Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 724 - Council Members to be Elected At Large — reading text

ORDINANCE 72% AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4 OF THE CITY CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH TO PROVIDE FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH TO BE ELECTED AT LARGE, PROVIDING A REFERENDUM, PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: SECTION I - That Section 4 of the Charter of the City of Fort Walton Beach shall be amended to read as follows: Except as otherwise provided in this Charter, all powers of the City shall be vested in a Council of seven (7) members, and each of them shall be from the City, at large, elected by qualified voters of the City at large. The term of all councilmen shall be for four (4) years, and election shall be held each two (2) years for the purpose of electing members of the Council as the terms expire. Until such elected members of the Council shall take office, the present members of the Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach shall continue in office until the expiration of their present terms of office. If a vacancy occurs in the Council, it shall be filled for the unexpired term of such member by a majority of the remaining Councilmen, and such vacancies shall be filled within ten (10) days after the vacancy occurs. Members of the Council shall be qualified electors of the City, and shall not hold any other City, State or Federal office, except that of Notary Public or member of the State Militia or member of the Reserve Forces of the United States. A member of the Council ceasing to possess any of the qualifications specified in this Section or convicted of crime, while in office, shall immediately forfeit his office. SECTION II - That the aforesaid amendment to Section 4 of the Charter shall be effective only upon adoption of the same by a majority of the electors voting in a referendum upon such amendment, to be held at the next election for City Councilmen. ADOPTED: a SIO 7 MAYOR: Cth Nh Em City Clerk - Published Daily Fort Walton Beach, Florida State of Florida | County of Okaloosa \ Before the undersigned authorized personally appeared Dorothy BUffington , who on oath says that (s)he is Secretary of the Playground Daily News, a daily newspaper published at Fort Walton Beach, in Okaloosa County, Florida; that a Legal the attached copy of advertisement, being a in the matter of Notice in the Court, was s published in said newspaper in the issues of Affiant further says that the said Playground Daily News is a newspaper published at Fort Walton Beach, in said Okaloosa County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Okaloosa County, Florida, each day, and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Fort Walton Beach, in said Okaloosa County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that (s)he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper. Morelli, JM Liglh. 4 Nhe Sworn to and subscribed before me this day of Feb 81 , A.D. 19. Mietut Keppel Notary Public, State of Floridg’ at Lar: My Commission Expires _MAY 9, 1984 Leg. Izy : CITY .OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA : NOTICE : The City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, while meeting in regular session at the City Hall, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, at approximately 7:00 p.m, on February 10 and 24, 198t will consider the enactment of the fol- lowing ordinance(s): Ordinance No.723 An ordinance amending the City Charter of the City of Fort Walton Beach to limit the terms of City Council to a miximum of two consecutive terms of office, pro- viding for a referendum, providing the effective date hereof. ; Ordinance No. 724 An ordinance amending Section of the City Charter of the City of Fort Walton Beach to provide for the members of the City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach to be elected at large, providing a reterendum, providing the effective date hereof. The obove ordinance(s) may be inspected at the office of the City Clerk, City of Fort Walton beach, Florida. Interested parties may appear at the meeting of the City Council on February 24, 1981, and be heard with respect to the above ordinance(s}. CHARLES H. EVANS City Clerk tA. 13 Seb. 17, 1981