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COMMISSION AGENDA
ITEM 307
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Public Hearing
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June 28. 2004
Regular Meeting
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REQUEST:
The City Clerk requests the City Commission review this Agenda Item for
information regarding some of the details and dates pertaining to the
November 2, 2004 Municipal Election.
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this Agenda Item is to inform the City Commission about
some of the details of the upcoming Municipal Election and to review
most of the official forms that will become part of the City's Qualifying
Packet.
CONSIDERATIONS:
Prior to a previous Election, the City Clerk was asked to provide the City
Commission with a preview of the proposed documents that are to be a
part of the Qualifying packages. The forms have also been forwarded to
City Attorney Anthony A. Garganese, prior to this Meeting for his
consideration.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
CITY COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING - JUNE 28, 2004
INFORMA T10NAL AGENDA ITEM 307
PAGE20F4
DATE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION:
"The regular election of mayor and commissioners shall be held at the
time provided for in Section 8.01. of this Charter."
The next Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004
[as outlined in the Charter, Section 4.03. and Section 8.01.].
"The mayor shall issue a proclamation calling the municipal elections
provided for in this article and at least sixty (60) days prior thereto", [per
Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances, Section 2.82.].
If a runoff is necessary, it "Shall be held fourteen (14) days after the initial
election" [per Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances, Section 2.84.]; which
would be Tuesday, November 16, 2004.
TERM LIMITS:
"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." [per the Charter, Section 4.03.(d)].
TERM OF OFFICE:
"All elections shall be for four-year terms of office."
The term of office will expire this year for the following seats:
· City Commission Seat One (currently held by the Honorable
Robert S, Miller)
· City Commission Seat Three (currently held by the Honorable
Donald A. Gilmore)
· City Commission Seat Five (currently held by the Honorable David
W. McLeod)
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
CITY COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING - JUNE 28, 2004
INFORMATIONAL AGENDA ITEM 307
PAGE30F4
"The terms of the mayor and commissioner shall begin the first Monday
after the first day of December of each year an election is held." [per the
Charter, Section 4.03.(a)].
MlUNICIP AL ELECTIONS OFFICER:
"The city clerk is hereby designated the supervisor of elections for the
city" [per Chapter 2 ofthe Code of Ordinances, Section 2,81.].
As our next Municipal Election is being held in conjunction with
Seminole County, the Supervisor of Elections for Seminole County, Mr.
Dennis Joyner and his staff will be taking care of many details for this
Election.
QUALIFYING:
The period for qualifying runs "During regular business hours any time
after 12:00 noon on the first filing date, which shall be seventy-one (71)
days prior to the municipal election, but not later than 12:00 noon on the
sixty-seventh (67) day prior to the municipal election, excluding Saturday
and Sunday. [per Ordinance 2004-25]. **For the November 2, 2004
Municipal Election - the Qualifying Period runs from Noon on Monday,
August 23, 2004 through Noon on Friday, August 27,2004.**
The names of the Candidates that qualify for the November 2, 2004 City
of Winter Springs Municipal Election will be forwarded to the Supervisor
of Elections for Seminole County, prior to Monday, August 30, 2004.
SEMINOLE COUNTY INFORMATION:
The Election Books for the November 2, 2004 Election close on Monday,
October 4, 2004.
Also for the November 2, 2004 Municipal Election, the "Testing of the
Tabulating Equipment" has not yet been scheduled (as of June 23,2004).
FUNDING:
No additional funding is required at this time.
