions or applications remaining in full force and effect.
Section 8. Effective Date That this Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
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The foregoing resolution was offered by Commissioner
Ro§e~s-L~be~ , who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded by
Commissioner Ro~.~,,,,-~ and upon being put to a vote, the vote was
as follows:
Commissioner Arthur Berger yes
Commissioner Jay R. Beskin yes
Commissioner Manny Grossman yes
Commissioner Harry Holzberg yes
Commissioner Patricia Rogers-Libert
Vice Mayor Ken Cohen yes
Mayor Jeffrey M. Perlow yes
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of May, 2001. ~
LOW, MAYOR
ATTEST:
TERESA M. SOROKA, CMC '
CITY, CLERK
APPROVEDciTY A'~yAS T~UFFICIENCY:
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