Title
Revising City Charter and City Code Sections by changing "Clerk of the Commission" to "City Clerk" (B)
ORDINANCE NO. 210562
An ordinance of the City of Gainesville, Florida, revising city charter and city code sections to conform to the charter amendment approved by voters on November 3, 2020 changing "clerk of the commission" to "city clerk"; updating or deleting obsolete provisions; correcting scrivener's errors; providing directions to the codifier; providing a severability clause; providing a repealing clause; and providing an immediate effective date.
Explanation
By adoption of Ordinance No. 191051, the City Commission directed that a proposed charter amendment to change the name of the charter officer "clerk of the commission" to "city clerk" be submitted to the electors for approval or disapproval at the November 2020 election.
The City Commission then adopted Resolution No. 200500 which adopted the report of the Alachua County Board of Canvassers for the City of Gainesville election held on November 3, 2020, which report shows that the City Charter Amendment to change the name of the charter officer "clerk of the commission" to "city clerk" passed.
In order to implement the Charter Amendment, certain sections of the Charter referencing "clerk of the commission" must be changed to "city clerk". In order to conform the Code of Ordinances to the Charter, certain sections of the Code referencing "clerk of the commission" must be changed to "city clerk". In addition, during the preparation of this ordinance, the City Attorney's Office also made other revisions in the sections of this ordinance to correct scrivener's errors and delete/revise obsolete provisions, including making language gender neutral. The references to "clerk of the commission" of the Land Development Code will be changed by separate ordinance.
Recommendation
The City Commission adopt the proposed ordinance.