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
CITY COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING - JUNE 28, 2004
INFORMATIONAL AGENDA ITEM 307
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RECOMMENDATION:
The City Commission is requested to approve the information in this
Agenda Item along with the forms presented under "Attachments",
A TT ACHMENTS:
A. Forms generated by the City of Winter Springs that will become
part of the Election Qualifying packets, including, (but not limited
to):
· Affidavit Of Residency - City
· Affidavit Of Residency - District (only for candidates for the
Office of Commissioner)
· Application For Office
· Election Assessment
· Loyalty Oath
· Notice Of Testing Of Tabulating Equipment
· Oath of Candidate
· Petition
COMMISSION ACTION:
ATTACHMENT
"A"
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
1 - AFFIDA VIT OF RESIDENCY - CITY
CITY COMMISSION - SEAT ONE
SEAT THREE
SEAT FIVE
Circle Which Applies To Candidacy
"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 (I)
year pr"ior to the time of qualifying." 12-87. Code of Ordinances, City of Winter SpringsJ
do hereby state that J seek nomination to the City of Winter
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Name of Candidate (Please Print or Type)
Springs City Commission - Seat One Seat Three Seat Five, a four (4) year term, in the election to be held
Circle Seat Which Applies To Candidacy
in the City of Winter Springs, Florida, on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. I, further state that:
(I) My legal place of residence is:
(2) Length of time of residency in Winter Springs is:
(3) I am attaching the following document(s) as verification of my length of residency in the City of Winter
Springs. The document is:
Sib~lature of Candidate
Street Address
City
State
Zip Code
STA TE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF
Swom lO (or allirmed) and subscribed, under penal1ies ofpe~iury. before me this
_ day of
,200-, by
(prin1 Name of Person Making Statement)
N01ar)' Public - S1a1e of Florida
Signature of NotaT)' Public
(SEAL)
Print Name of Notary Public
Produced
Identification
T;pe of Identification Produced
OR
Personally
Known
* * * *** * ** * * * * * * * * *** * * ** * ** * * * ** ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * *
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
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Documentation Provided For Item (3).
Revised 06/18/04
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CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
2 - AFFIDA VIT OF RESIDENCY - DISTRICT
CITY COMMISSION - SEAT ONE
SEAT THREE
SEAT FIVE
Circle Which Applies To Candidacy
"Each candidate seeking the office of city commissioner shall be a resident of a designated commission district as established by ordinance and shall
have n:sided in the designated commission district six (6) months prior to the time of qualifying." 12-87. Code of Ordinances. City of Winter Springsl
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do hereby state that I seek nomination to the City of Winter
Name ofC'Uldidate (Please Print or Type)
Springs City Commission - Seat One Seat Three Seat Five, a four (4) year term, in the election to be held
Circle Seat Which Applies To Candidac)'
in the City of Winter Springs, Florida, on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. I, fUl1her state that:
(I)
(2)
(3)
(4)
My legal place of residence is:
Length of time of residency in Winter Springs is:
Length oftime of residency in District
of Winter Springs is:
I am attaching the following document(s) as verification of my length of residency in District
and in the City of Winter Springs. The document is:
Signalllre of Candidate
Street Address
City
Zip Code
SlalC
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTl' OF
Sworn to (or atlirmcd) and subscribed, under penaltics of perjury, before me this
_ day of
,200_, by
(Prin1 Namc of Person Making Statement)
N01ary Public - State of Florida
Signa1ure of Notary Public
(SEAL)
Print Name of Notary Public
Produced
Jdelllification
D.pe of /dentificmion Produced
OR
Personally
Known
* ** ** ***** ** *** * * ** * * * * * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * ** ** * * * * * * * *** ** * *
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Documentation Provided For Item (4).
Revised 06/18/04
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
3 -APPLICATION FOR OFFICE
CITY COMMISSION - SEAT ONE SEAT THREE SEAT FIVE
Circle Which Applies To Candidacy
"All candidates for office 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 an application designating the office for which he/she is a candidate and pay the qualifying fee provided for in
section 2-88."
"All candidates for city commission and mayor, qualifying as provided in this Code, shall pay a qualifying fee of one hundred fifty dollars
($150.00). The qualifying fee shall be paid to the city clerk and be paid by the clerk into the general fund of the city."
