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11-44B-6
Section 11-44B-6 Meetings; quorum; majority vote requirements; procedure for adoption of ordinances
and resolutions; approval or veto of mayor; record of proceedings; power of council as to
city employees; all powers of city vested in council. (a) The council shall hold regular public
meetings at least once a week at some regular hour to be fixed by the council. The council
may hold such adjourned, called, or other meetings as may be necessary or convenient. (b)
All council meetings shall comply with the applicable law concerning open or public meetings.
(c) A majority of the elected membership of the council shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of any and every power conferred upon the council. For the purposes of determining
a quorum, the mayor shall not be counted. (d) The affirmative vote of a majority of the council
members present, and the mayor in the event of a tie, as provided by this article, shall be
sufficient for the passage of any resolution, bylaw, or ordinance,...
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11-43A-103
Section 11-43A-103 Continuation of contracts; completion of public improvements. All contracts
and other obligations entered into by the municipality, or for its benefit, prior to the adoption
by the municipality of the council-manager form of government under this article shall continue
in full force and effect. Public improvements for which legislative steps have been taken
under laws existing at the time the council-manager form of government under this article
is made effective shall be carried to completion in accordance with the provisions of such
existing laws. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §34.)...
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11-43B-22
Section 11-43B-22 Continuance in office of persons under existing civil service system; chapter
not to supersede existing civil service system. Any person holding an office or position in
the civil service of the municipality under any civil service or merit system applicable to
the municipality when the mayor-council form of government shall be adopted shall continue
to hold such office in the civil service of the municipality under the mayor-council form
of government and with the same status, rights, and privileges and subject to the same conditions
under such applicable civil service system. Where there is an existing civil service act,
then that act shall remain in full force and effect and this chapter shall not supersede,
modify, or repeal said civil service act. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-926, p. 213, §22.)...
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11-43A-20
Section 11-43A-20 Clerk of municipality; when subject to civil service or merit system; duties.
If the clerk of any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government holds
office subject to any civil service or merit system, such clerk shall continue to be the clerk
under the council-manager form of government of such municipality, and his successor shall
be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil service or merit system.
If the clerk of the municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government does
not hold office subject to any civil service or merit system, the council shall elect the
clerk by a majority vote of those members elected to the council. The clerk shall give notice
of the meetings of the council and shall keep the journal of its proceedings which shall be
authenticated by his signature. He shall record in full in said journal all ordinances or
resolutions and the minutes of all meetings of the council. He shall perform...
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11-43A-115
Section 11-43A-115 Adoption of form of government by majority of votes. If the majority of
votes are in favor of the council-manager form of government, then the council-manager form
of government under this article shall, without further action, be adopted (or continued,
if then currently in effect) by the municipality on the first Monday in October following
the next regularly scheduled municipal election. If the majority of votes are in favor of
the mayor-council form of government, then the mayor-council form of government as prescribed
in Section 11-43-1 et seq., shall, without further action, be adopted by the municipality
on the first Monday in October following the next regularly scheduled municipal election,
and this article shall no longer apply. If the mayor-council form of government is so adopted,
then municipalities having a council elected from seven single-member districts shall continue
to have seven districts with the same boundaries. Under such circumstances, there...
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11-43A-86
Section 11-43A-86 Clerk of municipality; when subject to civil service or merit system; duties.
If the clerk of any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government under
this article holds office subject to any civil service law or merit system, such clerk shall
continue to be the clerk under the council-manager form of government hereunder, and his successor
shall be selected and hold office subject to the provisions of such civil service law or merit
system. If the clerk of any municipality which adopts the council-manager form of government
under this article does not hold office subject to any civil service law or merit system,
the council shall elect the clerk by a majority vote of the whole qualified membership of
the council. The clerk shall give notice of the meetings of the council and shall keep the
journal of its proceedings, which shall be authenticated by his signature. He shall record
in full in said journal all ordinances, resolutions and minutes of all...
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11-43A-77
Section 11-43A-77 Population of districts; designation and boundaries specifically described;
municipalities having seven council districts prior to effective date. The seven council districts
shall have, as nearly as is reasonable, the same population according to the last federal
decennial census. The designation and boundaries of the districts shall be specifically described
and set forth. With respect to municipalities already having seven council districts prior
to the effective date of the council-manager form of government under this article, such municipalities
shall continue after such effective date to have the same seven districts with the same boundaries,
and any ordinance or ordinances creating such districts shall continue in full force and effect
unless and until changed or repealed by the council. (Acts 1991, No. 91-545, p. 973, §8.)...
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11-40-10
Section 11-40-10 Police jurisdiction; force and effect of ordinances; jurisdiction on islands
and offshore water adjacent to Florida; annexations. (a)(1) The police jurisdiction in municipalities
having 6,000 or more inhabitants shall cover all adjoining territory within three miles of
the corporate limits, and in municipalities having less than 6,000 inhabitants and in towns,
the police jurisdiction shall extend also to the adjoining territory within a mile and a half
of the corporate limits of the municipality or town. (2) After May 12, 2016, and in addition
to any other requirements of this section, any extension of the police jurisdiction of any
municipality as otherwise provided in subdivision (1) shall not be effective beyond the corporate
boundaries of the municipality without an affirmative vote of the municipal governing body.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, this subdivision shall not affect the boundaries of the police
jurisdiction of a municipality existing on May 12, 2016....
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11-43A-28
Section 11-43A-28 Qualifications of city manager; duties; designation or appointment of administrative
officer to perform duties of manager during temporary absence or disability. The city manager
shall be chosen by the council solely on the basis of his executive and administrative qualifications
with special reference to his actual experience in, or his knowledge of, accepted practice
in respect to the duties of his office as hereinafter set forth. At the time of his appointment,
he may but need not be a resident of the municipality or state, but during his tenure of office
he shall reside within the municipality. The city manager shall be the head of the administrative
branch of the municipal government. He shall be responsible to the council for the proper
administration of all affairs of the municipality and, subject to the provisions of any civil
service or merit system law applicable to such municipality and except as otherwise provided
herein, he shall have power and shall be...
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11-44D-4
Section 11-44D-4 Mayor-council form of government. If a majority of the qualified electors
voting in the referendum provided herein choose a mayor-council form of government, the following
provisions of this chapter shall be applicable: (1) The municipality shall thereafter and
as provided in this chapter be governed by a mayor elected at-large and a five-member council
elected from single-member districts, which municipality shall have the same powers and duties
as herein enumerated and as other mayor-council municipalities organized under Chapter 43,
Title 11, and any other powers and duties not inconsistent with this chapter which may be
now or hereafter granted to such municipality. (2) The council shall include five members
who shall be elected from districts, which shall be, as near as practicable, of equal population
according to the last federal decennial census, but not more than five percent, more or less,
than the average of the five districts. (3) The council members shall...
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