Ordinance 1423ORDINANCE NO. 1423
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE
"CODE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
1950" BY ADDING A NEW SECTION THERETO TO
BE NUMBERED SECTION NO. 2.25.1 AND TO BE
KNOWN AS THE "CONFLICT OF INTEREST ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1 No councilman or other officer of the City of Miami
Beach ahall appear on behalf of private interests
before any agency of the City.
SECTION 2 No board member or employee of the City of Miami
Beach shall appear on behalf of private interests
before any agency of the City in matters involving the board or
agency which he serves.
SECTION 3 No councilman or other officer of the City of Miami
Beach shall represent private interests in a position
adverse to the City or any agency thereof in any action, proceeding,
or litigation brought against the City or any of its agencies.
SECTION 4 No board member or employee of the City of Miami Beach
shall represent private interests in a position adverse
to the agency which he serves in any action, proceeding, or
litigation brought against the City or such agency.
SECTION 5 No councilman or board member who possesses, or is an
officer, director, or stockholder of a corporation
possessing, in whole or in part, any legal or equitable interest
in land, shall vote on any matter pertaining to the use classi-
fication of such land or any building or buildings thereon.
SECTION 6 Except as permitted by the provisions of Section 12
of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, no officer
or employee of the City of Miami Beach and no member of the City
Council shall be directly or indirectly interested in any contract
with said City, or discount or speculate in City warrants, or bid
for or enter into or be in any way interested in a contract for
any public work of said City. No municipal officer or member of
the City Council shall purchase supplies or materials for public
use from himself or from any firm or corporation in which he is
interested, nor in any manner share in the proceeds of such purchase,
except in cases of emergency, nor shall the City Council pay for
such supplies, goods or materials so purchased. All persons
violating the provisions of this section may be removed from office
and all such contracts, except in cases of emergency, are hereby
declared illegal and void.
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - 1130 WASHINGTON AVENUE - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
SECTION 7 Any councilman violating any provision of this
Ordinance shall be subject to removal, in accordance
with the provisions for recall set forth in Section 26, of the
Charter of the City of Miami Beach; any other officer violating
any provision hereof, shall be subject to removal, or such other
disciplinary action as shall be deemed suitable by the appointing
authority; any employee in the Classified Service of the City
violating any provision hereof shall be subject to removal or
such other appropriate disciplinary action by the appointing
authority in accordance with the procedures of the Civil Service
Act.
SECTION 8 In the event any portion of this ordinance shall
be declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional,
such adjudication shall in no manner affect the other portions
of this ordinance, which shall be in full force and effect, as
fully as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional was not originally a part thereof.
SECTION 9 This ordinance shall go into effect immediately upon
its passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of
Attest:
1st reading
2nd reading
3rd reading
Posted
- July 5, 1961
- July 5, 1961
- July 19, 1961
- July 19, 1961
July, 1961.
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - 1130 WASHINGTON AVENUE - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF DADE:
I, R. WM. L. JOHNSON, City Clerk in and for the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 1423
entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE 'CODE OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, 1950' BY ADDING A NEW SECTION
THERETO TO BE NUMBERED SECTION NO. 2.25.1 AND TO BE KNOWN
AS THE 'CONFLICT OF INTEREST ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH"
having been passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, has been posted by me in three conspicuous
places in the City of Miami Beach, one of which was at the door of
the City Hall in said City on the day of
and that said Ordinance remained posted for a period of at least
thirty days in accordance with the requirements of the City Charter
of the said City of Miami Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand and
affixed the official seal of the City of Miami Beach, Florida, on
this the 6th day of September, 1961.
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ORDINANCE NO. 1423
(Conflict of Interest)