13114 RESOLUTION NO. 13114
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING
FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
NOVEMBER 2 , 1971.
WHEREAS , an Initiative Petition, pursuant to the pro-
visions of Section 26 of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, has been duly presented to the City Council of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida; and
WHEREAS , the City Clerk-Finance Director of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, has duly certified to the City
Council that she has examined and compared the signatures appear-
ing on the official Registration books of the City of Miami
Beach, with the majority of the signatures appearing on said
Initiative Petition, and based upon such examination and com-
parison, has found, and has duly certified to the City Council
of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, that there is a total of
at least 4,363 valid signatures appearing on said Petition;
and has further certified that the total number of registrations
as of the date of the service of said Initiative Petition was
42 , 013 ; and that the said number of 4, 363 valid signatures consti-
tutes 10.38% of the registration of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, as of said date; and
WHEREAS , said Initiative Petition requests the City
Council to submit to the electorate of the City of Miami Beach,
the following measure, to wit :
"ORDINANCE NUMBER
" BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA :
SECTION 1 : That there is a pressing need for the
City of Miami Beach to provide facilities
to protect the health, safety and welfare of its citi-
zens, and that such need can be met in part by the pro-
viding of Emergency Service with a duly licensed physician
to accompany all ambulance calls .
SECTION 2 : That all calls for emergency treatment of
persons of Miami Beach shall be responded to
by such emergency squad as may be provided, with a licensed
physician to be a part of such emergency squad.
SECTION 3 : That there shall be included and provided on
vehicles responding to emergency calls adequate
lifesaving equipment to treat emergency heart patients and
to evaluate the condition of such heart patients .
SECTION 4 : That adequate equipment shall be acquired by
the City of Miami Beach and adequate personnel
shall be employed or contracted with to accomplish the
lifesaving service necessary for emergency treatment of
persons on Miami Beach.
SECTION 5 : That all funds necessary to accomplish the pur-
poses of this Ordinance shall be made available
out of emergency funds and/or from the regular budget of
the City of Miami Beach.
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" SECTION 6 : The provisions of this Ordinance shall
become operative and effective ninety (90)
days after this Ordinance shall be ratified and ap-
proved by a majority of the qualified electors voting
in an initiative election to be held in the City of
Miami Beach under applicable provisions of law and pur-
suant to Section 26 of the Charter of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, and pursuant to the Election Laws of
the City of Miami Beach, Florida. "
and
WHEREAS , the City Attorney having duly advised the
City Council of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, that the said
measure is such that the City Council of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida, itself, must either adopt said measure without alteration,
or submit the same to the electorate of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA :
SECTION 1 : That a Special Election be and the same is hereby
called by the City Council of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, to be held on the 2nd day of November, 1971,
for the purpose of submitting to the electorate of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, the measure hereinabove set forth, for
approval or rejection by the electorate.
SECTION 2 : The City Clerk-Finance Director, who is also the
Supervisor of Registration, shall open the books
of the said City of Miami Beach from 9 o'clock A.M. until
5 o 'clock P.M. from September 17, 1970, until October 2, 1971 ,
for the purpose of registering those voters who are qualified
to register for this election, and after the 2nd day of October,
1971, no elector shall be registered for said election.
SECTION 3 : For the purpose of holding and conducting the said
Special Election, the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
is divided into voting precincts or election districts, with
polling districts as follows :
(Here appears description of voting precincts
and election districts and polling places)
All places being where elections are usually held in said
municipality.
All electors shall vote at the Polling places in the voting
precincts in which the City Registration Books show that said
electors reside.
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SECTION 4 : That thirty days ' notice of said election shall
be given by publication in the MIAMI BEACH SUN,
a newspaper of general circulation, published in the City
of Miami Beach, Florida. Such publication shall be made at
least once each week, for four consecutive weeks, during said
period of thirty days.
SECTION 5 : That the Notice of Election shall be substantially
in the following form:
"CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
"NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Election has been
called by the City Council of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, and will be held in said City from
7 :00 o'clock A.M. to 7 :00 o 'clock P.M. on the 2nd
day of November, 1971, at which time there shall be
submitted to the duly registered and qualified voters
of said City, the following question :
"SHALL THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED :
ORDINANCE NUMBER
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA :
SECTION 1 : That there is a pressing need for the City of
Miami Beach to provide facilities to protect
the health, safety and welfare of its citizens, and that
such need can be met in part by the providing of Emergency
Service with a duly licensed physician to accompany all
ambulance calls .
SECTION 2 : That all calls for emergency treatment of
persons of Miami Beach shall be responded to
by such emergency squad as may be provided, with a licensed
physician to be a part of such emergency squad.
SECTION 3 : That there shall be included and provided on
vehicles responding to emergency calls ade-
quate lifesaving equipment to treat emergency heart patients
and to evaluate the condition of such heart patients.
SECTION 4 : That adequate equipment shall be acquired by
the City of Miami Beach, and adequate personnel
shall be employed or contracted with to accomplish the
lifesaving service necessary for emergency treatment of
persons on Miami Beach.
SECTION 5 : That all funds necessary to accomplish the
purposes of this Ordinance shall be made avail-
able out of emergency funds and/or from the regular budget
of the City of Miami Beach.
SECTION 6 : The provisions of this Ordinance shall become
operative and effective ninety (90) days after
this Ordinance shall be ratified and approved by a majori-
ty of the qualified electors voting in an initiative elec-
tion to be held in the City of Miami Beach under applicable
provisions of law and pursuant to Section 26 of the Charter
of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, and pursuant to the
Election Laws of the City of Miami Beach, Florida. "
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"For the purpose of holding and conducting said election,
the City of Miami Beach has been divided into voting
precincts or election districts, with polling places
therein, as follows :
(HERE APPEARS A DESCRIPTION OF THE VOTING
PRECINCTS OR ELECTION DISTRICTS AND POLLING
PLACES )
"The voting shall be on mechanical voting machines,
unless otherwise provided by law.
"The Registration Books will be open from 9:00 o'clock
A.M. until 5 :00 o'clock P.M. from September 17, 1970,
until October 2, 1971 , for the registration of persons qualified
to register for said election.
City Clerk-Finance Director of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida"
SECTION 6: That the voting shall be on mechanical voting machines,
unless otherwise provided by law. The form of ballot
to be used in said election shall be in substantially the follow-
ing form:
"OFFICIAL BALLOT
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA
SPECIAL ELECTION
Shall the following Ordinance be adopted?
(Here set out form of measure hereinabove set forth)
MAKE A CROSS (X) AFTER YOUR CHOICE :
FOR THE ORDINANCE
AGAINST THE ORDINANCE
SECTION 7 : This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon
its passage and adoption, as required by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 16thayr of September , 1970..
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Attest :
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City Clerk - Finance Director
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