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ORDINANCE 2024 - 6 1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, REPEALING CHAPTER 17 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, ENTITLED "COMPUTER USE AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS;" PROVIDING FOR REPEALER; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Chapter 17 of the Code of Ordinances was created pursuant to Ordinance No. 2001-120, enacted on May 17, 2001, for the purpose of providing "an efficient, cost effective, secure and standardized procedure for City Officials and employees with access to the Internet to set forth a policy delineated by Ordinance; and WHEREAS, Chapter 17 and its procedures and regulations apply only to "all employees of the City who have been given access to the Internet and computer network," and does not apply to the public at large; and WHEREAS, since the creation of Chapter 17, substantial advancement in technology and communications has occurred, along with unprecedented security risks that continue to promulgate daily, requiring a comprehensive update to the City's policies and procedures regarding such technology and communications, including cybersecurity; and WHEREAS, Chapter 17 and its dated policies and procedures are now obsolete; WHEREAS, in accordance with Sec. 282.3185, Florida Statutes, City Information Technology Director and Staff have painstakingly created comprehensive and substantial Information Technology and Cybersecurity Policies, which are necessarily internal to the City's operations, employees, and officials; WHEREAS, pursuant to Sec. 166.041(1)(a), Florida Statutes, an ordinance is defined as an "official legislative action of a governing body, which action is a regulation of a general and permanent nature and enforceable as a local law;" and WHEREAS, the City's Information Technology and Cybersecurity Policies, which apply only to internal City operations, employees, and officials, are not required to be "enforceable as a local law" and their publication'in the City's Code of Ordinances is thereby unnecessary and not required; and WHEREAS, since Chapter 17 is currently obsolete, and the City's new internal Information Technology and Cybersecurity Policies are not required to be published in the City's Code of Ordinances, the City Commission wishes to repeal Chapter 17 in its entirety; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:' 1 Additions to existing text are shown by underline, changes to existing text on second reading are shown by double underline, deletions on first reading are shown as StFikethFeugh and deletions on second reading are shown as Page 1 of 5