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Summary Minutes:Regular City Commission Meeting March 20,2003 City of Sunny Isles Beach,Florida <br /> Service", that no Commissioner may serve for more than two (2) elected terms during <br /> his/her lifetime, and that Commissioners Kauffman and Iglesias have already gone <br /> through two elected terms and asked if this prohibits them from running. City Attorney <br /> Dannheisser said that this does not pertain to the transition provisions in the original <br /> Charter,which staggered the terms, so they each receive ten years,and that this is on a go- <br /> forward basis. Mayor Samson said that the way it is worded, they can only go for two <br /> elected terms, and that the wording should be changed. George "Bud" Scholl, <br /> Chairperson of the Charter Revision Commission, said that if the City Attorney feels that <br /> it is appropriate to clean the language up, to clear up the ambiguity, she can do that. He <br /> said it was the impression of the Charter Revision Commission that this was not applying <br /> to the existing elected officials that have a carve-out for a half period because of the <br /> transition provisions. <br /> City Attorney Dannheisser said that the City Commission has the authority to make this <br /> kind of change without convening the Charter Revision Commission again, so long as it <br /> furthers their intent of the provision. City Attorney Dannheisser proposed to add"...for <br /> more than two elected four-year terms." Vice Mayor Edelcup said as long as it says, <br /> "except for the transitory provisions that still apply", than you are okay. City Attorney <br /> Dannheisser agreed with Vice Mayor Edelcup, and said that we do have a clean-up <br /> provision, wherein we are eliminating the transition provisions, except for Section 8.3, <br /> and then we solve the problem. <br /> City Attorney Dannheisser explained that the Ordinance adopts the Charter changes as <br /> they are to be made if they are voted on, and the Resolution sets forth the Election date <br /> and puts it before the people in the ballot form. The Ordinance on page 3,Section 2.3,has <br /> the actual Charter language as it will appear, should the population vote for these changes. <br /> The question that we are looking at is contained in the Resolution,which is going to set it <br /> on the ballot and that particular provision doesn't contain the exact language but poses the <br /> question, "Shall this be adopted or eliminated?" In both cases we would add in two <br /> elected"four-year"terms or we add back that particular transition provision,but the actual <br /> language of the Charter itself is in the Ordinance, and the ballot question is on page 3 of <br /> the Resolution. <br /> Mayor Samson said that when we became a City, a promise was made to maintain the Fire <br /> Department in such a way that only the people,by referendum,could nullify the deal with <br /> the Fire Department,and asked Mr. Scholl why we are changing it. Mr. Scholl said it was <br /> to give the City options and flexibility for the future, should something go wrong. <br /> Mayor Samson asked Mr. Scholl if he promised to have education for the voters such as <br /> town hall meetings, where the people can voice their opinion and ask questions, and he <br /> said yes. <br /> City Attorney Dannheisser clarified the title of the Ordinance — 8 lines down, "...no <br /> person shall serve as Mayor for more than two elected four-year terms and no person shall <br /> 4 <br />