File #: ID 14-1334    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance - 2nd Reading Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 8/27/2015 In control: Regular City Commission Meeting
On agenda: 9/16/2015 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 - ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE I, IN GENERAL, SECTION 2-8 - POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS; TO PROHIBIT CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES BY KEY CITY EMPLOYEES FOR CERTAIN ELECTIONS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Attachments: 1. ORDINANCE

 

TO:                     Mayor and City Commission

 

FROM:                     Douglas E. Smith, City Manager

 

DATE:                     September 16, 2015

 

 

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 - ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE I, IN GENERAL, SECTION 2-8 - POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS; TO PROHIBIT CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES BY KEY CITY EMPLOYEES FOR CERTAIN ELECTIONS; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 

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BACKGROUND:                     This item is to provide for an ordinance that prohibits campaign activities by key City employees in election campaigns for City Commissioners. The Commission approved this ordinance at first reading on September 2, 2015.

 

 

RECOMMENDATION:                     For approval.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT:                     None.

 

 

CONTACT PERSON:                     Eugene M. Steinfeld, City Attorney