§ 2-217. General requirements for advisory boards and committees.  


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  • This section is applicable to advisory boards and committees established by the city commission and is not applicable to quasi-judicial or regulatory boards of the city such as, but not limited to, the board of adjustment, cemetery system board of trustees, citizens police review board, civil service board, code enforcement board, general employees' retirement system board of trustees, historic preservation board, nuisance abatement board, planning and zoning board, police and firefighters' retirement system board of trustees, and unsafe structures board; unless otherwise provided, these boards shall be governed by their own enabling enactment.

    (a)

    The city commission may at any time create an advisory board, by ordinance, or a committee, by resolution, to act in an advisory capacity to the city commission or any department of the city government with respect to the conduct and management of any property or facility or in connection with any public functions of the city. The ordinance or resolution creating such advisory board or committee shall specify the powers and duties of such advisory board or committee, and the number and qualification of its members. The city commission may at any time, by ordinance, abolish any existing advisory board and may transfer the duties of same to any other board, committee, employee, or department. The city commission may at any time, by resolution, abolish any existing committee and may transfer the duties of same to any board, committee, employee, or department.

    (b)

    All rules and regulations of all advisory boards, or committees appointed or established by the city commission, to be effective, must be approved by resolution of the city commission, and a copy of such rules and regulations must be attached to the resolution approving same and must be available for public inspection at any time.

(Code 1953, §§ 1-10.1, 1-11, 1-12; Ord. No. C-1214, § 1, 4-3-56; Laws of Fla. Ch. 57-1322, § 151; Laws of Fla. Ch. 63-1335, § 38; Ord. No. C-77-158, § 1, 11-5-77; Ord. No. C-94-27, § 1, 7-6-94; Ord. No. C-96-49, § 1, 9-17-96; Ord. No. C-04-9, § 1, 3-16-04; Ord. No. C-11-03, § 1, 1-19-11 ; Ord. No. C-11-18, § 1, 8-23-11 ; Ord. No. C-15-26, § 2, 8-18-15 )

Editor's note

Laws of Florida chapter 57-1322 is the former City Charter. To the extent not inconsistent with the current Charter, section 11.01 of the current Charter converted the former City Charter into an ordinance.