Resolution 74-14487
RESOLUTION NO. 74-14487
A RESOLUTION CREATING THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
AND PROVIDING FOR QUALIFICATIONS OF
MEMBERS; TERMS OF OFFICE; ORGANIZATION OF
THE COMMISSION; DUTIES, FUNCTIONS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES; AND LIMITATION OF POWERS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the City of Miami Beach Commission
on the Status of Women be and the same is hereby created and
established. The Commission shall consist of twenty-one (21)
members appointed by the City Council. Members of the
Corrunission shall be permanent residents of Miami Beach. l'1embers,
while serving, shall not become candidates for election to any
public office. In order to secure representative membership
upon the Commission, each of the seven (7) members of the City
Council shall appoint three (3) members to the Commission.
In order that the terms of office of all members of the commis-
sion shall not expire at the same time, the initial appointments
to the Commission shall be as follows: The Mayor and Councilmen
shall each appoint one member to the Commission for a term of
one (1) year, one member to the Commission for a term of two ( 2)
years, and one member to the Commission for a term of three (3 )
years. The chairman shall be elected by the members of the
Commission for a one (1 ) year term. Thereafter all appointments
shall be made for a term of four (4) years. Appointments to
fill any vacancy on the Commission shall be for the remainder
of the unexpired term of office. A member may be removed
without cause only by three-fourths ( 3/4) vote of the entire
membership of the City Council. When any member of the Commission
fails to attend three ( 3) consecutive meetings without due
cause, the chairman shall certify the same to the City Council.
Such member shall then be deemed to have been removed and a
vacancy created.
The members of the Commission shall elect such
officers other than a chairman as may be deemed necessary, who
shall serve at the will of the Commission. Eleven ( 11) members
of the Commission shall constitute a quorum necessary to hold
a meeting and take any action. Members shall serve without
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their official duties, upon
approval by the City Council. The chairman may call meetings
of the Commission, and meetings may be called by written notice
signed by eleven ( 11) members and the Commission at any meeting
may fix and call a meeting on a future date. .Minutes shall be
kept of all meetings of the Commission. All meetings shall be
public.
The Commission shall have the following duties, functions,
powers and responsibilities:
( a) To serve in an advisory capacity to the City
Council, the City administration, the community, and all agencies
and persons in Miami Beach, Florida, in respect to all matters
pertaining to the status of women, including but not limited to
discrbnination against women, employment of women, education of
women, and attitudes towards women in the community, and to make
periodic reports and recommendations to these bodies in respect
to such matters.
(b) To make a continuing study of all existing city
institutions, facilities and services, and programs dealing with
women or affecting women, and consider the future needs of this
area in respect to such institutions, facilities, services and
programs.
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY - 1130 WASHINGTON AVENUE - MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA 33139
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