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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-09-1988 Canvassing Board Minutes . - . MINUTES OF CITY OF OCOEE CANVASSING BOARD MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 9, 1988 The meeting was called to order at 12 o'clock noon by Mayor Ison in the conference room. Mayor Ison stated that, although in the past candidates had not been a part of the canvassing board, there was nothing in the charter which would indicate that they should not be present. Mayor Ison then instructed the commissioners to open the envelopes and place the unmarked sealed envelopes containing the ballots in front of him and that any inside envelope that was not sealed was considered an invalid vote. PRESENT: Mayor Ison, Commissioners Bateman, Dabbs, Hager Johnson, Candidate Vern Combs, Acting City Manager Finch, Clerk Grafton and City Of the ballots received by the Supervisor of Elections there were 98 properly signed on the outside, one with no signature and two with signatures in the wrong place. After the outside envelopes were opened, there were three with unsealed privacy envelopes and eight with no privacy envelope, leaving 87 ballots to be counted. The 87 ballots were opened and counted by the board. The count was as follows: Seat #1 - Bracknell 22, Johnson 56 and 9 no vote; Seat #3 - Combs 24, Murnane 36, Wix 10 and 17 no vote; Amendment #1 - yes 52, no 31 and 4 no vote; Amendment #2 - yes 49, no 37 and 1 no vote; Amendment #3 - yes 32, no 52 and 3 no vote. The final tabulations counting the machine votes and the absentees were as follows: SEAT #1 MACHINE Pct 99 Pct 100 579 423 739 914 ABSENTEE TOTAL Bracknell Johnson 22 56 1024 1709 SEAT #3 Combs Murnane Wix 479 689 24 1192 640 527 36 1203 177 90 10 277 882 868 52 1802 391 419 31 841 736 692 49 1477 535 583 37 1155 522 521 32 1075 766 777 52 1595 Charter Amndmnt #1 yes no Amndmnt #2 yes no Amndmnt #3 yes no The Canvassing Board certified the results and declared Johnson winner for Seat #1 and Dabbs elected for Seat #2 by virtue of no opposition. A runoff election was scheduled for November 22, 1988 to determine the winner for Seat #3 as neither of the leading candidates received a majority of the votes cast. - . -- Page 2 City Commission Canvassing Board November 9, 1988 The Charter revision, which was Amendment Amendment #2, for single-member districts, Amendment #3, for four-year terms for mayor not pass. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m. Attest: #1, passed. Charter also passed. Charter and commissioners, did ::IL f2 j}~ Mayor Ison . COMMISSIONERS RUSTY JOHNSON LESTER DABBS, JR. JOH N BATEMAN VARD J. HAGER CITYOFOCOEE 150 N. LAKESHORE DRIVE OCOEE, FLORIDA 32761 THOMAS R. ISON TELEPHONE (407) 656-2322 MAYOR. COMMISSIONER f~\ '\ J · "ceNn",,\~. CITY MANAGER acOEE TEDDY C. RYAN, JR. A BICENTENNIAL COMMUNITY OATH OF OFFICE . I, LESTER DABBS, JR _ do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States of America and the State of Florida against all enemies, domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, loyalty, and allegiance to the same, that I am entitled to hold office under the Constitution; that I will faithfully perform all duties of the office of Commissioner of the City of Ocoee, which I am about to enter, so help me God. .~ this . "CENTER OF GOOD LIVING - THE PRIDE OF WEST ORANGE" . COMMISSIONERS RUSTY JOHNSON LESTER DABBS, JR. JOH N BATEMAN VARD J. HAGER CITY OF OCOEE 150 N.LAKESHORE DRIVE OCOEE, FLORIDA 32761 THOMAS R. ISON TELEPHONE (407) 656-2322 MAYOR' COMMISSIONER ."'ii'./\ ! ~\ 5 ~ ~ '\ J · "ct'Nn,!Il',,,Y. CITY MANAGER OCOEE TEDDY C. RYAN, JR. A BICENTENNIAL COMMUNITY OATH OF OFFICE . I, RUSTY .10HNSON do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States of America and the State of Florida against all enemies, domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, loyalty, and allegiance to the same, that I am entitled to hold office under the Constitution; that I will faithfully perform all duties of the office of Commissioner of the City of Ocoee, which I am about to enter, so help me God. Sworn to and subscribed before me 9Th day of November, 1988. City ~ ~ . "CENTER OF GOOD LIVING - THE PRIDE OF WEST ORANGE"