HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-91-29ORDINANCE NO. 0-91-29
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER
COUNTY, FLORIDA, SCHEDULING AN ELECTION TO SUBMIT A
REFERENDUM ISSUE TO THE ELECTORATE IN ORDER TO AMEND
PORTIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER; PROVIDING FOR GENDER-
NEUTRAL LANGUAGE WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; PROVIDING SPECIFICITY WITH RESPECT TO THE TERM
"COUNCIL"; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER IN WHICH SUCH
ELECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED; PROVIDING THE TIME AND
PLACES FOR HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; ESTABLISHING THE FORM
OF THE BALLOT FOR SUCH ELECTION; DIRECTING THE CITY
CLERK TO PROVIDE THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS WITH A
COPY OF THE ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLIC NOTICE OF
SUCH ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 166.031 of the Florida Statutes provides
that the governing body of a municipality may submit to the
electors of that municipality a proposed amendment to all or part
of its charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Sebastian, Indian
River County, Florida, has determined that certain revisions
should be made to the City Charter in order to provide gender-
neutral language and specificity with respect to certain terms
used in the Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to submit the amendments
to the Charter for ratification by the electors of the City of
Sebastian, Indian River County, Florida.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. That throughout the Charter of the City of
Sebastian, the term "councilmen" shall be changed to "council
members", the term "councilman" shall be changed to "council
member", and the term "council" shall be changed to "City
Council"
Section 2. An election is hereby called and scheduled to be
held on March 10, 1992, to determine whether the revisions to the
Charter of the City of Sebastian, Florida, shall be approved by a
majority of the votes cast in such election, in which the
qualified electors residing in the City shall participate.
Section 3. The places of voting in such election shall be
the usual places of voting in the City of Sebastian, Florida, in
the regular election as follows:
PRECINCT
POLLING PLACE
Precinct 12 ........................ The Sebastian Community Center
1805 North Central Avenue
Precinct 14 ........................ First Church of the Nazarene
50 South Wimbrow Drive
Precinct 15 ........................ The North Indian River County
Library
1001Fellsmere Road (CR 512)
Precinct 16 ........................ Calvary Baptist Church
123 Thunderbird Drive
The polls shall open at such voting places on March 10,
1992, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All duly qualified electors
residing within the City of Sebastian shall be entitled to
participate and vote in such election.
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Section 4. The purpose of this election shall be to
present a referendum issue to the electors of the City of
Sebastian of whether or not to adopt revisions to the City
Charter. The ballot shall be substantially in the following
form:
BALLOT
CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA
Referendum
Referendum No. 1:
neutral titles.
Amending City Charter to provide for gender-
Shall the City of Sebastian amend the City Charter to
provide that throughout the Charter the term
"councilmen" shall be changed to "council members", the
term "councilman" shall be changed to "council member"
and the term "council" shall be changed to "City
Council "?
Yes for Approval
No for Rejection
Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to instruct
the Supervisor of Elections of indian River County to include the
above-described referendum on the ballot for the election to be
held on March 10, 1992.
Section 6. Notice of such election shall be published in a
newspaper of general circulation according to the laws of the
State of Florida.
Section 7. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately
upon its passage.
The foregoing Ordinance was moved for adoption on second
reading by Councilman
seconded by Councilman . .
put into a vote, the vote was as follows:
The motion was
, and, upon being
Mayor W. E. Conyers
Vice Mayor Frank Oberbeck
Councilman Peter R. Holyk
Councilman Lonnle R. Powell
Councilman George G. Reid
The Mayor thereupon declared this Ordinance duly passed and
CITY OF SEBASTIAN
ATTEST:
Kathr~ M. O'Ealloran,
CMC/AAE, City Clerk
By:
-~' (Seal)
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that notice of public hearing on
this Ordinance was published in the Veto Beach Press Journal as
required by State Statute, that one public hearing, was held on
this /Ordinance at 7:00 p.m. on the _~-- day of
, 1992, and that following said public
was passed by the City Council
Kathr~ln ~4. 0¥Halloran,
CMC/AAE, City Clerk
Approve~ .a~ to Form and Content:
City Attorney
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