In the 2024 general election, voters in Atlantic Beach will face choices on six referendums, each proposing changes to the city’s charter. Three of them relate to elections in some way, and others deal with environmental stewardship, residency requirements for commissioners, and public parks.
Atlantic Beach Referendum 1: Proposed amendment to the Atlantic Beach city charter adding environmental stewardship to its powers
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“Shall the Powers set forth in Section 9 of the Atlantic Beach City Charter be modified to add that the City Commission shall have the authority to, as permitted by law, protect and preserve the City’s beaches, marshes, maritime tree canopy, and property through environmental stewardship, be adopted?”
- Yes
- No
Atlantic Beach Referendum 2: Proposed amendments to the Atlantic Beach city charter to modify City Commission election procedures
“Shall the City Commission election procedures set forth in Sections 40 and 41 of the Atlantic Beach City Charter be modified to add a requirement to hold primary elections when more than two candidates are running for the same Commission seat, and further, that references to “primary” elections, and the timing of newly elected Commissioners taking their seat, be added to Sections 12, 14 and 39 of the Charter, be adopted?”
- Yes
- No
Atlantic Beach Referendum 3: Proposed amendments to the Atlantic Beach city charter modifying the residency requirement for City Commission
“Shall the qualifications provisions set forth in Section 6 of the Atlantic Beach City Charter be modified to require that a full-time resident and elector seeking to run for city commission must reside in the City of Atlantic Beach for at least four (4) years (instead of two (2) years) prior to qualification, be adopted?”
- Yes
- No
Atlantic Beach Referendum 4: Proposed amendments to the Atlantic Beach city charter to modify Charter Review Committee procedures
“Shall the City Commission charter review committee procedures set forth in Section 81 of the Atlantic Beach City Charter be modified to clarify that the placement of any charter amendments are voted on in the general election (rather than the primary election), to change the appointment timing of the charter review committee members to February (rather than January), and to change the legislative manner in which the City Commission considers charter amendments from resolution to ordinance, be adopted?”
- Yes
- No
Atlantic Beach Referendum 5: Proposed amendment to the Atlantic Beach city charter to clarify City Clerk duties
“Shall the City Clerk duties set forth in Section 28 of the Atlantic Beach City Charter be modified to clarify that the City Clerk serves as the “filing officer” for city elections (and not as the “supervisor of elections”), be adopted?”
- Yes
- No
Atlantic Beach Referendum 6: Proposed amendment to the Atlantic Beach city charter requiring referendum for the disposition of parks
“Shall the Powers set forth in Section 9 of the Atlantic Beach City Charter be modified to require that the sale or other disposition of public parks within the City be approved only through a referendum vote of the electors (instead of by a unanimous vote of the entire city commission), be adopted?”
- Yes
- No