98-055 RESOLUTION NO. 98-55
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF AVENTURA FLORIDA, CONCERNING
COM34UNICATION BY MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COMMISSION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITIES AND PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING
STANDARD OF CONDUCT FOR MAYOR AND
COMMISSIONERS; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.02 of the City Charter the Mayor is recognized as
the City official designated to represent the City in all dealings with other governmental
entities; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.03 of the City Charter, the Mayor and
Commissioners are subject to standards of conduct for public oft~cers as provided by federal,
state, county or other applicable law, and the City Commission is authorized to adopt
additional standards of conduct that are not inconsistent with applicable laws; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission f~nds that unauthorized communication by members
of thc City Commission with representatives of other governmental entities may interfere with
City policies duly adopted by the majority of the City Commission and may disrupt the City
Commission's decision making process; and
WHEREAS, the City Commission desires to provide an additional standard of conduct
for the Mayor and Commissioners, as set forth herein, concerning communication by members
of the City Commission with representatives of other governmental entities and for public
presentations.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED BY TH~ CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF AVENTURA, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the above stated recitals are hereby adopted.
Section 2. That the Mayor and City Commissioners shall abide by the following
additional standards of conduct:
Standards of Conduct Concerning Contact with Representatives of other Governmental
Entities and for Public Presentations:
(a) The Mayor is recognized as the City official designated to represent the City in
all dealings with other governmental entities.
(b) No Commissioner shall represent the City in dealings with other governmental
entities, unless authorized by the Mayor pursuant to authorization granted at a
City Commission meeting. This shall not prohibit members of the Commission
from expressing their private and personal opinion to representatives of other
governmental entities on matters concerning the City, so long as any such
opinion is clearly expressed as an individual one and not as being made on
behalf of the City or City Commission.
(c) The Mayor and Commissioners, in making presentations to the public shall
advise of the official position of the City Commission upon matters which have
come before the Commission. If no official position has been taken by the
Commission on the matter, the Mayor or Commissioner shall state that they are
expressing only their personal opinion and not the position of the City or the
City Commission.
Section 3. Any members of the City Commission violating the standards of conduct set
forth above shall be subject to reprimand by the City Commission. The Commission reserves
the right, by subsequent ordinance or resolution, to prospectively implement other sanctions, in
the event that the sanction provided for above is not effective in implementing the purposes of
this resolution.
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Section 4. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
The foregoing Resolution was offered by Commissioner B~.SKIt~ , who
moved its adoption.' The motion was seconded by Commissioner BERGER , and
upon being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Arthur Berger yea
Commissioner Jay R. Beskin yes
Commissioner Harry Holzberg yes
Commissioner Patricia Rogers-Libert absent
Commissioner Jeffrey M. Perlow ,/es
Vice Mayor Ken Cohen yes
Mayor Arthur I. Snyder y,~
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 9~ day of June, 1998.
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ARTHUR I. SNYDER, MAYOR
ATTEST:
TERESA M. SMITH, CMC
CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL SUFFICIENCY
C~Y~A~DRN~
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