HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-020 Resolution Disbanding the Community Grant Review Board RESOLUTION NO. 2018-020
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA,
REPEALING RESOLUTION 2008-12 AND ALL
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS IN THEIR ENTIRETY,
AND DISBANDING THE CITY OF OCOEE
COMMUNITY GRANT REVIEW BOARD; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, Article II, Section C-8.0 of the Charter of the City of Ocoee, Florida,
provides that the City of Ocoee has the power to create boards, commissions and committees to
advise and assist the City in carrying out municipal functions; and
WHEREAS, on January 15, 2002, the City Commission approved establishing the
Community Merit Awards Program to serve as a permanent advisory body to the City
Commission; and
WHEREAS, on September 16, 2008, the City Commission approved Resolution 2008-
12, wherein the City Commission established officers and amended the by-laws for the
Community Grant Review Board (formerly the Community Merit Awards Program); and
WHEREAS, at the Tentative Budget Hearing on September 12, 2018, the City
Commission, by consensus, agreed that the Community Grant Review Board should be
disbanded, and approved removing the funds budgeted under the Community Grant Review
Board to the Contingency Fund; and
WHEREAS the City Commission of the City of Ocoee determines it is in the best
interest of the City to disband the Community Grant Review Board at this time.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF OCOEE, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Authority. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has the authority to
adopt this Resolution pursuant to Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of Florida, Article
II, Section C-8.0 of the Charter of the City of Ocoee, Florida and Chapter 166, Florida Statutes.
SECTION 2. Community Grant Review Board. Effective October 2, 2018, the
Community Grant Review Board is disbanded. Resolution 2008-12 and all amendments thereto
are hereby repealed. The City Clerk is directed to notify the members of the Community Grant
Review Board of this action.
SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or
portion of this Resolution is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of
competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct, and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion hereto.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon
passage and adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this �,
p��day of October, 2018.
CITY OF OCOEE
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Rusty Johntis1. • . •
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Melanie Sibbitt, City Clerk
(SEAL)
APPROVED BY THE CITY OF OCOEE
COMIMIM IN A MEETING HELD ON
oe, 2018
UNDER AGENDA ITEM NO. y
FOR USE AND RELIANCE ONLY BY
THE CITY OF OCOEE,FLORIDA;
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND
LEGALITY this 221/' day of
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SHUFFIELD, LOWMAN & WILSON, P.A.
By:
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