2015-29095 Reso RESOLUTION NO. 2015-29095
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING RESOLUTION NOS.
91-20386, 91-20421, AND 2015-28961, AS MORE SPECIFICALLY
SET FORTH HEREIN, DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO.
2015-3954 WHICH SUPERCEDES IN WHOLE, OR IN PART, SAID
RESOLUTIONS REGARDING CITY COMMISSION MEETING
PROCEDURES, REQUIREMENTS, AND POLICIES.
WHEREAS, on July 8, 2015 the City Commission passed and adopted
Ordinance No. 2015-3954 which incorporated various City Commission meeting
procedures and requirements into Article II of Chapter 2 of the City Code including
agenda submissions schedules, the adding of emergency items to City Commission
meeting agendas, the procedures and requirements for presentations and awards
meetings, and the adoption of Robert's Rules of Order as the parliamentary procedure
for City Commission meetings; and
WHEREAS, due to the adoption of Ordinance No. 2015-3954 , Resolution
No. 91-20386, which adopted Robert's Rules of Order for meetings of the City
Commission and of appointed City bodies should be repealed to the extent that it is
superseded by Ordinance No. 2015-3954 with regard to meetings of the City
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Commission, but shall remain in effect with regard to meetings of appointed bodies of
the City such as citizen committees; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 91-20421 (which established agenda submission
requirements and the addition of emergency matters to City Commission agendas by a
517th vote) and Resolution No. 2015-28961 (which established a policy that City
Commission meeting agendas includes sufficient detail for matters to be evaluated in a
reasonable and timely manner) should be repealed as they are superseded in their
entirety by Ordinance No. 2015-3954 .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED THAT THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA hereby repeal Resolution
Nos. 91-20386, 91-20421, and 2015-28961, as more specifically set forth herein, due to
the passage of Ordinance No. 2015-3954 which supersedes in whole, or in part,
said Resolutions regarding City Commission meeting procedures, requirements, and
policies.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 8th day of July 2015. .'
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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
RAULJ. AGUILA, CITY ATTORNEY COMMISSION MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor Philip Levine
Members of the City Commission
CC: Jimmy Morales, City Manager
Rafael E. Granado, City Clerk
FROM: Raul J. Aguila, City Attorney7k 06' (—
DATE: July 8, 2015
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING
RESOLUTION NOS. 91-20386, 91-20421, AND 2015-28961,
AS MORE SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN, DUE TO
THE PASSAGE OF ORDINANCE NO. WHICH
SUPERCEDES IN WHOLE, OR IN PART, SAID
RESOLUTIONS REGARDING CITY COMMISSION MEETING
PROCEDURES, REQUIREMENTS, AND POLICIES.
The attached Resolution is a companion item to R5H. Item R5H concerns an Ordinance
sponsored by Commissioner Jonah Wolfson that amends Chapter 2 of the City Code to
incorporate and unify all City Commission meeting and agenda requirements and
procedures into the City Code that are currently established in various City Resolutions,
and to provide additional requirements within the City Code that foster greater efficiency
with regard to the conducting of City business at City Commission meetings. Specifically,
the Ordinance included in item R5H sets forth requirements and procedures for City
Commission meetings and agendas that codify existing procedures in Resolution Nos. 91-
20386, 91-20421 and 2015-28961. The adoption of the attached Resolution will repeal the
above-referenced Resolutions to the extent that they contain requirements and procedures
that have now been adopted within the City Code.
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