O-2018-031 ORDINANCE NO. 2018 -03
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3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE MIAMI SHORES VILLAGE
4 COUNCIL OF MIAMI SHORES FLORIDA,
5 ESTABLISHING THE EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD;
6 PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, PROVIDING FOR
7 SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
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9 WHEREAS, Miami Shores Village (the "Village ") entered into an Education Compact with
10 Miami -Dade County Public Schools for the benefit of the students and residents of the Village to
11 address educational needs and enhance the learning opportunities; and
12 WHEREAS, the Education Compact contains provisions detailing activities and outcomes;
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14 WHEREAS, the Village Council desires to create a board for the purpose of exploring,
15 recommending, and facilitating ways and means to pursue implementation of the activities and
16 outcomes detailed in the Education Compact, attached hereto as Exhibit "A ", between Miami -
17 Dade County Public Schools and Miami Shores Village; and
18 WHEREAS, the Village Council finds that this ordinance is in the best interest and welfare
19 of the residents of the Village; and
20 WHEREAS, the Village Council desires to create the Education Advisory Board.
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22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Miami Shores Village Council that the Village
23 Code shall be hereby amended to create a new Chapter 2, Article 10 to read as follows:
24 ARTICLE 10 - EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD
25 Sec. 2 -126. Established; Mission; Membership; Meetings
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(a) There is established an Education Advisory Board for the Village, which shall
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consist of seven members chosen by the Village Council. The Village Council
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shall make reasonable effort to seek to appoint members with backgrounds in
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education, grant writing, public administration or such other backgrounds or
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experience as deemed consistent with the mission of the Education Advisory
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Board. The Parent Teacher Association (PTA) of Miami Shores Elementary
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may designate an ex- officio member to serve on the Education Advisory Board.
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All board members shall hold their office for a term of 2 -years from the date of
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their appointment except as provided herein below. Each board member shall
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hold office until his or her successor has been duly appointed, except when
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removed by the Village Council (and any member maybe removed at any time
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by majority vote of the Village Council). If any member fails to attend two of
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three successive meetings without cause or notice, the board shall declare the
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member's office vacant, and the village council shall promptly fill such vacancy
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for the remainder of the term.
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1 (b) The mission of the Education Advisory Board shall be to explore, recommend
2 and facilitate ways and means to pursue implementation of the activities and
3 outcomes detailed in the Education Compact between Miami -Dade County
4 Public Schools and Miami Shores Village. The Education Advisory Board shall
5 be an advisory board and shall report regularly to the Village Council, as and
6 when deemed appropriate, but at least annually.
7 (c) The Education Advisory Board may adopt its own rules of procedures and shall
8 meet when deemed necessary by the members thereof, but such meetings
9 shall occur at least quarterly. Such meetings shall be publically noticed a
10 reasonable period of time in advance of the meeting and shall be open to the
11 public. Minutes shall be kept of all meetings of the board.
12 (d) Nothing contained in these provisions shall be construed to constitute a
13 delegation of any legislative or fiscal authority by the Village Council to the
14 Education Advisory Board.
15 (e) As soon as practicable after the Village Council's appointment of the initial
16 members of the Education Advisory Board, all such members shall meet and
17 organize by electing one of their members as chairperson and such other
18 officers as they may deem necessary. At the initial organizational meeting of
19 the board members, the seven members appointed by the Village Council shall
20 draw lots to select three of the members to hold initial 3 -year terms, so as to
21 stagger the terms of such board members. All decisions by the Education
22 Advisory Board shall be by majority vote of the members then present and
23 voting. Four members of the Education Advisory Board shall constitute a
24 quorum and approval of any decision, proposal or measure by the board shall
25 require the affirmative votes of at least three members.
26 Section 1. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith or inconsistent herewith,
27 are hereby repealed, but only insofar as such ordinances may be inconsistent or in conflict with
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29 Section 2. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is held to be invalid or
30 unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, then said holding shall in no way effect the
31 validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, which shall be deemed to be severable
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33 Section 3. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption on second
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36 Passed on first reading this 9th day of January, 2018.
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38 Passed and adopted on second reading this 23rd day of January, 2018.
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FINAL VOTE AT ADOPTION:
Council Member Steven Zelkowitz
Council Member Jonathan Meltz
Council Member Alice Burch
Vice -Mayor Sean Brady
Mayor MacAdam Glinn
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