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Home My WebLink AboutVI (C) Establish New Election Day, etc per House Bill 1273 AGENDA 12-5-95 ` ��e\ City coee Item VI C wo •� \O to I 150 N. Lakeshore Drive Jean Grafton r:fyOcoee, Florida 34761-2258 City Clerk ff*Of 0000�` (407) 656-2322 FAX (407) 656-5725 MEMORANDUM To: The Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners From: Jean Grafton, City Clerk Date: December 1, 1995 Re: Establish New Election Day per House Bill 1273 When Orange County Supervisor of Elections Betty Carter made it final and defmite that she would no longer provide the equipment for municipal elections during the months that she is conducting national, state, or county elections it became necessary for municipalities to choose a different time for their elections. As the City of Ocoee's election was set by Charter to be the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November (which is traditionally the general election date) this Commission asked that a special bill be passed allowing the election date to be changed without going to referendum. Now that the 1995 election process is completed, it is appropriate to take action on House Bill 1273 which was enacted June 17, 1995. A copy of the minutes showing Commission action and HB 1273 are attached. Also attached is a list showing the dates chosen by other Orange County municipalities. Choosing a date to coincide with the other municipalities will lessen our cost for each election. Action Requested: Please direct staff to prepare an ordinance to amend the Charter to provide for the following: 1. new election dates 2. new beginning dates for terms of office 3. extended or shortened terms for incumbents to coincide with such new election dates 4. new qualifying dates 5. new qualifying fees to comply with Florida Statutes. "PRIDE OF WEST ORANGE" 1, SUPERVISOR -21- -) ,\ OF ELECTIONS ORANGE COUNTY FLORIDA 129 July 20, 1995 JEAN GRAFTON, CITY CLERK RE: OCOEE COMMUNITY CENTER OCOEE CITY HALL 150 LAKESHORE DR OCOEE FL 32761 in the past, you have been among the civic-minded organizations and businesses which have let voters use your facility for elections. The purpose of this letter is to inform you of election dates for 1996, so the dates can be tentatively reserved. If you have problems with any of the dates, please notify Nancy Lord or Pat Keough immediately. In 1996, elections are scheduled on the following dates: March 12, 1996 Presidential Preference Primary September 3. 1996 First Primary Election October 1, 1996 Second Primary Election November 5, 1996 General Election As always, our workers will arrive at the polls at 6 A.M. election day, and may be there until late in the evening. The election process requires that the room not be used for any other purpose during the entire day and until ail have voted and results accounting is completed. It is ESSENTIAL to the election process that we have a telephone in the voting room for election use between at 6 A.M. and the time poll workers leave. Our drivers will need access to the polling place on the day before and the day after each election for equipment delivery and pick up. Later this fall, a member of my staff will visit your location to check the arrangements and complete a use agreement. I really appreciate your past assistance and future cooperation. Sincerely, Betty c.arter Supervisor of Elections BETTY CARTER • SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS 119 WEST KALEY STREET • ORLANDO FL 32806-3967 407/836-2070 • FAX 407/244-3399 Ocoee City Commission Regular Meeting September 20, 1994 20 as presented. Motion carried 5-0. DEL GUERCIO ESTATES-PRELIMINARY/FINAL SUBDIVISION PLANS AND FINAL PLAT. Planning Director Wagner presented the staff report and recommendation to approve subject to the items listed by City Attorney in a memo dated September 14, 1994. Those items included providing certain receipts and documents, relocating easements, and confirming that the legal description accurately identifies the property. The public hearing was opened. As no one wished to speak, the public hearing was closed. Commissioner Gleason, seconded by Commissioner Johnson, moved to approve staff recommendation as .resented. Motion carried 5-0. RECESS 10:35 P.M. TO 10:45 P.M. OTHER BUSINESS RESOLUTION NO. 94-16, ESTABLISHING RIGHT-OF-WAY UTILIZATION PERMIT FEES. This resolution was presented by title only. Commissioner Combs, seconded by Commissioner Gleason. moved to adopt Resolution No. 94-16 as presented. