Resolution 11613 RESOLUTION NO. 11613
A RESOLUTION CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A
SENIOR CITIZFNS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PRE-
SCRIBING ITS DUTIES, AND PROVIDING FOR
THE MANNER OF APPOINTMENT AND THE TERM
OF OFFICE OF ITS MEMBERS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA that an Advisory Committee to be known as the City
of Miami Beach Senior Citizens Advisory Committee and the same is
hereby created and established, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, as follows:
1. Said Senior Citizens Advisory Committee shall consist of
seven (7) members; each of whom shall be appointed for a term
of two (2) years. Each member of the City Council is authorized
and empowered to appoint one (1) member of said Committee. In
the event a member of the City Council refuses to exercise, or
waives, his right to appoint a member of said Committee, such
member shall be appointed by the City Council. In the event a
vacancy shall occur in the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee,
the vacancy shall be filled by the Councilman, or the successor
of the Councilman, who made the original appointment to the
office in which the vacancy has occurred.
2. Members of this Senior Citizens Advisory Committee shall
serve without compensation, but sufficient funds shall be
provided by the City Council in the annual City budget for rea-
sonable and necessary expense to be incurred by the Senior Citi-
zens Advisory Committee in the performance of its duties. The
City Manager shall provide such administrative staff and clerical
personnel as may be necessary to assist the Senior Citizens
Advisory Committee in the proper performance of its duties and
functions.
3. Each member of the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee shall
be a duly qualified resident of the City of Miami Beach and
shall have indicated by his or her background and past record a
sincere and dedicated interest in the welfare of our city and its
citizens and those activities which are responsible for a better
society.
4. The members of the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee shall
select from its membership a Chairman and a Vice Chairman who
shall serve at the will of the majority of the said committee.
Meetings shall be held at the pleasure of the Committee and upon
the call of the Chairman or by the direction of a majority of the
committee. The Senior Citizens Advisory Committee shall adopt
rules of procedure governing its meetings and actions on matters
within its jurisdiction and domain and shall conduct its meetings
consistent with provisions of this resolution and Roberts Rules
of Order.
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5. The said Advisory Committee shall have the following
authority and duties:
a. To serve as an advisory committee to the City Coun-
cil of the City of Miami Beach and to make periodic
written reports and recommendations to the City
Council concerning the relationship between Senior
Citizens and the community.
b. To recommend to the City Council solutions and
methods which will best serve the interest of our
city and its Senior Citizens to the mutual advantage
of both.
c. To study and investigate all matters of importance
to the Senior Citizens of our city and to the en-
hancement and betterment of their position within
the active life of our city.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of September, 1965.
Mayor
Attest:
R. Wm. L. Johnson, City Clerk
By4e:QJOaC42- VACDeputy City Clerk
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