13248 RESOLUTION NO. 13248
A RESOLUTION PROMULGATING GUIDE LINES
AND DIRECTIVES FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF
THE SEVERAL ADVISORY BOARDS AND
COMMITTEES OF THE CITY.
WHEREAS, it has become apparent to the City
Council of the City of Miami Beach that the several Advisory
Boards and Committees of the City of Miami Beach have
manifested uncertainty as to their functional and procedural
rights, duties and obligations, and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Miami
Beach has found and determined that the promulgation of
certain specific rules, guide lines and standards for the
governance of the several and various Advisory Boards and
Committees of the City would be of aid and assistance to
said Boards and Committees, and the due and proper conduct
of their business would be of assistance in the achievement
of the objectives and reasons for being of said several
Boards and Committees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH that the following guide
lines, standards and procedural directives be and the same
are hereby established for the proper conduct and governance
of the business of each of the several and various Advisory
Boards and Committees of the City of Miami Beach :
1. That it shall be the duty and obligation
of each of the several Advisory Boards
and Committees of the City to keep, or
cause to be kept, adequate, fair and
accurate minutes or transcripts of the
proceedings of each and every meeting
of such Board and Committee. Full and
complete copies of such transcripts or
minutes shall be transmitted with all
possible promptitude to the City Clerk
for distribution to each member of the
City Council.
2 . That at the organizational meetings of
each of the said Boards or Committees,
the membership shall, within the confines
and limits of the City Council resolution
or ordinance creating such Board or
Committee, adopt, promulgate and incorporate
in its records a statement of the proper
and duly authorized goals and objectives
of such Board of Committee. That in the
event of substantial disagreement among
the members of the particular Board or
Committee as to what constitutes a proper
and authorized goal or objective of the
particular Committee, the existence of the
issue, and the specific nature thereof ,shall
be certified by the Board or Committee to the
City Clerk for transmission to the City
Council ,which shall thereafter proceed promptly
to resolve and determine the same.
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3. It shall be the duty and obligation of the
Chairman or the presiding officer of each
of the said Boards and Committees of the
City to call, or cause to be called, the
roll of members of each respective Board
or Committee, and the minutes or transcript
thereof of each meeting of such Board or
Committee shall reflect the presence or
absence, as the case may be, of each member
of such Board or Committee.
4. That it is hereby made the rule and condition
of appointment and continued membership of
each and every member of each of the several
Boards and Committees of the City that three
successive absences by any member of any Board
or Committee of the City from said number of
duly held or called meeting of said Board or
Committee without good and sufficient cause
therefor, shall be deemed good and sufficient
cause for the removal of such member from the
membership of any such Board or Committee by the
City Council, and such removal shall create a
vacancy in the membership which shall be filled
in the same manner as the original appointment.
5. The failure of any Advisory Board or Committee
of the City to meet at intervals sufficiently
frequent to duly transact business of said Board
or Committee shall be cause for consideration by
the City Council of the abolishment of such
Board or Committee.
6. That each member of the several Boards or Committees
of the City shall be furnished, by the City Clerk,
with a sufficient number of copies of this
resolution so that each member of the particular
Board or Committee shall receive a copy hereof.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of April , 1971 .
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Attest :
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City Clerk-Finance Director
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