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION NO. 94-21, RELATING TO PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM FOR GENERAL EMPLOYEES. This resolution was presented by title only. Personnel Director Psaledakis thanked former Mayor Dabbs for his input and explained that this document reduces the employee performance evaluation manual to 2 pages. Mayor Vandergrift, seconded by Commissioner Combs, moved to adopt Resolution No. 94-21 as presented. Motion carried 5-0. RESOLUTION NO. 94-22, RELATING TO THE ACCRUAL OF INTEREST ON WATER/SEWER DEPOSITS,THE PAYMENT OR FORFEITURE OF THAT ACCRUED INTEREST, REFUND OF DEPOSITS AND/OR APPLICATION OF DEPOSIT UPON TERMINATION OF WATER/SEWER SERVICES. This resolution was presented by title only. Administrative Services Director Beamer gave the staff report. Commissioner Combs, seconded by Commissioner Gleason, moved to adopt Resolution No. 94-22 as presented. Motion carried 5-0. DIRECTION RE: CHARTER REFERENDUM REGARDING MUNICIPAL ELECTION DATE. Mr. Rosenthal presented his report on the options regarding the municipal election date. Commissioner Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Gleason, moved to leave the issue alone and ask the State to pass a special bill. Motion carried 5-0. 6 CHAPTER 515-130A-2-5 g5 - 485 house Bill Bo. 12.13 1 � �'3 A bill to be entitled 1 :btc 2 An act relating to the City of Ocoee, Orange 1 .1 3 County; providing the city commission with the 1 .2 4 authority, by ordinance and without referendum, 5 to amend the city's municipal charter, to 1 .3 6 provide for new election dates for municipal 7 elections and to further amend the city's 8 municipal charter to provide for new beginning 1 .4 9 dates for terms of office and to provide for 1 .5 10 extended or shortened terms for incumbents to 11 coincide with such new election dates; 1 .7 12 providing an effective date. 13 14 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 1 :enc 15 16 Section 1 . The City Commission of the City of Ocoee, 1 .9 17 hereinafter referred to as the "city," may, by ordinance and 1 :qq 18 without referendum, amend the city's municipal charter to 19 provide for such new regular municipal and run-off election 1 .12 20 dates as the city commission may determine. 21 Section 2. The city commission may, by ordinance and 1 .13 22 without referendum, amend the city's municipal charter to 1 .14 23 provide for new beginning dates for terms of office, solely 24 for the purpose of making same consistent with any new 1 .16 25 election dates adopted pursuant to section 1 hereof. 26 Section 3. The city commission may, by ordinance and 1 .17 27 without referendum, amend the city's municipal charter to 1 .18 28 provide for the shortening or lengthening of existing terms of 29 office of the mayor and city commissioners, solely for the 1 .20 30 purpose of making same consistent with any new beginning dates 1 .21 31 1 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. 515-130A-2-5 1 adopted pursuant to section 2 hereof. No term of office shall 1 .22 2 be extended or shortened by a period of more than 6 months. 3 Section 4. The authority granted hereby to the city 1 .23 4 commission to amend the city's municipal charter by ordinance 1 .24 5 and referendum pursuant to sections 1 , 2, and 3 hereof shall 6 extend only to one such municipal charter amendment. 1 .25 7 Section 5. This act shall take effect upon becoming a 1 .26 8 law. 9 :ecame a law without the Governor's approval JUN 1 7 1995 10 <. JUN 1 6 1995 Filed in Office Secretary of State 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 • 21 22 •• 23 .. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. wesivewemmmg.pcblEgEmgEmmmmmbitmmmgegEum J $0 V lints $4-vA cm.13-,-.f-� q ` atr- _ tOriba G/U1J anta 00 *---- - no. J NC QVC - ^blab antiM�Op wE rauSt ✓ ant Erpartntwnt of 'tate °V° Etuision of Elutions �nC QVC ;nom ant ()t I , SANDRA B . MORTHAM, Secretary of State of the State n.: * .'(.1,1'-' ) :tL of Florida , do hereby certify that the above and foregoing V o ant is a true and correct copy of Chapter 95-485, Laws of �gE 5fnC Florida , Acts of 1995 , as shown by the records of this IntC '�� : office . SVC Int Int QVC 7.-: J QVC ay. nt -,Iv! 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