Resolution 12557 RESOLUTION NO. 12557
WHERE' S, there has been submitted to the City Council of the City
of Miami Beach, Florida, the Certificate of the Mayor, a member of the
City Council and the Supervisor of Registration, of the result of the
canvass of the returns of the Special Election held in said City on
November 5, 1968, and
WHEREAS, the said City Council has canvassed said returns and Certificate,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of said City that
it hereby adopts the said Certificate as the result of said election and
it is hereby ordered that same be recorded in the minutes of this meeting
as a permanent record.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of November, 1968.
tf)le
lir Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk and Finance Director
STPTE OF FLORID!'
COUNTY OF DPDE:
We, the undersigned, Mayor of the City of Miami 3each, one Member of the
City Council , and the Supervisor of Registration of the City of Miami 3each,
do HEREBY CERTIFY that we have made a canvass of the returns of the certif-
icates of the Clerks and Inspectors who held and conducted a Special Election
in Miami Beach, Florida, on i,!ovember 5, 1968; such canvass having been made
solely, exclusively and entirely from such returns; and do hereby CERTIFY
that as a result of said canvass we have found and do hereby declare the
result of said election to be as follows:
' UEST I ONS
SH.'LL THE FOLLOWING [MENDI IEHTS JE /DOPTED?
That upon the .uestions - ;-or adoption or rejection of the following
proposed amendments to the Charter of The City of Miami 3each,
Florida:
(-mendment #1 . Shall the City Charter be amended to provide, commencing
November, 1969, and every two years thereafter, that the
primary election for Mayor and Councilmen shall be held
on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in
November; that the general election shall be held two
weeks thereafter, and that the terms of the Mayor and
Councilmen whose terms would expire in June, 1969, and
the terms of the Councilmen whose terms would expire in
June, 1971 , shall be extended until November, 1969, and
November, 1971 , respectively:
15,714 votes were cast of which, 10,086 were ;or the Amendment,
and 5,623 were !'geinst the Amendment
Amendment '2. Shall the City Charter he amended so as to provide that
the City shall be authorized to convey in fee simple the
land commonly known as the Par 3 Golf Course'' to the
Dade County 3oard of ,'ublic Instruction as a site for the
construction of en 'Educational Complex ' in consideration
of the conveyance to the City by the Dade County Board of
Public Instruction of the several School Board properties
known as Ida M. Fisher Jr. High; South 3each Elementary;
Feinberg Elementary (Central 3each) ; Nautilus Junior High;
North Beach Elementary Teacherage; and 3iscayne Elementary;
and in further consideration of the payment by the City to
the School Board of the sum of $4,700,000.00, said sum being
the proceeds of general obligation bonds to be issued and
to mature over a 20-year period, all in accordance with the
agreement set forth in Resolutions Nos. 12361 and 12429 of
the City Council of the City of Miami 3each, and Resolution
No. . 3'"19 of the Dade County 3oard of .'ublis Instruction on
file in the office of the City Clerk, a more particular
description of the lands to be conveyed by the City and the
School Board being also on file in the office of the City
Clerk?
16,825 votes were cast of which 6,200 were For the mendment
and 10,625 were Against the Amendment
amendment #3. Shall the City Charter be amended so as to require a five-
sevenths vote of the City Council to approve any variance
granted by the Zoning Joard of djustment?
15,204 votes were cast of which 10,031 were For the Amendment
and 5, 173 were Against the Amendment
Amendment #4. Shall the City Charter be amended so as to provide that
the retirement benefits payable under the General Employees
Pension System shall be not less than 65% of the final
average earnings on service-connected disability, nor
less than 30% of final average earnings on non-service
connected disability?
15,089 votes were cast of which 10,043 were For the Amendment
and 5,046 were Against the Amendment
Amendment #5. Shall the City Charter be emended so as to authorize the
City Council to amend the General Employees Pension System
Ordinance so as to provide a benefit of 2*% of the member's
average compensation for his two highest paid years for each
of the first 25 years of his creditable service, and 2% of
such compensation for each year of creditable service in
excess of 25 years, with a maximum benefit of 80% of such
compensation?
14,954 votes were cast of which 9,697 were For the Amendment
and 5,257 were Against the Amendment
Amendment #6. Shall Chapter 23414, Laws of 'lorida, Acts of 1943, being
a part of the Charter of the City of Miami Beach, Florida,
be amended so as to provide to members of the City Pension
Fund for Firemen and Policemen in the City of Miami Beach
and/or to their beneficiaries increased pension benefits,
vested pensions payable at age fifty upon completion of
ten years of creditable service if accumulated contributions
are not withdrawn, increased future widows' and childrens'
pensions payable upon service and non-service connected
deaths and deaths after retirement, retroactive increased
widows' benefits payable upon non-service connected death
of a member or death after retirement, which deaths occur
subsequent to October 1 , 1957, and percentage increases in
pension benefits to all pensioners and beneficiaries on the
roll of the Fund in accordance with year of retirement of
a member, providing all of the foregoing increased benefits
to members and their beneficiaries shall be covered from
funds available therefor which shall arise as a result of an
increase in the valuation interest rate?
15.831'votes were cast of which 10,914 were For the Amendment
and 4,917 were Against the Amendment
Amendment #7. Shall Chapter 23414, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1945, being a
part of the Charter of the City of ;Miami Beach, Florida, be
amended so as to provide lifetime benefit increases to pen-
sioners and retirants on the roll of the City dension Fund
for Firemen and Policemen in the City of Miami Beach, when
the Consumer Price Index has been increased by increments
of at least 3%, providing such lifetime increases can be
covered by accumulated excess investment returns on the funds
of the City Pension Fund for ,'icemen and Policemen in the
City of Miami Beach or by an increase in the valuation
interest assumption rate of the fund?
15,709 votes were cast of which 10,809 were For the Amendment
and 4,900 were (against the Amendment
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1.mendment #8. Shall Chapter 23414, Laws of Florida, icts of 1945, being
a part of the Charter of the City of Miami 3each, Florida,
be amended so as to permit members of the City Pension Fund
for Firemen and Policemen in the City of Miami 3each to buy
back creditable pension service time for all past services in
any department of the City of ;Miami 3each, whether the same
is provisional or probationary time:
15,362 votes were cast of which 10,066 were For the Amendment
and 5,296 were Against the Amendment
.ND that finendments Nos. 1 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 were approved and
Amendment No. 2 was disapproved.
!'WITNESS our hands and seals this 6th day of November, 1968.
(Signed) Jay Dermer (SEAL)
Mayor
(Signed) Leonard 0. Weinstein(SEAL)
Councilman
(Signed) Ruth B. Rouleau (SEAL)
Supervisor of Registration
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