Ord 13-01DENIED ON FIRST READING - February 6, 2001
ORDINANCE NO. 13-01
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR A
CHARTER REVISION TO THE CITY CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, BY AMENDING
ARTICLE III, "LEGISLATIVE", SECTION 3.01,
"COMMISSION-CITY MANAGER FORM OF
GOVERNMENT; TERM OF OFFICE; NUMBER; OFFICES
OF VICE-MAYOR AND DEPUTY VICE-MAYOR;
SUCCESSION TO OFFICE OF MAYOR", BY AMENDING
SUBSECTION 3.01 (c), TO PROVIDE THAT A
COMMISSIONER MAY SERVE FOR SIX (6)
CONSECUTIVE YEARS AS COMMISSIONER AND THE
MAYOR MAY SERVE FOR SIX (6) CONSECUTIVE YEARS
AS MAYOR; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A
GENERAL REPEALER CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF DELRAY BEACH AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Article III, "Leffxslafive", Section 3.01, "Commissioner-City Manager Form
of government; Term of Office; Number; Offices of Vice-Mayor and Deputy Vice-Mayor;
Successxon to Office of Mayor" of the City Charter of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, Chapter
25788, Laws of Florida, Special Act of 1949 and amendments thereto, be further amended by
amending subsection 3.10(c) to read as follows:
Section 3.01. COMMISSION-CITY MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT;
TERM OF OFFICE; NUMBER; OFFICES OF VICE-MAYOR AND DEPUTY
VICE-MAYOR; SUCCESSION TO OFFICE OF MAYOR.
(c) The individual Commissioners and the Mayor shall be prohibited from
holding office for more than six (6) consecutive years as Commissioner or six (6)
consecutive years as Mayor. Tlus limitation shall apply to years served by the
Comtmssioners elected in 1993 and 1994, the Mayor elected in 1994, and every election
The term "consecutive years" shall not include any ycara time served as a result of an
appointment. An individual who has served six consecutive years of elected service as either
a Commissioner or as Mayor shall not be appointed or elected to any cornmtssion or
mayoral seat for a period of one year from the date on which his or her last term expired.
Section 2. That Section 1 of this ordinance shall not be effective unless and until the
same is approved by the majority of the electors of the City of Delray Beach, Florida, voting at the
election to be held March 13, 2001, for the purpose of approving or disapproving Section 1 of this
ordinance. If a majority of the electors voting upon the Charter change approve the amendment,
then the amendment shall be in full force and effect. If a majority of the electors voting upon the
Charter change disapprove such amendment, then the amendment shall be null and void. The
question to be submitted to the electors shall be substanually as follows:
APPLICATION OF SEPARATE TERM LIMITS TO THE MAYOR AND
COMMISSIONERS.
SHOULD THE CITY CHARTER BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT THERE
SI-LAI,I, BE A SEPARATE SIX YEAR TERM LIMIT FOR MAYOR AND A SEPARATE
SIX YEAR TERM LIMIT FOR COMMISSIONERS?
YES (for approval)
NO (against approval)
Section 3. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and the same
are hereby repealed.
Section 4. That should any section or provision of this ordinance or any portion thereof,
any paragraph, sentence, or word be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such
decision shall not affect the vahdity of the remainder hereof as a whole or part thereof other than
the part declared to be invalid.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading on this the
day of ., 2001.
ATTEST
MAYOR
City Clerk
First Reading February 6, 2001- DENIED
Second Reading
2 ORD NO. 13-01
DENIED ON FIRST READING - February 6, 2001