Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 6-23-14--special--charter review — reading text

depai Sec. 13. int man & F; appointment, qualifications Sec. 14. of appointment and removal. Sec. 15. Sec. 16. dts or removals; violation a misdemeanor; Sec. 17. Sec. 18: to participate in council meetings. Sec I9 Sec. 20. by a director. Title IV. Finance Procedures Sec. 52. Surety bou s required of officers and employees. Sec. 53. City officers; appointment and compensation. Sec. 55. Consolidation of offices and departments. Sec. 56. Emoluments other than regular compensation prohibited; exception. Title V. Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 57. Oath of office. Sec. 58. Continuance of present officers. Sec. 60. Elections.  FORT WALTON BEACH - CHARTER Sec. 62. Property rights, obligations, ordinances, etc., continued. Sec. 63. Offices and employment continued. Sec. 64. Construction. Sec. 67. Repealer. Sec. 68. Effective date. Sec. 73. Police jurisdiction over navigable waters. Sec. 74. Acquisition of recreational tracts. Historical Notes & State Law Laws of Florida - Section Sec Ref Ch-, Volume I - 1  FORT WALTON BEACH - CHARTER TITLE I. ESTABLISHMENT Section 1. Municipality established. The present municipality of the City of Fort Walton is hereby abolished and in the place of the same municipality there is hereby created and established a municipality under the name of Fort Walton Beach within the territorial boundaries of the said City of Fort Walton as now established or as there may hereafter be established, the said Fort Walton Beach to succeed to and take the place of the abolished City of Fort Walton. The municipal corporation hereby established and created shall have perpetual succession, may use a common seal, may contract ands c tracted with, and may sue and be impleaded in all matters whatsoever. Section 3. Validation of ordinances, property rights, All laws, by -laws, resolutions and ordinances lawfully p— d and in force ' n the C,, of Fort - Deleted: Town Walton under its former charter, not in conflict or ino sistf with the provi ' of this charter, shall remain in force until repealed or altered i0acc" rdanc ith the provision o s act. All 1XI FN rights, actions, prosecutions, contracts, and power andrprop o very description which were for, as though there had been no vested in it are vested in it under the charter herein provvii( SO inn favor of or against the , change in form of government, and no neglect or liability, eft and_ _ - Deleted: town no suit or prosecution of any kind, shallV affected by such ange, unless expressly provided by the terms of this act. Vffi TITLE H. Section 4. Creatiod nd composition of Except as otherwise p v; d' thìmharter, all ;p owers of the cityy shall be vested in a council of seven members-iwho, are elec , • gat -lar wl o' s l be _ sssised_a specific_seat numberbase_ d on the _ - Deleted: designated by number o es ived̀. The t- _ of all councilmen shall be for four ( 4) years, and an election Deleted: and each of whom shall be shall be, M ' each two =2 , ears Tor e p rpose of electing members of the council as the terms elected by the qualified voters of the city exp' 3 ntil such electemmbersfolt council shall take office, the present members of the council ofYth City of Fort Walton Beac shall continue in office until the expiration of their present terms of offie embers of e council shall be qualified electors of the city, and have resided in the cit for at six ( 6 mo the rior tot and shall not hold any other city, state or member of the state militia or member of tLh serve federal office, ex ' eg that o otary public forces of the Unitedlhte A member of a council ceasing to possess any of the qutions specified in this sectior convicted of crim while in office, shall immediately forfeit hice. Section 4A . Limit on number of terms for c ty council and mavor. No person shall be elected to the office ok city council or mayor of the City of Fort Walton Beach for more than two consecutive U terms. - - - - - - - - - - Deleted: However, this section shall not apply to any person holding the office of city council May 12, 1981, or to any ri^ k-'.: person elected to take office during the year 1981. CAL - o { ' C$k Volume I - 2 F  FORT WALTON BEACH - CHARTER Section 4B. Filling vacancies in the city council or in the office of mayor. a) In the event a vacancy occurs on the city council, or in the office of mayor, after election of a person to fill the office concerned, the position shall be filled as follows: 1) If a person elected has not yet been sworn into office, the office shall not be filled until that person would ordinarily have been sworn in. The council taking its seat at the time that person would have been sworn in shall determine the successor, by majority vote. 2) If the person elected has been sworn into office, and if more & ixty ( 60) days remain before the next primary election to be held within the Ci Fort Walton Beach, then that vacancy shall be filled by a vote of the majority of the cgs oct9` thn sitting. 3) Prior to any appointment by council, nominati e accept uring at least the two 2) general meetings following creation of the The city corm shall appoint the person to fill the vacancy at the third regular er the vacanC rs created. Voting will be confined only to those persons wlro' KI ed and discuss Mifiher or both the public meetings at which nominations were 4) If fewer than sixty ( 60) days remain before the next i election, no successor shall be appointed unless no one qualifies foRknJor the vacant b) All vacancies which occur on the the of mayor, shall be filled by majority vote of the council, but only until city. c) Whether or not thelsea` oming vacanhas been swom into office, the appointment by a majority of the council, shall be period extending only until the beginning of the first regular meeting after a suecessor chc by election aprovided herein. That seat shall be open for qualification in the next etefbn nn1u sixty (6 days before the first primary and ending thirty 30) days befine first pkipi Tfi can dates qualifying for that position shall run in a nonpartis lectiori Th candid a particu ar. group or ward race who receives a majority of the votes cast shall b eec d to atiposition. In the event no candidate receives a majority of the votes ast en the two ( 2 cand IAMMN& the highest number of votes will participate in a runoff to be het ' a the next prirr: ctonnn or if none, at the general election. The winner of that election lk- the balance term of the seat in which the vacancy occurred. Section 5. meetings of council. On the first day{, ereafter of April in the years in which there are elections of coun the ou cil 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 Deleted: ordinance or times as maybe prescribed by jesolutior 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 Deleted: , but not less frequently than twice each month 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. Section 6. Election of mayor and mayor pro tem; general duties of mayor. Volume I - 3  FORT WALTON BEACH - CHARTER The mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city at large every four (4) years, The_ , , - Deleted: commencing July 1, 1981, and on the rust day of April of every mayor pro tem shall be chosen by and from the members of the council. In addition to the powers fourth calendar year thereafter conferred on the mayor by this charter, he shall also have the rights, privileges and 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