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2447-81s ORDINANCE NO. 2447-81 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY CHARTER, ORDINANCE NO. 1630, TO PROVIDE THAT THE MAYOR-COMMISSIONER AND CITY COMMISSIONERS SHALL HAVE TERMS OF THREE YEARS; PROVIDING FOR A REFERENDUM ELECTION RELATING TO SUCH CHARTER AMENDMENT; PROVIDING FOR PROPER NOTICE OF PROPOSED ENACTMENT; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF THE ELECTION; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE AFTER APPROVAL AT REFERENDUM. Section 1. That Section 2.03 of Article II, Legislative, of Ordinance No. 1830, the Charter of the City of Clearwater, Florida, be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 2. 03. Election and Terms. All Commissioners, including the Mayor-Commissioner, shall be elected for terms of twe-(2. three 3 years. Terms shall overlap, with the Mayor-Commissioner and two (2) Commissioners elected one year, and the additional two (2) Commissioners elected the following year. Newly elected Commissioners shall be sworn in by or at the first regular meeting in March. Section 2. (a) A referendum election for the purpose of voting on the amendment to the Charter contained in Ordinance No. 2447-81 shall be conducted at the next general municipal election to be conducted on Tuesday, February 9, 1982. (b) The question to appear on the referendum ballot at the next general election shall be as follows: fj Shall Section 2.03 of Article II, Legislative, of Ordinance No. 1830, be amended by Ordinance No. 2447-81 to provide that the terms of office of newly elected Mayor-Commissioner and City Commissioners shall be for three years? The electronic voting system shall be so arranged that the voter may vote "Yes" or "No" with respect to such proposition. Section 3. Notice of the proposed enactment of this ordinance has been properly advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance with Section 166.041, Flor!-la Statutes, SLL 0170110" f Ord 2447-81 9JIV81 ?e,.irc.«?; M «. .+-S ?'l' •?Y' 3Y,".?.d +ttit' Ft'S+1'• r fi ..,. yn. f ? ? ^i '?. ••t'f ?y > .,Y,}i. `"'. '!?''. ??Y .?}. ir: V 'Sr ?i! \Y'?c`riit't ?s'}?;' d..i*^'•^'?f? "y't?+ .r, ',:.?' r 1i.., S" .R. '?• 1 ??? Y •` .e' isi•1.',?,f.4'r'y?:A:..$_,e.'?Y.?,?, t'.?A,.C?;...t7 c' a` . •T.:. ;,. ..` °•?r'c .?.i;.i?4;e::' F 'c•'s w - .. ?• G w,?$,7?e ,L'°$: ?.:r3=;rr-= i:w..,"5:?i?.":?;•.:`C.,.ti;;r'., ?B3`•.?rr ?+ "?¢ F,'.rkr.. . . r?;tla`:l•`'" L5 ??•?i q. k p! +r, ? ???k 'r':^- :.?'=e 4 bt :;i; <. •?? `=x u , r N: 'i ? ?a.. 5?+?:`''?, i?t„ Section 4. If a majority of the votes cast at such election in respect to such proposition shall be "Yes", such proposition shall be approved. Section 5. Electronic system ballots shall be used at such election for absentee voting. The form of ballot to be used in the election for absentee voters shall be in substantially the form provided in Section 2 above, ,• ' Section 6. This amendment to the' Charter, if approved at referendum, shall apply to all elections subsequent to the election to be held February 9, 1982. Section 7. This ordinance shall be published in full at least one time by the City Clerk as part of the notice of such referendum election, which notice shall be headed "Notice of Referendum For Charter Amendment. " Notice of the referendum bond election shall be published in a daily newspaper in general circulation in the City in the manner provided in Section 100. 342, Florida Statutes. Section 8. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon ifs final passage, and the amendment to Section 2. 03 of Ordinance No. 1830, contained in Section 1 of this ordinance, must be approved by a vote of a majority of the electors voting in a referendum on the issue at the next general municipal election conducted in the City of Clearwater, Florida, and filed with the Secretary of State prior to its taking effect. PASSED ON FIRST READING PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AND ADOPTED #!r Attest: City Clerk ; September 3, 1981 September 17, 1981 Mayor- Commissioner 9/17/81 • 11 G) NOTICE OF REFERENDUM ISSUE FOR CHARTER AMENDMENT CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA MUNICIPAL REFERENDUM ELECTION ' To Be Held on Tuesday, February 9, 1982, as Provided by Ordinance No. 2447-B1 of the City of Clearwater. Notice is hereby given that a municipal referendum election will be held in the City of Clearwater, Florida, as part of the regular general municipal election on Tuesday, February 9, 1982, to determine whether Section 2.03 of Ordinance No. 1830, the Clearwater City Charter, shall be. amended to provide that the Mayor-Commissioner and City Commissioners shall have three year terms shall be approved by a majority of the votes cast, in the referendum election by the qualified electors in the City of Clearwater. As required by Ordinance No. 2447-81 this notice is given by .publishing the foregoing Ordinance No. 2447-81 in full as follows: 9/; 7/81