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ORDINANCE 34-2002
AN ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA, SUBMITTING TO REFERENDUM A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
VILLAGE CHARTER AMENDING SUBSECTION (a), MEETINGS, OF SECTION 9,
PROCEDURE, OF ARTICLE III, LEGISLATIVE, TO PROVIDE THAT SPECIAL MEETINGS,
WHENEVER PRACTICABLE, SHALL BE CALLED ON NO LESS THAN FORTY-EIGHT (48)
HOURS' NOTICE TO EACH MEMBER AND TO THE PUBLIC; PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE, UPON ADOPTION, SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF THE
VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM BEACH AT THE MARCH, 2003, ELECTION HELD WITHIN
THE VILLAGE; PROVIDING FOR A NOTICE OF THE REFERENDUM ELECTION TO BE
PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATE OF FLORIDA ELECTION CODES;
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR INCLUSION IN THE VILLAGE CHARTER;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT.
WHEREAS, Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, as amended, provides for charter amendments for
municipalities and authorizes the governing body of a municipality, by ordinance, to submit to the
electors of said municipality proposed amendments to its Charter; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council is desirous of submitting the proposed amendment contained within
this ordinance to a vote of the electors at the March, 2003, election to be held within the Village.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF NORTH PALM
BEACH, FLORIDA:
Section 1. That Subsection (a), Meetings, of Section 9, Procedure, of Article III, Legislative, of the
Village Charter is hereby amended to read as follows:
"ARTICLE III. LEGISLATIVE
Section 9. Procedure.
(a) Meetings. The council shall meet regularly at least once in every month at such
times and places as the council may prescribe by rule. Special meetings may be held
on the call of the mayor or of a majority of the members and, whenever practicable,
upon no less than forty-eight (48) hours' notice to each member and the public.
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(b) Rules and journal. The council shall determine its own rules and order
of business.
(c) Voting. Voting, on ordinances and resolutions, shall be recorded in the
journal. A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum; but a smaller number
may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members
in the manner and subject to the penalties prescribed by the rules of the council. No
action of the council except as otherwise provided in the preceding sentence and in
§5, shall be valid or binding unless adopted by the affirmative vote of the majority
of a quorum present, and no ordinance or resolution shall be adopted unless by the
affirmative vote of at least three (3) council members."
Section 2. This ordinance, upon adoption, shall be submitted to the electors of the Village of North
Palm Beach at the March, 2003, election. The ballot title and explanatory statement of the
amendment shall be set forth as follows on the ballot for consideration by the qualified electors of
the Village of North Palm Beach, Florida:
"TITLE"
Providing forty-eight (48) hours notice of special Council meetings to Council members and
the public whenever practicable.
"EXPLANATORY STATEMENT"
The Village Charter prescribes twelve (12) hours notice to each Council member and the
public of special meetings whenever practicable. This section would be amended to provide forty-
eight (48) hours notice.
Shall the above -described amendment be adopted?
YES (FOR APPROVAL)
NO (AGAINST APPROVAL)
Section 3. The Village Clerk of the Village of North Palm Beach is authorized and directed to
advertise the referendum election in accordance with the State of Florida Election Code.
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Section 4. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any
reason held by a Court to be unconstitutional, inoperative or void, such holding shall not affect the
remainder of this Ordinance.
Section 5. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
Section 7. In the event of adoption by the electors as provided herein, the Village Clerk shall
incorporate the amendment into the Village Charter and shall file the revised Charter with the Florida
Department of State.
Section 8. The proposed Charter amendments shall take effect upon adoption by a majority of
electors voting in the referendum election.
PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS 21st DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2002.
PLACED ON SECOND, FINAL READING AND PASSED THIS 12th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2002.
ATTEST:
VILLAGE CLERK
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