Ordinance 500~ ORDINANCE N0. SDU
M ORDINANCE OF THE CZTY OF LONGIVOOD, FLORIDA,
PROPOSING AATF,NDAIENTS TO PART OF T1iE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF LONGIVOOD PURSUANT TO ARTICLE %,
SECTION 10.01 (a), pROV LDING 'CHAT SAID PROPOSED
AM1iF,NDM1fENTS BE SUBMITTE- ON T4IE BALLOT TO THE
VOTERS AT THE NEXT CFNERAL ELECTION ON TUESDAY,
DECED!BER 2, 1980; PROVIllING SEPARABILITY, CONPLZCTS
AN- EFFECTIVE DATE.
1'HERF,AS, the City Commission of the City o£ Longwood appointed
a Charter Advisory Committee pursuant to Article X, Section 10.01 (cJ
of the City Charter for tho purpose of re va eiaing xhe Chartex oL the
City and submitting recommendations to the City Commission for proposed
amendments or revrsaon of tho Charter; and '
lv'HEREAS, the Chartex Advisory Committee leas duly organized
and conducted Pvblic meetings which meeta ngs resin tod in carfxin recom-
mendations of the Charter Advisory Committee pertaining to proposed
amendments or revis eon of the Charter: and
IIV?ERF.AS, the City Comm fission of the City oL Longwood has met
and considered the recommendations of the Charter Advisory Committee,
and xhe City Commission of the City of LonII~+ood proposed the Lo lloiaing
amendments to the Charter oL the C.i xy of Lona vood to be submitted to
the voters of the City o,E Longwood at the noxt general election on
~„ Tues day, December 2, 1980. ~
N00.', THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THF, CITY C0~>h1I SSION OF THE
CITY OF LONCII'OOD, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: The follo,aing amendments ere proposed to the
Charter a£ the City of LonglVOOd:
A. Article tIi, Section 3.01 (a) is amended as £oilows:
(a7 COMPOSITION. There shall be a City Commission
composed of at least fi.va (5) members. F.a ch membor shall
residm I.n a designated geographical district, whi vi districts
shall contaan as equal e number in population es practicable.
e. Article ILI, Sac tion 3.03 is amended as follows:
The Commission shall elect from among ies members
~ officers of the City who shall have the titles of Mayor
and peputy Mayor, each of whom sha31 serve at the pleasure
o£ the Commission. The Fiayor shall preside at meetings of
the Commission, shall be recognized as head of the C.i Yy
Government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor
for purposes o£ military I. ago but shall have no administra-
tive duties. The -eputy Mayor shall act as Mayor during
the absence or disability of the Atayo r.
C. Article IIL, Section 3.06 (<) is emended as follows:
(c) FiliinR of Vacancies. A vacancy in the City
Commission shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired ~
term at a regular election if one shall occur iii th in sixty
(60J days of tha oc<ua renca o£ a vacancy. If them shall be
no regular election within sixty days of xhe occurre n<e of
a va caucy, then and in that eve spe <i al election to fill
the vacancy sh all be held not ie ss than sixty (60) days and
not more than nrnety (90) days £o Mowing the occurrence of
a vacancy.
-. Ax ti cie N, Section 4.04 is amended as £oil ows:
SF CT ION 0..04. The City Commission shall appoint a
City Administrator for an indefinite term and fix his compen-
sation. The Administrator shall be appointed on the basis
of executive and adm.i nisir atave qualifi<atio ns which qualifi-
cations will be set for Ui more fliily in an ordinance.
E. Art.i cle S%, Section 9.04 (a) is emended as follows:
(a) umbor of Si gnatvres: Initiative and refe rondum
_ it ions must be signed by qualified voters of the City equal
in number to at least fifteen n cent (15&J o£ the total number
of qusl if led va terns registered to vote.
~ F. Article X, Section 10.01 (b) and (3) is amended as ~
£o BOws:
(h) Inatrat'ion by Petition: The voters o£ fbe City
r may Propose amendments to this Charier by Petition signed '\
by at least ten percent (30&) of the total number of quali-
£ied voters regis _e red to vote iu the City of Longwood.
(3) Certification of P¢tl.ti on: upon eerti Li cation of
the soft is icncy of the petition by the designated official,
such certification to include the validity of the names Dn
the Petition as qualified voters re g.istered to voxe Tn the
City of Longwood, the Commission shall place the proposed
amendment to a vote of the voters at the next general election
held not less than sixty [GO] days after certification er at
~. a special election called far such purpose. '~
SECTION 2: She proposed amendments to the Charter o£ the City
of Longwood as set forth above shall be individually placed on the
ballot and submitted to the voters at the next general election on
Tuesday, De comber 2, 1980. 1'ha voters shall have an opportunity to vo ie
on each separate Proposed amendment to the Charter, which proposed amend-
ment shall be placed on xhe ba11.oT individually, and the Charter D£ the
City of Longwood, Florida shall be amended pursuant to each proposed
amendment recea ving a majority of votes.
SE C'fION 3: Then vTS.t ons of this Ordinance are declared to
I` be separable and if any sects n, sentence, clause or phrase o£ this 1.
Ordinance shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unconstitutaonal,
such dec rsaon shall not affect the validity of the remainang sections,
sentences, clauses and Phrases of this Ordinance but they shall remain
rn ef£ec t being the legislative intent thax this Ordinance shall
stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
SECTION 4: All ordinances or parts of ordi nances in conflict
herewith be and tlio same are hereby repealed.
SECTION S: This Ordinance shall become effective immediately
upon iTS Passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this /,J`u day of Q A. D.,
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