/2-88. Code of Ordinances, City of Winter Springsl
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do hereby state that I am a registered and qualified elector of the
Name of Candida Ie (Please Print or T)11e)
City of Winter Springs; and am applying for the office of City Commission - Seat One Seat Three Seat Five,
Circle Seat Which Applies To Candidacy
a foul' (4) year term, in the election to be held in the City of Winter Springs, Florida, on Tuesday,
November 2,2004. I further agree to pay the following Qualifying Fee:
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QUALIFYING FEE: $150.00
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FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Campaign Account Check In The Amount Of$150.00 Attached
Revised 06/18/04
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
4 - ELECTION ASSESSMENT
CITY COMMISSION - SEAT ONE SEA T THREE SEAT FIVE
Circle Which Applies To Candidacy
"Each person seeking to qualify for nomination or election to a municipal office shall pay. at the time of qualifying for office, an election
assessment. The election assessment shall be an amount equal to 1 percent of the annual salary of the office sought."
(99.093; (1) Florida Statutes I
"Any p,erson seeking to qualify for nomination or election to a municipal office who is unable 10 pay 1he election assessment without imposing
an undue burden on personal resources or on resources otherwise available to him or her shall, upon written certification of such inability
given under oath to the qualifying officer. be exempt from paying the election assessment." 199.093 (2) Florida Statutes I
do hereby state that I am a registered and qualified elector of the
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Name of Call did ate (Plcase Print or Type)
City of Winter Springs; and am applying for the office of City Commission - Seat One Seat Three Seat Five,
Circle Scal Which Applies To Candidacy
a four (4) year term, in the election to be held in the City of Winter Springs, Florida, on Tuesday,
November 2, 2004. I further agree to pay the following applicable Election Assessment:
ELECTION ASSESSMENT - COMMISSIONER: $72.00
Each Commissioner Receives:
$600.00 x 12 months =
The 1(}'0 Assessment Would Be:
$600.00 per month I
$7,2:~;~~oannU58'" p e
* ** * ** ** * * * * ****** ** ** * ** **** * * * * * * ** * ** * ** * * * * * * * * ** ** *
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
D For Office of Commissioner - Campaign Account Check in the amount of $72.00 attached
or, if applicable
D Written Notice of "Undue Burden" provided
Revised 06/18/04
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
5 - LOYALTY OATH
CITY COMMISSION - SEAT ONE
SEAT THREE
SEAT FIVE
Circle Which Applies To Candidacy
"All persons who now or hereafter are employed by or who now or hereafter are on the payroll of the state, or any of its departments and
agencies, subdivisions. counties, cities, school boards and districts of the free public school system of the state or coun1ies, or institutions of higher
learning, and all candidates for public office, are required to take an oath before any person duly authorized to take acknowledgements of
instruments for public record in the state..." (876.05 (I) Florida Statutes I
"Any person seeking to qualify for public office who fails or refuses to file the oath required by this act shall be held to have failed to qualify as a
candidate for public office, and the name of such person shall not be printed on the ballot as a qualified candidate." 1876.07 Florida Statutes (
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, a citizen of the State of Florida and of the Un ited States
Name ofCal1didate (Please Prinl or Type)
of America, and a candidate for public office, do hereby solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the
Constitution of the United States and of the State of Florida.
Signature ofCal1didate
Street Address
Ciay
State
Zip Code
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF
Sworn to (or aflirmed) and subscribed, under penalties of perjury, before me this
_ day of
.200_. by
(Prin1 Name of Person Making Statemen1)
No1ary Publ ic - State of Florida
Signature of N01ary Public
(SEAL)
Print Name of N01ary Public
Produced
Idem ificGt ion
Type of Identification Produced
OR
Personally
Known
Revised 06118/04
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
6 - NOTICE OF TESTING OF TABULATING EQUIPMENT
CITY COMMISSION - SEAT ONE SEAT THREE SEATFIVE
Circle Which Applies To Candidacy
"On any day not more than 10 days prior to the election day, the supervisor of elections shall have the automatic tabulating equipment publicly tested
to asce.rtain that the equipment will correctly count the votes cast for all offices and on all measures. Public notice of the time and place of the test
shall bl~ given at least 48 hours prior thereto by publication once in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county or, if there is no
newsp21per of general circulation in the coun1y, by posting such notice in at least four conspicuous places in the county. The supervisor or the municipal
elections official may, at the time of qualifying, give written notice of the time and location of such public preelection test to each candidate qualifying with
that omce and obtain a signed receipt that such notice has been given." 1101.5612 (2) Florida Statutes I
NOTICE
Please accept this notice that the automatic ballot tabulating equipment to be utilized in the City of Winter
Springs, Florida Municipal Election (to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004) will be tested on:
DATE: TBA
TIME: TBA
The aforementioned test will be held at:
THE OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS FOR SEMINOLE COUNTY
1500 EAST AIRPORT BOULEVARD, SANFORD, FLORIDA
(407) 665-7700
Ie City of Winter Springs
P Qualifying Officer/Designee
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RECEIPT
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do hereby acknowledge that 1 received written notice of
Name of Candidate (Plcase Print)
the date, time, and location where the above "Testing of Tabulating Equipment" will be done, on this
day of
,2004.
