Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 11-14-2006‎(workshop)‎ — reading text

St. Lucie County If these files will not open for you, place your cursor on the link, right click, select "save target as" and save to ~ Then open the file. Additional Resources: FFWCC Recommendations for Manatee Protection FFWCC Boatina Guide, Auaust 2000 Please report broken links to the webmaster. Florida Department of Community Affairs 2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard Tallahassee, FI 32399- 2100 ( 850) 488-8466 Toll Free Number 1- 6 71- 352-3222 TDD number: 1- 8 00- 226- 4 329 Download Adobe Reader to view pdffiles. Privacy Statement 10/ 24/ 2006 http:// www.dca. state.fl.uslfdcp/ dep/marinasitinglindex. efm  Page 1 of 1 Joyce Shanahan From: Mike Minich [ mike@seminc. net] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 12: 31 PM To: Joyce Shanahan Subject: RE: Meeting Dates and Times I would like to discuss this at the next available workshop. Thanks, Mike From: Joyce Shanahan [ mailto: jshanahan@fwb. org] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3: 47 PM To: Mike Minich Subject: Meeting Dates and Times Good Afternoon Mr. Minich: The City Charter, section provided below indicates that council shall meet at least twice per month. The City Code provides further direction that meetings will be the held on the first and fourth Tuesdays at 7pm. Since the Code specifies the meeting days and times, I believe it may be changed by an ordinance of Council. City City Charter: Section 5. Regular and special meetings of council. On the first day of July, 1956, and thereafter on the first day of April in the years in which there are elections of councilmen, the council shall meet in the council chamber of the city hall, and the newly elected members shall assume the duties of office. Thereafter the council shall meet at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance or resolution, but not less than twice each month. frequently Special meetings shall be called by the clerk upon written request of the mayor, city manager or three members of the council. Any such notice shall state the subject or subjects to be considered. All meetings of the council and of the committees thereof shall be open to the public, and rules of the council shall provide that the citizens of the city shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard at any such meetings in regard to any matter considered thereat. Notice may be waived by written waiver signed by all members. City Code: Sec. 2. 01. 03. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the city council shall be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7: 00 p. m. Please let me know if you would like to add this matter for discussion at a Council workshop. Thank you. Joyce Shanahan City Manager City of Fort Walton Beach, FL Phone: 850- 833- 9504 Fax: 850- 833- 9640 Cell: 850- 803-9621 Email: ~ hanahan@fwb. org Please Note: Florida has a very broad public records law. Most written communications to or from City of Fort Walton Beach officials are public records available to the public and media upon request. Your e- mail address and communications may therefore be disclosure. subject to public 11/13/ 2006  I CHARTER 7 4A by the voters, have been filling of vacancies, therefore, which were enacted as new section codified as new section 4B to avoid duplicate section numbers. Sec. 6. Regular and .- peciaJ meetings of counciL en the fU"St day of July, 1956, and thereafter on the first day of April in the years in which there are eieCtions of councilmen, the council shall meet in the council chamber of the city hall, and the newly elected members shall assume the duties of office. Thereafter the council shall meet at such tUnes as may be prescribed by or resolution. but not le~ frequently ordinanet;t than twice eaeb month. Special meetings shall be called by the clerk upon written request of the mayor, city managefor three members oC the council. Any BUch notice shall state the itt.' eea thereof subject or subjec:ts to be considered. All meetings of the council and of the 11' co1'n t shall be. open to the public. and rules of the council shall provide that the citizens of the city shall have a ~ nable opportunity to be heard at any such meetings in regard to any matter considered thereat. Notice may be waived by written waiver signed by all membe1'$. Editor' s note- Laws of Fla., Ch. 92- 270 provides for uniform filing and election dates for officers within the county, such elections to be held on the second Tuesday in March, municipal and prevailing candidates to take office within 30 days; hence, at the direction of the city, the of provisions for assuming office in sees. 5 and 6 have been changed from the first day July to the first day of April.The user' s attention is also directed to ~ 13-3(b) and ( e) of the Code. State law reference- Conduct of municipal elections in Okaloosa County, Laws of Fla., Ch. 92-270. Sec. 6. Election of mayor and mayor pro tem; general duties of mayor. The mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city at large every four (4) "j-::rs ::-. commencing July I, 19B1, and on the flTst day of April of every fourth calendar year thereafter. The mayor pro tem shall be chosen by and from the members of tbe council. In addition f:9, the powers conferred on the mayor by this charter, he shall also have the rights, privilegeS ~ nd immunities of a member of the council except that he shall have the right to cast a deciding vote should any issue before the members of the city council end in a tie vote. He shall be subject to the same prohibitions against interfering with or suggesting to the city manager. Tbe mayor shall preside at meetings of the council and shall also have the power and perform the duties conferred and imposed by the charter and the ordinances of the city. He shall be recognized as the head of the city government for all ceremonial purposes, by the courts for serving civil processes, and by the governor for purpose of military law. In time of public danger or emergency the mayor shall, if so authorized and directed by vote of the council, take command of the police, maintain order and enforce the law. Referendum of 5- 8-79; referendum of 11- 2- 82) Note- See the editor' s note following ~ 5. Sec. 7. General powers and rules of council. The council shall be the judge of the election and qualification of its members and, in such cases, shall have power to subpoena witnesses and compel the production of all pertinent books, records and papers, but the decision of the council, in any case, shall be subject to review Supp. No. 1. 1992 5  A party or party intervenor in a quasi-judicial proceeding on local government land use matters, upon request by another party or party intervenor, shall be sworn as a witness, shall be subject to cross-examination by other parties or party intervenors, and shall be required to be qualified as an expert witness, as appropriate. 2. 01. 024 Ex Parte Prohibitions Do Not Apply In a quasi- judicial proceeding on local government land use matters, a person may not be precluded from communicating directly with a member of the decision making body by application of ex parte communication prohibitions. Disclosure of such communications by a member of the decision making body is not required, and such nondisclosure shall not be the presumed prejudicial to the decision of the decision making body. All decisions of decision making body in a quasi- judicial proceeding on local government land use matters must be supported by substantial, competent evidence in the record pertinent to the proceeding, irrespective of such communications. 2. 01. 03 Beaular~ tirws Regular meetings of the city council shall be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7: 00 p. m. 2. 01. 04 Special Committees The council may appoint such special committees of the council as are required for the proper disposition of council' s function in the city govemment. 2. 01. 05 Elections The office of the county supervisor of elections is hereby appointed as the office with office to responsibility to conduct city elections. It shall likewise be the responsibility of such for voters in the and for qualification of the various candidates for serve as the registrar city office. The county supervisor of elections shall promulgate such regulations as he considers to be consistent with this chapter and with the State Elections Code, including, specifically, the following: 1) The registration of qualified electors shall be available at the city hall and may be conducted elsewhere within the city limits, including the county courthouse or the courthouse annex, or elsewhere as may be