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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 509 Elections ORDINANCE NO. 509 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, AMENDING ARTICLE IV, REGARDING ELECTIONS BY PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN PROCEDURES TO FILL A VACANCY IN A CANDIDACY CAUSED BY DEATH, WITHDRAWAL OR REMOVAL FROM THE BALLOT OF A QUALIFIED CANDIDATE AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, CONFLICTS AND EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the State Legislature has adopted F.S. 166.031 (6) requiring each municipality to provide procedures for filling a vacancy in a candidacy caused by death, withdrawal or removal from the ballot of a qualified candidate following the end of the qualifying period which leaves fewer than two candidates for an office; and WHEREAS, neither the City Charter nor the City Code provide for such procedures. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA, THAT: SECTION L. The City of Winter Springs, Florida Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding a section to be numbered 2-87(1), which secttion shall read as follows: Sec. 2-87(1). Vacancy in Candidacy. (a) If the death, withdrawal or removal of a qualified candidate following the end of the qualifying period results in only one candidate remaining on the ballot for that office, the remaining candidate shall be declared elected and no election for that office shall be required. (b) If the death, withdrawal or removal from the ballot of a qualified candidate following the end of the qualifying period results in no candidates for an office, and if a vacancy shall result on the City Commission, such vacancy shall be filled in accordance with Section 4.08(c) of the City Charter of the City of Winter Springs, Florida. (c) A candidate withdrawing or being removed from the ballot after having qualified and paid the qualification fee shall not receive a refund of the qualifying fee. SECTION II. Conflicts. All ordinances or parts thereof in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed. SECTION III. Severability. Should any section, paragraph, clause, sentence, item, word, or provision of this Ordinance be declared invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction such decision shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any part hereof, not so declared to be invalid. SECTION IV. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and adoption. Passed and Adopted this 23rd day of September, 1991. CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA PHILIP A. KULBES, MAYOR ATTEST: Mary T. Norton CITY CLERK First Reading August 26. 1991 Posted August 28. 1991 Second Reading and Public Hearing September 23, 1991 A.D., 19 91 ~ ".~ I Nctar~ Pllo"e. Stal)ll~lilkbiit Lar,. My Commission Expires August 28. 1994 Bonded Thru Brown & Brown, Inc. . The Orlando Sentinel Publiahed Daily A1tamcmte Springa, Seminole County, Florida ~htte of 'Iori~m} 55. COUNTY OF ORANGE Before the undersigned authority personally appeared CANDACE CODY , who on oath says that she is the Legal Advertising Representative of the Orlando Sentinel, a Daily newspaper published at Altamonte Springs, in Seminole County, Florida; that the attached copy of ad- PUBLIC HEARING vertisement, being 8 in the matter of ORDINANCE NO. 509 in the Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues of SEPTEMBER 8. 1991 Mfiant further says that the said Orlando Sentinel is a newspaper published at Altamonte Springs, in Seminole County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been contin- uously published in said Seminole County, Florida, each Week Day and has been entered as second-clasa mail matter at the post office in Altamonte Springs, in said Seminole County, Florida for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of ad- vertisement; and affiant further says that he/she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this ..v_tf~pu-ti~:7;'.~' r ~'i',_.,-,,)V',-^- Co%- Sworn to and subscribed before me this 10th of SEPTEMBER ~ ADVERTISING CHARGE $41.76 nay NOTtCE.OF PUIWC HpRlNOIDA CITY OF W1NftR $PRI~ "'= City , ~~~I~:;~e;h:!y~~ SDri~..:. ~Heerino on en orell- . wi. nUN a ........... - entIIIed .. """'"NO 509 ~ THE CIlY oF eslNTER SPRINGS, FL2fl~ AMENDING ART\CL.E N. R.......-.- ING ELECTION~~~~I~g FOR CERTAIN rn...... ,"ulnlDAC:'f FILL A VACAte:( J~ A DEAtH, ~~~g~AWAL OR REM2Yf.~ FROM THE BAI.I.OT OF A DiNG ~~~DIDA~=CTS. AND EFG~r~ held aI 7:30 ThlI PublIc ndaY, septerIIl* 23, 1991, p.m. on ~ ..~bIe In the or as soon (;hambtr. Hall, 1128 ~rr. 434,Wlni.r pring., FL 32708. . of the Dl'OOC)IlIlI ordInInC8 are ~ In lh8.. otIIceof the City Clerk lor ~. Intareeted~~,=~ ; eppear II thIe hearing ordlnanCl. · WIIh respect ~~~they decide PerIOI'lI are .....""" mendlllOn made " \0 ~ ~ wlU niled a .. during... ..... IlI'OCi8dInlIs and lor IIUCh I cord u' u... ~ rNw neech ensure theta ~~of.the~~ r'naCIe which r8cord Incl ..~.... the ..... and 8Yldence upon ......, .... = 18 to be ba"d per Secllon ~.Ol05 Florida ~ 1991 OIled ~~ ~~NTER'SPRINGS FLORIDA. Norton IsIMarY T. Mary T. Norton, CIIy Clerk LS-551(6el Sept.B,1991 FORM NO. AD-264