TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Samuel A. May, City Manager
DATE: June 6, 2018
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SUBMITTING TO REFERENDUM AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “CITY MANAGER” AND SPECIFICALLY SECTION 4.08 ENTITLED “POWER AND DUTY OF THE CITY MANAGER OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA, TO ADD “CHIEF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT” AND “CHIEF OF THE FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT” AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO THE LIST OF POSITIONS THAT THE CITY COMMISSION RESERVES TO ITSELF THE POWER OF APPOINTMENT, SUSPENSION AND REMOVAL; PROVIDING FOR A NOTICE OF AN ADVERTISEMENT OF THE REFERENDUM ELECTION TO BE PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE WHEN ADOPTED, SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF MARGATE, FLORIDA, AT THE NOVEMBER 6, 2018 GENERAL ELECTION, AND SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS PROVIDED BY LAW; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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BACKGROUND: At the May 11, 2018, City Commission Workshop, the City Commission voted to bring this item back as an Ordinance for First and Second Readings to be added to the November 6, 2018 Election Ballot as a Referendum item.
At the May 16, 2018 Commission Meeting, the City Commission voted to add to this Ordinance, the position of Assistant City Manager to the list of positions that the City Commission reserves to itself the power of appointment, suspension and removal. The City Commission approved first reading of this ordinance with a 3-2 vote on May 16, 2018.
RECOMMENDATION: N/A
FISCAL IMPACT: N/A
CONTACT PERSON: Joseph J. Kavanagh, City Clerk