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MOTION TO PASS PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 2026-03 ON SECOND AND FINAL READING.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 2026-03 IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, SUBMITTING TO REFERENDUM AMENDMENTS TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” AND IN PARTICULAR AMENDING SECTION 4.02 “CITY MANAGER - APPOINTMENT; REMOVAL; COMPENSATION” PERTAINING TO APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF THE CITY MANAGER, AMENDING ARTICLE IV, ENTITLED “ADMINISTRATION,” AND IN PARTICULAR AMENDING SECTION 4.03 “ACTING CITY MANAGER” PERTAINING TO APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF THE ACTING CITY MANAGER; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE, WHEN ADOPTED, SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES ON THE NOVEMBER 2026 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT, AND IT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE AS PROVIDED BY LAW; PROVIDING FOR THE ADVERTISING OF THE REFERENDUM ELECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, AS WELL AS THE STATE OF FLORIDA ELECTION CODE; PROVIDING FOR CODIFICATION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, as amended, provides for a methodology of Charter amendments supplementary to and not in conflict with the Charter of the City of Pembroke Pines, Florida.
2. Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, as amended, provides that such an amendment may be submitted to a referendum vote by the City Commission of the City of Pembroke Pines, Florida, in an ordinance format.
3. The City Commission will hold a public hearing in accordance with Florida law during the Second and Final Reading.
4. At the June 17, 2026, Commission meeting, the City Commission approved a motion directing the City Attorney's Office to draft a second version of Proposed Ordinance No. 2026-03. Version 2 includes language requiring a four-fifths vote of the City Commis...
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