66-85 ORDINANCE NO. 66-85
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2, "ADMINISTRATION",
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH,
FLORIDA, BY ADDING A NEW ARTICLE IX, "BEAUTIFICATION
TRUST FUND COMMITTEE", AND ADDING SECTION 2-136,
"CREATION OF A BEAUTIFICATION TRUST FUND COMMITTEE",
TO PROVIDE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BEAUTIFICATION
. TRUST FUND COMMITTEE; TO PROVIDE FOR COMPOSITION AND
APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS; TO PROVIDE FOR
· . ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMITTEE; TO PROVIDE THE TERMS OF
APPOINTMENT; TO PROVIDE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCIES
AND REAPPOINTMENTS; TO PROVIDE FOR QUORUM REQUIRE-
MENTS; TO PROVIDE AUTHORITY TO ADOPT RULES AND
REGULATIONS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR REQUIREMENTS UPON THE
EXPENDITURE OF CERTAIN FUNDS; PROVIDING A GENERAL
REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That Chapter 2, "Administration", of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Delray' Beach, Florida, is hereby amended to by adding a new Article IX,
"Beautification Trust Fund Committee", to read as follows:
ARTICLE IX. BEAUTIFICATION TRUST FUND COMMITTEE
Sec. 2-135. Beautification Trust Fund Committee Established.
(1) Establishment. There shall be established within the City of Delray Beach a
Beautification Trust Fund Committee which shall work with the City Council to
promote and maintain beautification efforts within the City of Delray Beach; to
set beautification objectives; to plan beautification projects and oversee their
execution; and to provide funding for beautification projects within the City
of Delray Beach that shall benefit the general public.
(2) Composition; Appointment of Members. The Committee shall be composed of
five (5) regular members along with five (5) alternate members. The City
Council shall appoint the regular and alternate members. There shall be one
(1) regular and one (1) alternate member appointed from the Historical
Society, the Garden Club Parley, the Chamber of Commerce, the
Beautification Committee, and the Beach Committee.
(3) Organization of the Committee. Committee members shall be officers and
directors in a not-for-profit corporation. Upon establishment of the
Beautification Trust Fund Committee, the administration of the City shall
assist the Committee members in the formation of a not-for-profit corporation.
(4) Terms of appointment. Committee members shall serve two (2) year terms.
Should any Committee member during the term of office on the Beautification
Trust Fund Committee cease to be a member of the Historical Society, the
Garden Club Parley, the Chamber of Commerce, the Beautification Committee,
or the Beach Committee, the Committee member shall no longer be eligible to
serve on the Beautification Trust Fund Committee.
(5) Vacancies or reappointment. A member may be reappointed for one (1)
successive term. Appointments to fill any vacancies to the Committee shall be
for the remainder of the unexpired term of office.
(6) Committee quorum. Four (4) member of the Committee shall constitute a
quorum.
(7) Authority of the Committee to adopt rules and regulations. The Committee
may adopt such rules and regulations as the Committee finds necessary to
carry out the provisions of this Article, subject to the approval of the City
Council.
(8) Expenditure of funds. The City Council, upon the establishment of the
Beautification Trust Fund Committee, may appropriate funds to the Committee
to be used for beautification efforts within the City of Delray Beach that shall
benefit the general public. Expenditures of the Committee over five thousand
dollars ($5,000.00) shall be presented to the Council for approval.
The Committee shall annually file with the City Council a statement showing
the financial condition of the Committee.
Section 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances which are in conflict
herein are 'hereby repealed.
Section 3. 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 validity of the remainder
hereof as a whole or part thereof other than the part declared to be invalid.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after its
passage on second and final reading.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session on second and final reading on this
the 9th day of July , 1985.
MAYOR ~' --
ATTEST:
First Reading June 25. 1985
Second Reading July 9, 1985
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