Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 1783 Admend Sect 15 City Charter Remove Civil Service Employee Language — reading text

READING DATE 1 st 2nd ORDINANCE 1783 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA; PROVIDING AUTHORITY AND INTENT; AMENDING SECTION 15 OF THE CITY CHARTER TO REMOVE ARCHAIC AND INAPPLICABLE PROVISION THAT WAS NULLIFIED AND REPEALED BY THE HOME RULE POWERS ACT OF 1973; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: Section 1. AUTHORITY a. Pursuant to the authority of the Home Rule Powers vested in the City through section 2( b), Article VIII of the Florida Constitution and further through section 166. 021 of the Florida Statutes ( 2007), the City has the governmental, corporate, and proprietary powers to enable it to conduct municipal government, perform municipal functions, and render municipal services, and may exercise any power for municipal purposes, except when expressly prohibited by law. b. Section 166.021 ( 4)of the Florida Statutes, adopted in 1973, specifically provided that " Any other limitation of power upon any municipality contained in any municipal charter enacted or adopted prior to July 1, 1973, is hereby nullified and repealed." c. Section 15 of the City Charter was originally adopted in 1953 and has not been readopted since the effective date of the Home Rule Powers Act in 1973. d. The City Council finds that the language in section 15 of the Charter regarding civil service employees is archaic, no longer applicable, and subject to amendment by ordinance of the City Council. e. Therefore, the City Council finds that section 15 of the City Charter should be revised to remove the archaic and inapplicable provision. Section 2. Amendment of Section 15, City Charter Pursuant to the authority of section 166. 021 (4) of the Florida Statutes, the City Council hereby amends section 15 of the City Charter to formally repeal and remove the language as follows: Section 15. Removal of officers and ci' JiI service employees:,; employees; procedure. Officers and employees appointed by the city manager, or under his authorization, may be removed by him, or by the officer by 10f2 10- 6- 08 ord 1783 see 15. doe. doe  whom appointed, at any time. In case the employee is a member of civil servioe by reason of the provisions of any ordinanoe pro'/ iding therefor, the procedure for removal shall be as provided in suoh ordinance. Section 3. Effective Date This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval by the City Council and signature of the Mayor. d~/ j cJ.t: rJ{YOg/ Adopted Mike Anderson, Mayor Attest: Approved for form and legal sufficiency. New language is underlined. Deleted language is ctrickon. Codification Instructions: Section 2 amends section 15 of the City Charter as stated. DISPOSITION t--.._..~-- - 20f2 10- 6- 08 ord 1783 see 15. doe. doe