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Home My WebLink About2016 09 12 Informational 202 Winter Springs Election - Qualifying Period ResultsCOMMISSION AGENDA ITEM 202 September 12, 2016 Regular Meeting REQUEST: Citv Clerk wishes to inform the Ci ovember 8, 2016 City SYNOPSIS: Informational X Consent Public Hearings Regular KS City Manager ALLL Department Commission of the Candidates that have Qualified inter Springs unicipal Election. Each year that a General Municipal Election for the City of Winter Springs is held, the City has a Qualifying Period for individuals to Qualify who are interested in running for Elected Office in the City. This year, Seats One, Three, and Five are up for Election. Seat One: Currently held by Deputy Mayor /Commissioner Jean Hovey Seat Three: Currently held by Commissioner Pam Carroll Seat Five: Currently held by Commissioner Joanne M. Krebs (termed out) The results in this Agenda Item are from the City's Qualifying Period. For the November 8, 2016 City of Winter Springs' General Municipal Election, the Qualifying Period was recently held from Noon on Monday, August 29, 2016 until Noon on Friday, September 2, 2016. CONSIDERATIONS: As noted in the Winter Springs Charter: Section 4.03. - Election and terms. (a) The regular election of mayor and commissioners shall be held at the time provided for in Section 8.01 of this Charter. All elections shall be for four -year terms of office. The terms of the mayor and commissioner shall begin at the next scheduled Informational 202 PAGE 1 OF 3 - September 12, 2016 regular or special meeting of the city commission of each year an election is held, and its members shall serve until their successors have taken office. (b) City commission seats are hereby designated as seats one, two, three, four and five. (c) The mayor shall be limited to three (3) consecutive full terms of office. Commission members shall be limited to three (3) consecutive full terms of office. The mayor or any commission member who has served three (3) consecutive full terms of office after having been out of office for a period of one (1) year, shall be eligible for election to successive three (3) consecutive full terms of office; provided however, this limitation shall not prohibit a person who has served three (3) consecutive full terms of office as mayor from qualifying and being elected as a commission member; nor shall this limitation prohibit a person who has served three (3) consecutive full terms of office as a commission member from qualifying and being elected as mayor of the city. And as noted in the Winter Springs Code of Ordinances: Sec. 2 -87. - Qualification of candidates. Each candidate seeking the office of city commissioner or mayor or any other elective office of the city shall file a petition signed by fifteen (15) registered voters of the city with the city clerk. Each candidate seeking the office of city commissioner or mayor of any other elective office of the city shall have resided in the city one (1) year prior to the time of qualifying. Each candidate seeking the office of city commissioner shall be a resident of a designated commission district as established by ordinance and shall have resided in the designated commission district six (6) months prior to the time of qualifying. Notwithstanding the above requirement, city commissioners shall run at large as commission candidates under district designation. All candidates for offices in municipal elections shall be registered and qualified electors of the city at the time of their qualifying as a candidate with the city clerk and shall file qualifying papers in accordance with state statutes and pay the qualifying fee and election assessment provided for in section 2 -88. Such application shall be filed and the qualifying fee paid during regular business hours any time after 12:00 noon on the first filing date, which shall be seventy -one (71) calendar days prior to the municipal election, but not later than 12:00 noon on the sixty- seventh (67) calendar day prior to the municipal election. In the event, the first or last filing date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, then the subject filing date shall be rescheduled to the next regular business day. Specifically, the QUALIFYING PERIOD for the City of Winter Springs' 2016 Municipal Election: Qualifying Period Began: Monday, August 29, 2016 at 12:00 p.m./Noon: Qualifying Period ENDED: Friday, September 2, 2016 at 12:00 p.m./Noon Qualifying Packets were available late afternoon on Thursday, August 11, 2016 and anyone who had noted an interested in being notified or was a Candidate were informed on Thursday, August 11, 2016. Qualifying Packets were given out upon any request. This Agenda Item is informing the City Commission of the results from Qualifying for the November 8, 2016 City of Winter Springs General Municipal Election. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no Fiscal Impact related to the approval of this Agenda Item. Informational 202 PAGE 2 OF 3 - September 12, 2016 COMMUNICATION EFFORTS: This Agenda Item has been electronically forwarded to the Mayor and City Commission, City Manager, City Attorney /Staff, and is available on the City's Website, LaserFiche, and the City's Server. Additionally, portions of this Agenda Item are typed verbatim on the respective Meeting Agenda which has also been electronically forwarded to the individuals noted above, and which is also available on the City's Website, LaserFiche, and the City's Server; has been sent to applicable City Staff, Media/Press Representatives who have requested Agendas /Agenda Item information, Homeowner's Associations/Representatives on file with the City, and all individuals who have requested such information. This information has also been posted outside City Hall, posted inside City Hall with additional copies available for the General Public, and posted at six (6) different locations around the City. Furthermore, this information is also available to any individual requestors. City Staff is always willing to discuss this Agenda Item or any Agenda Item with any interested individuals. Official Notice of the Results from the Qualifying Period were provided to the Candidates who Qualified, as well as the Supervisor of Elections for Seminole County; and were sent to the Winter Springs Mayor and City Commission, City Manager, City Attorney, Staff, and also posted in the Lobby at Winter Springs' City Hall. RECOMMENDATION: guests the City Commission receive and review the information provided in this Item.,. ATTACHMENTS: Attachment - September 2, 2016 Official Notice of Qualifying Results Informational 202 PAGE 3 OF 3 - September 12, 2016 u v, Incoryarated \• O WE IWE �O-VRVy� ANDREA LORENZO- LLIACES, MMC OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA 1126 EAST STATE ROAD 434 WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA 32708 -2799 Telephone (407) 327 -1800 NOTICE - RESULTS OF 2016 QUALIFYING PERIOD 2016 Qualifying Period Began: Monday, August 29, 2016 at 12:00 p.m./Noon 2016 Qualifying Period Ended: Friday, September 2, 2016 at 12:00 p.m./Noon On this day, Friday, September 2, 2016, the following Candidates have Qualified to run for the City of Winter Springs City Commission and will be listed on the November 8, 2016 General Municipal Election Ballot for the City of Winter Springs: COMMISSIONER SEAT/DISTRICT FIVE — FOUR YEAR TERM Geoff Kendrick 1184 Trotwood Boulevard, Winter Springs, Florida 32708 Ken Spalthoff 1106 Shadowbrook Trail, Winter Springs, Florida 32708 (407) 928 -7398 geoffkendrickgyahoo.com (407) 340 -6379 ken42900ggmail.com *The following Candidates Qualified to run for the City of Winter Springs City Commission and have been (Re)Elected Unopposed (their names will NOT be listed on the November 8, 2016 Ballot): COMMISSIONER SEAT/DISTRICT ONE — FOUR YEAR TERM Commissioner Jean Hovey 549 Brookside Drive, Winter Springs, Florida 32708 (407) 462 -0350 * (Re)Elected Unopposed COMMISSIONER SEAT/DISTRICT THREE — FOUR YEAR TERM Commissioner Pam Carroll 865 Dyson Drive, Winter Springs, Florida 32708 * (Re)Elected Unopposed Andrea Lorenzo - Luaces, MMC City Clerk (407) 221 -1435 j hoveygwinterspringsfl. org pcarrollgwinterspringsfl. org