HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024 09 09 Information 201 - 2024 Qualifying Period Results - Number 2, 2024 General Municipal ElectionINFORMATIONAL AGENDA ITEM 201
CITY COMMISSION AGENDA | SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 REGULAR MEETING
TITLE
2024 Qualifying Period Results - November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election
SUMMARY
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, the following Seats are up for Election [for a four (4) year Term of Office]:
Seat One: Currently held by Commissioner Matt Benton
Seat Three: Currently held by Commissioner Ted Johnson
Seat Five: Currently held by Commissioner Rob Elliott
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. 0,1. 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 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
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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.
The QUALIFYING PERIOD for the City of Winter Springs 2024 Municipal Election:
Qualifying Period Began: Monday, August 26, 20224 at 12: 00 p. m./ Noon
Qualifying Period ENDED: Friday, August 30, 2024 at 12: 00 p. m./ Noon
Qualifying packets were available beginning August 1, 2024 and anyone who had
opened a Campaign Account was duly informed.
Qualifying packets were available upon request and information was posted on the
City website.
FUNDING SOURCE
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Commission receive and review the information provided
in this agenda item.
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CHRISTIAN GOWAN, MPA
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
August 30, 2024
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
1126 EAST STATE ROAD
434 WINTER SPRINGS,
FLORIDA 32708-2799
Telephone (407) 327-5999
NOTICE – RESULTS OF 2024 QUALIFYING PERIOD
2024 Qualifying Period Began: Monday, August 26, 2024 at 12:00 p.m./Noon
2024 Qualifying Period Ended: Friday, August 30, 2024 at 12:00 p.m./Noon
On this day, Friday, August 30, 2024 the following Candidates have Qualified to run and
will be listed on the November 5, 2024 General Municipal Election Ballot for the City of
Winter Springs:
COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT ONE – FOUR (4) YEAR TERM
Matt Benton
Paul Diaz
COMMISSIONER DISTRICT THREE – FOUR (4) YEAR TERM
Sarah Baker
Karen Meyer
COMMISSIONER DISTRICT FIVE– FOUR (4) YEAR TERM
Mark Caruso
Rob Elliott
Brandon Morrisey
Christian Gowan, MPA
City Clerk
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