City of Coconut Creek - File #: ORD 2024-019-1

• File #: ORD 2024-019-1
• Name: Charter Amendment - Elected Mayor & 4 District Commissioners (First Reading)
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed on First Reading
• File created: 4/8/2024
• In control: City Commission
• On agenda: 4/25/2024
• Final action: 4/25/2024
• Title: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, "CITY COMMISSION," SECTIONS 301, "COMPOSITION; ELIGIBILITY; ELECTIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE," 302, "THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR," 303, "GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES; COMPENSATION," 304, "PROHIBITIONS," AND 305, "VACANCIES; FORFEITURE OF OFFICE; FILLING OF VACANCIES;" AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE V, "ESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIRED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES," SECTION 501, "ORGANIZATION OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES;" AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE VII, "REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS," SECTIONS 709, "RECEIPT OF RETURN-CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION," AND 710, "FILING FEES FOR CANDIDATES;" AND LAST BY AMENDING ARTICLE IX, "GENERAL PROVISIONS," SECTIONS 907, "CHARTER REVIEW; CHARTER REVIEW BOARD," AND 908, "AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION TO DIVIDE CITY INTO VOTING DISTRICTS; (RE-DISTRICTING BOARD)," TO REORGANIZE THE COMPOSITION OF THE CITY COMMISSION FROM FIVE (5) DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS TO ONE (1) ELECTED MAYOR AND FOUR (4) DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS AND T...
• Indexes: Amendment, Charter, First Reading, Ordinance
• Related files: RES 2024-089, ORD 2024-019-2

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/25/2024	City Commission

AGENDA ITEM REPORT
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK BY AMENDING ARTICLE III, "CITY COMMISSION," SECTIONS 301, "COMPOSITION; ELIGIBILITY; ELECTIONS AND TERMS OF OFFICE," 302, "THE MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR," 303, "GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES; COMPENSATION," 304, "PROHIBITIONS," AND 305, "VACANCIES; FORFEITURE OF OFFICE; FILLING OF VACANCIES;" AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE V, "ESTABLISHMENT OF REQUIRED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES," SECTION 501, "ORGANIZATION OF BOARDS AND COMMITTEES;" AND BY AMENDING ARTICLE VII, "REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS," SECTIONS 709, "RECEIPT OF RETURN-CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION," AND 710, "FILING FEES FOR CANDIDATES;" AND LAST BY AMENDING ARTICLE IX, "GENERAL PROVISIONS," SECTIONS 907, "CHARTER REVIEW; CHARTER REVIEW BOARD," AND 908, "AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION TO DIVIDE CITY INTO VOTING DISTRICTS; (RE-DISTRICTING BOARD)," TO REORGANIZE THE COMPOSITION OF THE CITY COMMISSION FROM FIVE (5) DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS TO ONE (1) ELECTED MAYOR AND FOUR (4) DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS AND THE COMPLETE REVISION OF THE CHARTER TO ACCOMPLISH SAME. (FIRST READING)

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BACKGROUND:
The City Commission is desirous of amending the Charter of the City of Coconut Creek (hereinafter "City Charter") in order to reorganize the composition of the City Commission from five (5) District Commissioners to one (1) Elected Mayor (at large) and four (4) District Commissioners. Florida law requires a majority of the electors of the City voting in an election to approve said changes before becoming effective.
DISCUSSION:
The City Commission held two (2) public workshops, on September 13, 2023 and December 14, 2023, to discuss revisions and a variety of options for reorganization that would achieve the goals of the City Commission to reorganize with minimal impacts upon City operations. The proposed ordinance sets forth ten (10) sections of the City Charter that will be amended to reduce the number of districts from five (5) to four (4) and create the offic...