Signalure of Candidate
Revised 06/14/04
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
7 - OATH OF CANDIDATE
Cll'fY COMMISSiON - SEA'f ONE SEA 'I 'fHREE SEA 'ffJIVE
Circle Which Applies To Candidacy
"Each candidate, whether a party candidate, a candidate with no party affiliation, or a write-in candidate, in order to qualify for nomination
or election to any office other than a judicial office as defined in chapter 105, shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation in writing.
A printed copy of the oath or affirmation shall be furnished to the candidate by the officer before whom such candidate seeks to qualify..."
199.021 (1)(a) Florida Statutes)
Sl'ATIE OlF lFlLORIDA
COUNTY OlF
"Before me, an officer authorized to administer oaths, personally appeared
(Plea", Print 1\,lJne As You Wish II To Appent on lhc BaIlol)
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to me well known, who, being sworn, says that he or she is a candidate for the office of
City Commission Seat One Seat Three Seat Five; that he or she is a qualified elector of
County, Florida; that he or she is qualified under the Constitution and the laws of Florida to hold the office to which
he or she desires to be nominated or elected; that he or she has taken the oath required by ss. 876.05-876.10, Florida
Statutes; that he or she has qualified for no other public office in the state, the term of which office or any part thereof
runs concurrent with that of the office he or she seeks; and that he or she has resigned from any office from which he
or she is required to resign pursuant to s. 99.012, Florida Statutes."
SigJlature of Candidate
Slreet Address
City
State
Zip Code
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
day of
,200__,
at Seminole County, Florida.
(Si!-'J1ature and Title of Oflicer Administering Oath)
Revised 06118/04
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CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
8 - PETITION
CITY COMMISSION - SEAT ONE
SEAT THREE
SEAT FIVE
Circle Seal Which Applies To Candidacy
"Each candidate seeking the office of city commissioner or mayor or any olher elective office of the city shall file a petition signed by fifteen (15)
registered voters of the city with the city clerk." 12-87. Code of Ordinances, City of Winter Springs]
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do hereby state that r seek nomination to the City of Winter
Name ofCandicL1te (Please Print or Type)
Springs City Commission - Seat One Seat Three Seat Five, a four (4) year term, in the election to be held
Circle Seat Which Applies To Candidacy
in the: City of Winter Springs, Florida, on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. I, further state that:
My legal place of residence is:
(1)
(2)
(3)
Length oftime of residence in Winter Springs:
Registered Voter:
Yes
No
SIgnal lire of Candidate
Street Address
We, the undersigned qualified electors, residing in the City of Winter Springs, Florida, nominate:
for the City of Winter Springs
Name of Candidate (Please Print or Type)
City ICommission - Seat One Seat Three Seat Five.
Circle Seal Which Applies To Candidacy
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NAME OF CANDIDATE:
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
8 - PETITION
Name of Candidate (PI case l1;nl or Typc)
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NAl\1LE OF CANDIDATE:
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2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
8 - PETITION
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Name of Candidate (Please Print or Type)
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NAME OF CANDIDATE:
CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
8 - PETITION
Name of Call did ate (Please PIinl or Type)
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NAME OF CANDIDATE:
Revised 06/18/04
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CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS
2004 MUNICIPAL ELECTION
8 - PETITION
Name of Candidate (Please Print or Type)
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