HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-005-407 Amending Holidays and Gen Election Day City Holiday ORDINANCE NO. 2019-005-407
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
GARDENS, FLORIDA, AMENDING ARTICLE IV, DIVISION 1, SEC. 2-
377.— HOLIDAYS BY DESIGNATING EACH STATE PRIMARY DAY AND
GENERAL ELECTION DAY AS AN OFFICIAL CITY HOLIDAY FOR ALL
NONESSENTIAL AND NON-PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES;
PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in 2005, the City of Miami Gardens City Council Approved Article IV,
Division 1, Sec. 2-377.— Holidays, which established official City holidays, and
WHEREAS, when the first law designating Election Day as the first Tuesday after
the first Monday in November was passed in 1845, every state, except South Carolina,
selected its presidential electors by popular vote and had considerable flexibility in
deciding when to hold its elections, and
WHEREAS, America's election schedule makes it an outlier among the majority of
advanced industrial democracies who customarily hold their national elections on
weekends or designate weekday elections as national holidays, and
WHEREAS, designating each state primary day and general election day as an
official city holiday for all nonessential and non-public safety employees will assist in
combatting the low voter participation that threatens to erode the responsiveness of our
government and legitimacy of our laws.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS: The foregoing Whereas
paragraphs are hereby rated and confirmed as being true, and the same are hereby made
a specific part of this Ordinance.
Section 2. AMENDMENT: Article IV, Division 1, Sec. 2-377.— Holidays is hereby
amended as follows:
Sec. 2-377. - Holidays.
(a) Intent. The city council deems it appropriate to establish official city holidays to
designate the days that city hall will be officially closed.
(b) Establishment. The following days are hereby established as official
city holidays:
New Year's Day January 1
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Third Monday in
Birthday January
Presidents Day Third Monday in
February
Memorial Day Last Monday in May
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day First Monday in
September
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Columbus Day Second Monday in
October
Veterans Day November 11
Thanksgiving Day Fourth Thursday in November
Day after Thanksgiving Fourth Friday in
November
Christmas Day , December 25
State Primary Day Third Tuesday of March (Presidential)
10 Weeks before the General Election (Non-
Presidential)
General Election Day Tuesday following the first Monday in November
When Christmas falls on a Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday, the holiday will be
granted on the Monday and Tuesday. When Christmas falls on a Thursday,
Friday, or Saturday, the holiday will be granted on the Thursday and Friday.
When Christmas falls on a Wednesday, the holiday will be granted on the
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Section 3. CONFLICT: All ordinances or Code provisions in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
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Section 4. SEVERABILITY: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by
any 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
portions of this Ordinance.
Section 5. INCLUSION IN CODE: It is the intention of the City Council of the
City of Miami Gardens that the provisions of this Ordinance shall become and be made a
part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Miami Gardens and that the section of this
Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the word "Ordinance" may be changed
to "Chapter," "Section," "Article" or such other appropriate word or phrase, the use of
which shall accomplish the intentions herein expressed.
Section 6. EFFECTIVE DATE: This Ordinance shall become effective
immediately upon its final passage.
PASSED ON FIRST READING ON THE 8th DAY OF MAY, 2019.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on second reading this 12T" day of JUNE, 2019.
CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA
By: —Q �
OLIVER GILBERT, III, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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MARIO BATAILLE, CMC, CITY CLERK
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REVIEWED BY: SONJA KNIGHTON DICKENS, ESQ., CITY ATTORNEY
SPONSORED BY: OLIVER GILBERT, MAYOR
Moved by: Councilwoman Odom
Second by: Mayor Gilbert
VOTE: 6-1
Mayor Oliver Gilbert, III X (Yes) (No)
Vice Mayor Rodney Harris X (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Katrina Wilson X (Yes) (No)
Councilman Erhabor Ighodaro, Ph.D. X (Yes) (No)
Councilwoman Lillie Q. Odom X (Yes) (No)
Councilman Reggie Leon X (Yes) (No)
Councilman David Williams Jr (Yes) X (No)
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