2024-10 Code Amendment- Council Meetings Cancellation and AdjournmentORDINANCE NO. 2024-10
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, AMENDING DIVISION 1, "GENERALLY," OF
ARTICLE II, "COUNCIL," OF CHAPTER 2, "ADMINISTRATION," OF THE
VILLAGE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 2-17,
"REGULAR MEETINGS—WHEN HELD," TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE TO
CANCEL REGULAR VILLAGE COUNCIL MEETINGS AND AMENDING
SECTION 2-19, "ADJOURNMENT OF ALL MEETINGS," TO MOVE UP THE
MANDATORY ADJOURNMENT TIME BY ONE HOUR; PROVIDING FOR
CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 2-17 of the Village Code provides that the regular meetings of the Village
Council shall be held on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month, and the Village Council
wishes to amend this section to provide a procedure for the cancellation of such meetings when
necessary or desirable; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-19 of the Village Code provides for the adjournment of all regular, special,
and workshop meetings of the Village Council at 11:00 p.m., and the Village Council wishes to amend
this section to adopt a new adjournment time of 10:00 p.m.; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council determines that the adoption of this Ordinance is in the best interests
of the Village and its residents.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are ratified as true and correct and are incorporated herein.
Section 2. The Village Council hereby amends Division 1, "Generally," of Article II, "Council,"
of Chapter 2, "Administration," of the Village Code of Ordinances as follows (additional language
underlined and deleted language is strieke thfou ):
See. 2-17. Regular meetings when held.
The regular meetings of the village council shall be held on the second and
fourth Thursdays of each month unless canceled by mayor after consultation with the
village manager.
See. 2-19. Adjournment of all meetings.
All regular meetings, special meetings and workshop meetings for the village
council shall be adjourned on or before 11:00 10:00 p.m. on the date when the meeting
convened. The council, by majority vote, may extend the mandatory adjournment time
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by no more than thirty (30) minutes. In the event there is pending business on the floor
at the mandatory adj ournment time, the chair
shall at that time entertain a motion that the meeting be reconvened at a time and date
certain, but upon failure of the council to agree upon such motion, the meeting shall
be adjourned and the business pending at the time of adjournment shall be the first
item on the agenda of the next meeting of the village council pertaining thereto.
Section 3. The provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Code of
Ordinances of the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida.
Section 4. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Ordinance is for
any reason held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such
holding shall not affect the remainder of the Ordinance.
Section 5. All ordinances and resolutions or parts of ordinances and resolutions of the Village of
North Palm Beach, Florida, which are conflict with this Ordinance, are hereby repealed to extent of
such conflict.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 18TH DAY OF JULY, 2024.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 8TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2024.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGAL SUFFICIENCY:
VILLAGE ATTORNEY
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