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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section C-19 C. of the Ocoee City Charter, the City Commission
approved of Ordinance 2024-05, which proposed certain amendments to Sections C-9, C-10, and
C-17 of the Ocoee City Charter for qualified voters of the City to consider in a referendum; and
WHEREAS, Section 7.2 of Ordinance 2024-05 authorized "City Staff, under direction of
the City Manager ... to take such actions as are necessary and advisable to effect and carry out this
Ordinance and the ... election provided for herein, including working with the Orange County
Supervisor of Elections to put the questions set forth herein on the ballot at the next general city
election after the effective date of this Ordinance, on November 5, 2024 or as otherwise set by the
City Commission"; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Supervisor of Elections advised the City that, due to the
length of the November 5, 2024 election ballot, municipalities could not add referendum questions
to the ballot; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Supervisor of Elections advised that the City of Ocoee
voters could vote on the referendum questions on the Regular Municipal Election Day, expected to
take place on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, or on such other day the Orange County Supervisor of
Elections may set in March 2025.
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SECTION 1. Authority. The City Commission of the City of Ocoee has
the authority to adopt this Resolution pursuant to: (1) Article VIII of the Constitution of the State
of Florida; (2) Chapter 166, Florida Statutes; (3) Section C-49 of the Ocoee City Charter, which
states, "The City Commission may set the dates of elections ... by resolution or ordinance"; and
(4) Ordinance 2024-05, which specifically authorizes the City Commission to change the date of
the vote on the proposed Charter amendments.
SECTION 2. Regular Municipal Election �Date. The City Commission
of the City of Ocoee hereby adopts the Regular Municipal Election Day, expected to take place
on March 11, 2025, or on such other date the Orange County Supervisor of Elections may set in
March 2025, as the date for the City's qualified voters to vote in a referendum on proposed
amendments to Sections C-9, C-10, and C-17 of the Ocoee City Charter. The City Commission
hereby authorizes the City Clerk, under the direction of the City Manager, to work with the
Orange County Supervisor of Elections to put the questions set forth in Ordinance 2024-05 on
the ballot in March 2025.
SECTION 3. Severability, If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this Resolution 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 portions hereto.
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SECTION 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective
immediately upon passage and adoption.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this /,'5� day of &A tXK 2024.
Melanie Sibbitt, City C1er1�
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