O83-55ORDINANCE NO. ~
AN ORDINAINCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, PROPOSING
AN AMEND~NT TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY,
AS ADOPTED BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AND
BEING KNOWN AS CHAPTER 61-1889, SPECIAl.
LAWS OF FLORIDA AS AMENDED, PROPOSING
AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER THAT SHOULD
ORDINANCE NO. 83-55 BE ADOPTED BY THE
ELECTORS AT THE MARCH, 1984 ELECTION AS
FOLLOWS: BY ~4ENDING ARTICLE IV-A. MERIT
SYSTEM FOR PERSONNEL, SECTION 72.4(a) OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH,
FLORIDA, TO SPECIFY THAT CIVIL SERVICE BOARD
MEMBERS SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL AT THE FIRST MEETING AFTER THE
ANNUAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION AND THAT THE
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE
MEMBERS OF THE CIVIL SERVICE SHALL BE ELECTED
ON OR ABOUT THE S~E DATE; BY A~ENDiNG
ARTICLE IV-A. MERIT SYSTEM FOR PERSONNEL,
SECTION 72.4 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, BY ADDING A NEW
SUBSECTION (bll) TO PROVIDE THAT THE FIVE
CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MEMBERS Si{ALL APPOINT
TWO (2) ALTERNATES TO SERVE AT LARGE FOR A
PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, SAID ALTERNATES TO SERVE
IN THE EVENT OF THE DEATH, DISQUALIFICATION
OR ABSENCE OF ANY OR ALL OF THE REGULAR OR
ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD; PROVIDING A
BALLOT TITLE; PROVIDING THE OFFICIAL SUBSTANCE
OF THE A~4ENDMENT TO BE PLACED ON THE BALLOT;
DIRECTING THE CITY CLERK TO SUBMIT A CERTIFIED
COPY OF THE ORDINANCE TO THE SUPERVISOR OF
ELECTIONS; PROVIDING A CONFLICTS CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE ~ND IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1: That should Ordinance No. 83-55 be
approved by the electors in March of 1984, then the City Council
proposes an amend/n~nt to Chapter 61-1889, more commonly known
as the Charter of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, by amending
Article IV-A. Merit System for Personnel, Section 72.4.civil
SerVice Board; created, term of office., subsection (a) to read
as follows:
Section 72.4 Civil Service Board; created, term of
office.
(a) Upon this act [article] taking effect, the
Civil Service Board created pursuant to section 1,
Chapter 28910, Special Acts of 1943, shall be
abolished and shall be superseded by a Civil Service
Board consisting of five (5) members. Two (2)
members shall be appointed by the City Council of
the C~.y at the first meeting of the Council
following the annual municipal election, and two
(2) members shall be elected by the members of
the Civil Service of the City on or about the same
date. The fifth member shall be named by the
other four (4) members. In the event said four
(4) members shall not agree upon the fifth member
within fifteen (15) days after said four (4)
members take office, the County Judge of
Palm Beach County, Florida, shall designate
such fifth member. The said board shall
elect one of their members to be chairman.
The two (2) members named by the City Council
and the two (2) members of the board named
by the employees shall serve for a term or a
period of two (2) years, except (that) the
second members appointed by the CitY Council
and the second member appointed(elected) by
the City employees shall serve only for a
one-year period. All subsequent members
appointed by the City Council and the City
employees shall serve two-year terms, therefore
staggering the term of office. The fifth
member of the board named by the other members
thereof shall hold office for a period of one
year, except (that) the term of said member
initially appointed shall expire on the date
of the first meeting of the City Council in
January 1982. All members of the Civil Service
Board shall hold office until their successors
are duly elected or named and qualified.
Section 2. Should Ordinance No. ~'5~ be approved
by the voters in March of 1984, then the City Council proposes
an amendment to Chapter 61-1889~ more commonly known as the
Charter of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida, by amending
Article IV-A. Merit System for Personnel, Section 72.4. Civil
Service Board; created, term of office, to add a new subsection
(b.1), which shall read as follows:
(b.1)
The fi~e (5) Board members shall appoint
two (2) alternates to serve at large
for a period of one year. Said alternates
may serve in the event of the death, dis-
qualification or absence of any or all
of the five (5) members of the Board or
the alternates of the said Board.
Section 3. That the official ballot title of said
Referendum, as required by ~lGl.161, Florida Statutes, shall read
as follows:
CHARTER AMENDMENT CONCERNING APPOINTI~NT
OF CIVIL SERVICE BOARD MEMBERS AND CREATING
TWO ALTERNATES AT-LARGE MEMBERS.
Section 4. That the official substance of the amend-
ment to be placed on the ballot in said Referendum as required
by ~101.161, Florida Statutes, shall read as follows:
Are you in favor of an amendment to the City
Charter as follows:
Providing that members of the City's Civil
Service Board be appointed, when appropriate,
at or near the time of the first meeting of
the City Council following the annual municipal
election and further providing for two (2)
alternates at-large to serve in the absence
of regular and alternate members to be appointed
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by the regular members of the Civil Service
Board.
Yes
Section 5.
No
That the City Clerk is hereby instructed
to immediately submit a certified copy of this Ordinance to the
Supervisor of Elections for Palm Beach County in order that said
Referendum be placed on the ballot for March of 1984 and that
said City Clerk is further required to take all actions necessary
to see that said Referendum is placed on the ballot at the time
of the municipal election.
Section 6. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 7. That should any section or provision of thi
Ordinance or any portion thereof be declared by a court of
competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision shall not
affect the remainder of this Ordinance.
Section 8. That this Ordinance shall become effective
ten (10) days after said Ordinance has been passed by a majority
of the qualified electors of the City voting in the Referendum
election.
FIRST READING this ~~{~day of ~_~~~ , 198
SECOND, FINAL READING and PASSAGE this c~ day
, 198/.
ATTEST:
(Seal)
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