Thank you to everyone who signed the petition and attended both of the RB Town Commission meetings. It was a shining example of local advocacy at its BEST!!! I applaud all of you!
As you are aware by now, the Redington Beach Town Commissioners voted to move forward with their update to the ordinance which bans tents/canopies on all of Redington Beach (and allows condo associations to make their own decisions) . They voted to approve this even when it was very clear that the majority of RB citizens were NOT in favor of this update.
The vote went as follows:
- Mayor David Will-YES
- Vice Mayor Richard Cariello-NO
- Tim Kornijtschuk-YES
- Tim Thompson-ABSENT
- Jim Murray-ABSENT
As residents, we have the opportunity to exercise our right to repeal this update. Please see Sec. 19 of the Town Charter below:
Our next steps will be to generate the petition in the next few weeks and then garner the qualified signatures. TO SIGN THIS NEXT PETITION, YOU MUST BE A "qualified voters of the Town at the last preceding presidential election".
The following Facebook website will be used to communicate updates regarding this initiative. Please like and follow for updates.
Redington Beach Citizens for Change
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562053103979
IMPORTANT NOTE: We are NOT in support of anything that denies CUSTOMARY USAGE of our beaches and believe that all residents have rights to the beach. Our sole goal is to allow tents/canopies on Redington Beach.
Sec. 19. - Initiative and referendum.
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(a)
The qualified voters of the Town shall have the power, through petition, to propose ordinances to the Board of Commissioners and to propose repeal of any adopted ordinance by the Board of Commissioners, provided however, such power shall not extend to the budget or capital program or ordinance relating to the appropriation of money, levy of taxes or salaries of Town officials.
(b)
Such petition proposing the adoption of or repeal of an ordinance shall be signed by qualified voters of the Town equal in number to at least ten (10) per cent of the qualified voters of the Town at the last preceding presidential election and such petition shall be filed with the Town Clerk with notice of filing to the Mayor and the Board of Commissioners.
(c)
If the ordinance proposed for adoption or repeal in the petition submitted fails to be adopted or repealed by the Board of Commissioners within sixty (60) days after the petition is deemed sufficient by the Town Clerk, then the Board of Commissioners shall fix a date for the holding of a referendum election not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months from the date on which the petition was validated by the Town Clerk. If no regular Town election is held within the prescribed time, the Board shall provide for a special election.
(d)
If a majority of the voters approve the proposed ordinance or approve the repeal of the existing ordinance, it shall be considered approved or repealed, as the case may be, upon certification of the election results and shall be treated in all respects and in the same manner as if said ordinance had been duly acted upon by the Board of Commissioners. The petition to be circulated shall have attached to it the full text of the proposed ordinance or the ordinance sought to be repealed. Each person signing said petition shall be a registered voter and shall sign in ink his name, residence address, voting precinct and the date of his signature. The circulator of the petition must affix thereto a notarized oath that he or she witnessed each signature and that it is a genuine signature of the voter named. All signatures must be obtained within a period of sixty (60) days and the petition must be filed with the Town Clerk within sixty-one (61) days from the earliest date listed thereon, and the petition shall be validated by the Town Clerk.
(Ord. No. 76-4, § 19, 8-10-76)