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COMMISSION MEMORANDUM

TO:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission 
FROM:Raul J. Aguila, City Attorney 
DATE:July  17, 2019
 



SUBJECT:

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CALLING FOR A NOVEMBER 5, 2019 SPECIAL ELECTION, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORATE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, A QUESTION ASKING WHETHER, EFFECTIVE WITH THE CITY'S NOVEMBER 2021 GENERAL ELECTION, CITY CHARTER SECTIONS 2.01 AND 2.02 SHOULD BE AMENDED TO: INCREASE MAYOR'S TERM FROM TWO TO FOUR YEARS; CHANGE MAYOR'S TERM LIMIT FROM THREE TWO-YEAR TERMS TO TWO FOUR-YEAR TERMS; RETAIN CHARTER'S RETROACTIVE MEASUREMENT AND CALCULATION PROVISIONS; AND PROHIBIT PERSONS FROM SERVING AS MAYOR FOR MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS (PERIOD INCLUDING YEARS PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS MAYOR), EXCEPT TO COMPLETE A TERM, ONE-HALF OF WHICH HAS BEEN SERVED.


RECOMMENDATION

Pursuant to the request of Commissioner John Elizabeth Aleman, the above-referenced Resolution is submitted for consideration by the Mayor and City Commission at the July 17, 2019 Commission meeting.
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Sponsor
Commissioner John Elizabeth Aleman and Co-sponsored by Commissioner Malakoff

ATTACHMENTS:
Description
Commission Memo Re Call Special Election, Sec. 2.01 & 2.02 Mayor's Term Limit
Reso Re Call Special Election, Sec. 2.01 & 2.02 Mayor's Term Limit