0390 Mayoral ElectionORDINANCE NUMBER 390
AN ORDINANCE ABOLISHING SECTION 15 OF THE
CHARTER LAWS OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
WHICH SECTION PROVIDES FOR THE PUBLIC
ELECTION OF THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF OKEE-
CHOBEE, WHEN THE OFFICE IS VACATED BECAUSE
OF DEATH, REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR IMPEACH-
MENT OF THE MAYOR: TO FURTHER PROVIDE THAT
THE AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER AS SET FORTH
HEREIN BE SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF THE
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE AT THE NEXT REGULAR
ELECTION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA:
SECTION 1. AUTHORITY. This Ordinance is adopted
pursuant to the provisions of Section 166.031 Florida Statutes,
and other applicable provisions of law.
SECTION 2. FINDING. It is necessary, desirable and
in the best interest of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, and its
inhabitants that the Charter of the City of Okeechobee be amended
to abolish the Public Election of the Mayor, when the office is
vacated because of death, removal, resignation or impeachment of
the Mayor.
SECTION 3. PROCEDURE. The City Council of the City of
Okeechobee, by adoption of this Ordinance, submits to the electors
of said Municipality the proposed amendment to its Charter; and
such proposed amendment shall be submitted to a vote of the electors
at the next regular election on December 7, 1976.
SECTION 4. ABOLISHMENT. That Section 15 of the Charter
Laws of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, which provides for the
Public Election of the Mayor of the City of Okeechobee, when the
office is vacated because of death, removal, resignation or im-
peachment of the Mayor, is hereby abolished.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be effective
immediately upon its Final Passage in accordance with the pro-
cedures set forth in Section 166.041 Florida Statutes.
SECTION 6. ELECTION. After the effective date of this
Ordinance the Charter Amendment set forth herein shall be
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submitted to a referendum vote of the electors of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida, at its next regular election on December
7, 1976, and if passed, shall take effect January 1, 1977.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 4th day of November, 1976.
ATTEST:
President of the City Council
City Clerk
APPROVED BY ME this 4th day of November, 1976.
Mayor
City of Okeechobee, Florida
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NOTICE OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE
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Notice is hereby given that the Ordinance described below
by title only will be placed on third and final reading at the
Meeting of the City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida,
to be held on November 4, 1976, at 1:30 P.M., at the City Hall,
or as soon thereafter as such Ordinance may be read and considered
for passage:
AN ORDINANCE ABOLISHING SECTION 15 OF THE CHARTER
LAWS OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, WHICH SECTION PRO-
VIDES FOR THE PUBLIC ELECTION OF THE MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, WHEN THE OFFICE IS VACATED
BECAUSE OF DEATH, REMOVAL, RESIGNATION OR IMPEACH-
MENT OF THE MAYOR: TO FURTHER PROVIDE THAT THE
AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER AS SET FORTH 'HEREIN BE
SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
AT THE NEXT REGULAR ELECTION.
Said Ordinance may be inspected in the Office of the City
Clerk at the City Hall, City of Okeechobee, Florida. Interested
parties may appear at said meeting and be heard with respect to
the enactment of said Ordinance.
BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
PUBLISH: THE OKEECHOBEE NEWS
OCTOBER 21, 1976
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CITY CLERK
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OKEECHOBEE CO
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, CHAIRPIAN OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY CLERK,
of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, do hereby certify that the foregoing
and above Ordinance No. 390, was duly advertised by title only in the
Okeechobee News on the 21st day of October, 1976, was duly introduced,
read and passed on first reading by the City Council of the City of
Okeechobee, Florida, on the 21st day of September, passed on second reading
by title only on the 5th day of October, 1976, copy of said Ordinance was
made available at the office of the City Clerk to the public upon request
during the time between the first and third reading of the Ordinance, and
was duly read and passed on third and final reading on the 4th day of
November, 1976, by the City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida.
IN WITNESS HEREWITH, we hereunto set our hands and affix the official
seal of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, this the 8th day of November, 1976.
(City Seal)
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�Presiders City Counc
City Clerk
FISHERMAN'S PARADISE * REEF AND DAIRY CAPITAL OF FLORIDA
The Okeechobee News
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Published Weekly
Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF OKEECHOBEE
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared
J. David Fleming
who on oath says he is Publisher of the
Okeechobee News, a weekly newspaper published at
Okeechobee, in Okeechobee County, Florida; that the
attached copy of advertisement, being a
Notice of Proposed Ordinance
in the matter of
an ordinance abolishing section
15 of the charter laws of the
City of Okeechobee
in the City Clerk's Office - City
of Okeechobee eotrtof Okeechobee
County, Florida, was published in said newspaper in the
issues of
October 21, 1976
Affiant further says that the said Okeechobee News is a
newspaper published at Okeechobee, in said Okeechobee
County, Florida, and that said newspaper has heretofore
been published continuously in said Okeechobee County,
Florida, each week and has been entered as second class
mail matter at the post office in Okeechobee, in said
Okeechobee County, Florida, for a period of one year next
preceding the first publication of the attached copy of
advertisement; and affiant further says that 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.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
October
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