12-1372 Submitting to Electors in Referendum Vote a Charter Amendment re City Manager

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The City Commission shall appoint a City Manager for an indefinite term by a majority vote of all of the Commissioners and fix his or her compensation. The City Manager shall be appointed on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications. The City Manager need not be a resident of the City or state at the time of the appointment but shall become a resident of the City of Casselberry, Florida, within six months from the effective date of the appointment to the position of City Manager, unless this requirement is otherwise suspended by affirmative vote of four (4) or more Commission members. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall not take effect unless the same is approved by a majority of the electors in the City of Casselberry voting at the August 14, 2012 regular election, held within Seminole County and submitted to the electors in such election in substantially the following form: QUALIFICATIONS OF CITY MANAGER Shall the City Charter be amended to continue to provide that the City Manager must be a resident of the City, but also allow the City Commission, by supermajority vote of four commissioners, to waive that requirement on a case by case basis? YES for approval ❑ NO for rejection ❑ SECTION 4. The City Clerk is hereby directed to ensure that all advertising, translation and notice requirements are complied with and to coordinate all activities necessary to conduct the referendum election called in Section 1 of this Ordinance with the Supervisor of Elections for Seminole County to place the above - described questions on the ballot for referendum election to be held on August 14, 2012, or as otherwise worded in an enabling resolution of the City Commission as may be needed to conform to the requirements of the Florida Election Code or to better state the proposals submitted to the electors of the City of Casselberry. SECTION 5. The proposed amendments, the ballot titles and the wording of the substance of the proposed amendments to the Charter, as contained in this Ordinance, shall appear on the ballot in the form of questions as set forth in Section 3 of this Ordinance. SECTION 6. Conflicts. All Ordinances and Charter provisions or parts of Ordinances and Charter provisions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 7. 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 portion hereto. Further, the lack of approval by a majority of electors of one or more separate amendments to this Charter, as set forth in Section 2 2