Section 2.02 Term and Compensation PROPOSED CHARTER TEXT: 10/21/13
Section 2.02 Terra and Compensation.
The term of office of the Mayor shall be two (2) years. The term of office of
the City Commissioners shall be four (4) years.
Commencing with the General Election in November 1997 2015
(excluding individuals holding City of Miami Beach elective office prior thereto for
their unexpired terms), the term limit for Miami Beach Commissioners shall be
two terms (eight GenseGI U yearsl and the term limit for Beach Mayor shall be
three terms (six GenseGutiye years} respectively, measured retroactively from
their first elections said terms not including time served as a member of the City
of Miami Beach Commission as a result of having filled a vacancy in the
Commission pursuant to Section 2.07 of the City of Miami Beach Charter.
The annual compensation for the Office of Commissioner shall be six
thousand dollars ($6,000.00) and the compensation for the Office of Mayor shall
be ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00); any increase in salary for Mayor and/or
Commissioner shall require approval of a majority of the electorate voting at a
City election.
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PROPOSED CHARTER TEXT: REVISED VERSION 3 (10/21/13)
Section 2.02 Term and Compensation.
The term of office of the Mayor shall be two (2) years. The term of office
of the City Commissioners shall be four (4) years.
Commencing with the General Election in November 1997 (excluding
individuals holding City of Miami Beach elective office prior thereto for their
unexpired terms), the term limit for Miami Beach Commissioners shall be eight
consecutive years and the term limit for Miami Beach Mayor shall be six
consecutive years respectively, measured retroactively from their first election
said terms not including time served as a member of the City of Miami Beach
Commission as a result of having filled a vacancy in the Commission pursuant to
Section 2.07 of the City of Miami Beach Charter.
Compensation shall include salary and benefits. Benefits are defined as
anything of value received by the Mayor or a Commissioner from the City
including, but not limited to, expense allowances, vehicle allowances, travel,
medical and life insurance, leave days as provided in the Unclassified Employees
Leave Ordinance, and pension benefits as provided in the Miami Beach
Employees' Retirement Plan. All benefits for the Mayor and City Commissioners
shall be approved by the City Commission by ordinance.
The annual GGITIpensation salary for the Office of Commissioner shall be
six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) and shall be adjusted retroactively from 1966 to
October 1St of each annual fiscal year using the Consumer Price Index — All
Urban Consumers (Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Area) (CPI) rate approximately
$43,900.00 as of October 1, 2013). and The GOMpensation annual salary for the
Office of Mayor shall be ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00);and shall be adjusted
retroactively from 1966 to October 1St of each annual fiscal year using the CPI
rate (approximately $73,200.00 as of October 1, 2013) e- n salary for
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PROPOSED CHARTER TEXT:
Sec. 2.07. Vacancies.in the city commission.
If a vacancy occursi� in the City Commission, the vacancy shall be
filled by the vote of the majority of the remaining members of said City
Commission with the appointee serving the remainder of the unexpired term until
the next succeeding general City election and with any further remainder of said
unexpired term to be filled by a Commissionef member elected at said general
election;_
ilf the remaining members of the City Commission shall fail or refuse to fill a-the
vacancy within 30 days after it the vacancy occurs and if no general City election
will be held within 90 days after the expiration of said 30 days, then a special
election shall be called and held within 90 days to elect a Commissione-F member
to fill such vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.
In the event of a future vacancy due to an irrevocable written resignation, if a City
general election or a countywide election is scheduled to be held on or within 30
days after the effective date of the irrevocable written resignation, then the future
vacancy shall be filled by the election of a Commission member for the reminder
of the unexpired term in the City general election or countywide election. If a City
general election or a countywide election is not scheduled to be held on or within
30 days after the effective date of an irrevocable written resignation, and If the
remaining members of the Commission shall fail or refuse to fill a future vacancy
within 30 days after the effective date of the written irrevocable resignation, then
a special election shall be called and held within 120 days after the effective date
of the written irrevocable resignation.
The qualifying period for special elections provided for in this section shall be the
first 10 days after the call of the special election and any run-off election shall be
held within 20 days of the certification of election results requiring the run off.
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Sec. 6.03. Qualifying.
The City Commission shall cause to be placed on the ballot to be used in the general election
the name of any qualified elector of the City residing within the City at least one two years prior
qualifying and who, within the four (4) consecutive days immediately following the first Monday
of September prior to said general election, shall have paid to the City Clerk of the City of Miami
Beach the sum equal to seven and one-half percent (7'/2%) of the annual salary of the office to
which he/she seeks election as a qualifying fee and shall have been photographed and
fingerprinted by the identification bureau of the Police Department of the City, unless such
person shall file with the City Clerk no later than noon of the 14th day prior to the first day of
qualifying as a candidate for such office, a petition approving his candidacy signed by sufficient
qualified and registered voters to constitute not less than two percent (2%) of this number of
such voters as the same shall be on the date sixty (60) days prior to the first day of qualifying as
a candidate for office, in the event the Miami-Dade County Elections Department has not issued
its certificate verifying the required number of valid signatures on the subject qualifying petition
by 5:00 p.m. on the second day of the City's four-day qualifying period, the City's 7'/2%
qualifying fee shall be waived. by the City in the event the subject candidate should otherwise
qualify for office pursuant to this Charter section. All candidates qualifying for office shall have
taken, signed and subscribed to an oath or affirmation in writing in which he/she shall state (1)
the title of the office for which he/she is a candidate; (2) that he/she is a qualified elector of the
City of Miami Beach, Florida, and has resided in the City at least one year prior to qualifying; (3)
his/her legal residence, by street and number; (4) that he/she is qualified under the ordinances
(including Miami Beach City Code Chapter 38 governing "Elections") and Charter of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, to hold the office for which he/she is a candidate.
Such oath or affirmation shall be substantially in the following form:
STATE OF FLORIDA )
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COUNTY OF DADE I)
Before me, an officer authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared to me well known
who, being sworn, says that he/she is a candidate for the office of City Commissioner (Group
No. (or Mayor) for the City of Miami Beach, Florida; that he/she is a qualified
elector of said City residing within the City at least one year before qualifying for City of Miami
Beach elected office; that his/her legal residence is: , Miami Beach, Dade
County, Florida; that he/she is qualified under the ordinances (including Miami Beach City Code
Chapter 38 governing "Elections") and Charter of said City to hold such office; and that he/she
has paid the required qualification fee.
Signature of Candidate
Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of A.D.,
Authorized Officer
The City Commission shall, by ordinance, prescribe the manner of holding general and special
elections not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, and shall, by ordinance or resolution,
prescribe polling places in the various voting precincts in the City.
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