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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 141 Charter Amendment ORDINANCE NO. 141 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA SUBMITTING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 4.03 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, CALLING FOR A GENERAL ELECTION TO VOTE UPON CHARTER AMENDMENTS; SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, House Bill 3390, Laws of Florida, 1972 estab- lished the Charter of the City of Winter Springs, and WHEREAS, in Section 4.03 thereof, it provides that municipal elections shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in the month of December, and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to submit to the electors of the City of Winter Springs an Amendment to Section 4.03 of the Charter to change the municipal elections from the first Tuesday following the first Monday in the month of December, to the date of the general elections for the State of Florida each year. NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, ORDAINS: 1. That the date of municipal elections be changed from the first Tuesday following the first Monday in the month of December to the first Tuesday following the first Monday in the month of November of each year. 2. That in order to change the municipal elections it is proposed that Section 4.03 of the Charter of the City of Winter Springs, H. B. 3390, Laws of Florida, 1972, be amended from the existing language which reads as follows: SECTION 4.03 ELECTION AND TERMS: The regular election of councilmen and mayor, shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in the month of December of each year. City Council seats are hereby designated as seats one, two, three, four and five. The councilmen elected to serve on the village council of the Village of North Orlando, Florida, shall serve as the first City Council of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, until the first election under this Charter. At the first election under this Charter, five councilmen shall be elected; the candidates seeking election to the odd-numbered council seats shall be elected for a two-year term; of office; the candidates seeking election for the even-numbered council seats and the office of mayor shall be for a one-year term; all elections thereafter shall be for two-year terms of office. All candidates for the City Council shall be re- quired to seek election to a specific seat, num- bered one, two, three, four, five. The terms of the councilmen and mayor shall begin the first Monday after the first day of January of each year. To be amended to read as follows: SECTION 4.03 ELECTION AND TERMS: The regular election of councilmen and mayor shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in the month of November of each year. City Council seats are hereby designated as seats one, two, three, four and five. The councilmen elected to serve on the village council of the Village of North Orlando, Florida, shall serve as the first City Council of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, until the first election under this charter. At the first election under this Charter, five councilmen shall be elected; the candidates seeking election to the odd-num- bered council seats shall be elected for a two- year term of office; the candidates seeking election for the even-numbered council seats and the office of mayor shall be elected for a one- year term; all elections thereafter shall be for two- year terms of office. All candidates for the City Council shall be required to seek election to a specific seat, numbered one, two, three, four five. The terms of the councilmen and mayor shall begin the first Monday after the first day of January of each year. 3. That the proposed Charter amendment above shall be submitted to the electors of the City of Winter Springs at the general election to be held on the 2nd day of November, 1976, and if a majority of the electors voting in the referndum vote for the Charter amendment, the amendment shall be incorporated into the Charter of the City of Winter Springs, and the Charter shall be revised and filed with the Department of State at which time the revised Charter shall take effect. 4. If any section or portion of a section of subsection of this Ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitu- tional, it shall not be held to invalidate or impair the validity, force or effect of any other section, or portion of section or subsection or part of this Ordinance. 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect upon a majority of electors voting at the next general election to be held on the 2nd day of November, 1976, for the Charter Amendment proposed herein. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA BY Troy J. Piland MAYOR ATTEST: Mary T. Norton City Clerk CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the City Council of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, that said City Council will hold a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible, on Monday, September 20, 1976, to consider the adoption of an Ordinance by the City of Winter Springs, Florida, title of which is as follows: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, SUBMITTING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 4.03 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, CALLING FOR A GENERAL ELECTION TO VOTE UPON CHARTER AMENDMENTS; SEVERABILITY AND EFFECTIVE DATE. A copy of said Ordinance shall be available at the Office of the City Clerk of the City of Winter Springs, Florida, for all persons desiring to examine the same. All interested parties are invited to attend and be heard. THIS NOTICE is to be published in the Evening Herald, a newspaper of general circulation in said City, one (1) time at least 15 days prior to the time of the public hearing. DATED this 20th day of August, 1976. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA BY: MARY NORTON, City Clerk GARY E. MASSEY, ESQUIRE 616 E. Semoran Blvd. Altamonte Springs, Fla. 32701 Attorney for City ~ ........... ~ttrtta11! llf ~tatt STATE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITOL TALLAHASSEE 32304 (904) 488-3918 BRUCE A. SMATHERS SECRETARY OF STATE November 8, 1976 Ms. Mary T. Norton City Clerk City of Winter Springs Winter Springs, Florida 32707 Dear Ms. Norton: This will acknowledge your letter of November 3 and Ordi- nances Nos. 141 and 142, proposing amendments to the Charter of the City of Winter Springs, which were ratified at an election held on November 2, 1976. These ordinances and the certificate of results of the election were filed in this office on November 5, 1976. As you may know, the Municipal Home Rule Powers Act, Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, requires that the governing OOdy of a municipality amending its charter through this method to have the amendments incorporated into the charter and file the revised charter with the Department of State, at which time the revised chall'ter will become effective. Kindest regards. Cordially, BRUCE A. SMATHERS Secretary of State ;r c:vNj /&/Oy~ By (Mrs.) Nancy Kavanaugh Chief, Bureau of Laws NK/ mb