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Hollywood commission enacts emergency ordinance after flawed ballot summary for charter lease rule
Summary
After staff discovered a misdrafted 75‑word ballot summary that omitted critical details about lease and referendum thresholds in a proposed Article 13 charter amendment, the Hollywood City Commission voted unanimously Oct. 1 to adopt an emergency ordinance that implements the Charter Review Committee’s intended language and sunsets when the election results are certified or the matter can be properly re‑submitted for a future ballot.
The Hollywood City Commission on Oct. 1 moved to mitigate voter confusion and legal risk after the city attorney acknowledged an error in the 75‑word ballot summary for a proposed charter amendment about limits on sale or lease of city property.
The commission adopted an emergency ordinance that codifies the Charter Review Committee’s intended changes to Article 13 of the city charter — the language commissioners said was missing from the printed ballot summary — and places those changes in the city code with a sunset tied to certification of election results by the Broward County canvassing board or until the next appropriate election.
Why it matters: The contested text governs whether leases or sales of certain city‑owned…
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