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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the CITY COMMISSION of the City of Sarasota, Florida will meet on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. in the Commission Chambers, City Hall, 1565 First Street, Sarasota, Florida. Starting at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, the Commission will open the scheduled Public Hearings in the order they appear on the Agenda. The following ordinance will be considered at the above scheduled meeting:
ORDINANCE NO. 16-5155
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SARASOTA, FLORIDA, CALLING A REFERENDUM OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE CITY CHARTER SHALL BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE THAT THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE OFFICE OF CITY COMMISSIONER SHALL BE HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER IN ALL EVEN NUMBERED YEARS; WITH NO PRELIMINARY OR FIRST ELECTION AND WITH NO MAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT FOR A CANDIDATE TO BE ELECTED; STATING THE REFERENDUM QUESTION AND TITLE; STATING THE TEXT OF THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT; STATING THE DATE ON WHICH THE REFERENDUM WILL BE HELD; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE CHARTER AMENDMENT, IF APPROVED; PROVIDING FOR THE READING OF THIS ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Said proposed ordinance is on file in the Office of the City Auditor and Clerk at City Hall at the above address for public inspection from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Interested persons are welcome to attend and may register to speak in respect to the above-proposed ordinance.
If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the board, agency, or commission with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he or she will need a record of the proceedings, and, for such purpose, he or she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.
Reasonable auxiliary aids and services will be made available to qualified disabled individuals to the extent that no undue financial or administrative burden results. Please advise the Office of the City Auditor and Clerk at least two (2) business days in advance as to the nature of the aid and/or service desired.
CITY OF SARASOTA
By: Pamela M. Nadalini, MBA, CMC
City Auditor and Clerk
January 8, 2016 16-00040S