HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-99-33 ORDINANCE NO. O-99-33
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY,
FLORIDA, SCHEDULING AN ELECTION TO SUBMIT A REFERENDUM ISSUE TO
THE ELECTORATE IN ORDER TO AMEND ARTICLE IV OF THE CITY
CHARTER TO PROVIDE FOR A RUN-OFF TO DECIDE TIES FOR COUNCIL
ELECTIONS INSTEAD OF DRAWING LOTS; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER IN
WHICH SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE CONDUCTED; PROVIDING THE TIME AND
PLACES FOR HOLDING SUCH ELECTION; ESTABLISHING THE FORM OF THE
BALLOT FOR SUCH ELECTION; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 166.031 of Florida Statutes provides that the governing body of a municipality
may submit to the electors of that municipality a proposed amendment to all or part of its charter; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the City Charter, the City of Sebastian Charter Review Committee has
recommended that certain revisions be made to the City Charter; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to submit the amendments to the City Charter for ratification by
the electors of the City of Sebastian, Indian River County, Florida.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEBASTIAN, INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. That upon passage of the Referendum submitted hereunder, existing Section 4.12(b)
of the City Charter of the City of Sebastian, Florida, shall be amended to read as follows:
"Section 4.12(b)
(b) In the event that at any election there are two (2) or more candidates for the same office
and they should receive the same number of votes, the question shall be decided by a special run-
off election between the tied candidates to be held no later than thirty (30) days after the results
of the initial election are declared by city council."
Section 2. An election is hereby called and scheduled to be held on March 14, 2000, to determine
whether the revisions to the City Charter of the City of Sebastian, Florida shall be approved by a majority of the
votes cast in such election, in which the qualified electors residing in the City of Sebastian shall participate.
Section 3, The places of voting in such election shall be thc usual places of voting in the City of
Sebastian, Florida, in the regular election as determined under the applicable provisions of Florida law, which
are currently as follows:
PRECINCT
POLLING PLACE
Precinct 12 ................................................................ The Sebastian Community Center,
1805 North Central Avenue
Precinct 14 ................................................................ Highlands Chapel Church of God,
281 Delaware Avenue
Precinct 15 ................................................................ The North Indian River County Library,
1001 Fellsmere Road (CR 512)
Precinct 16 ................................................................ Sebastian Elks Lodge No. 2714,
731 South Fleming Street
The polls shall open at such voting places on March 14, 2000, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. All duly
qualified electors residing within the City of Sebastian shall be entitled to participate and vote in such election.
Section 4. The purpose of this election shall be to present a referendum issue to the electors of the
City of Sebastian of whether or not to adopt revisions to the City Charter. The ballot shall be substantially in the
BALLOT
CITY OF SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA
Referendum
following form:
Amending Section 4.12(b) concerning election ties.
Shall the City of Sebastian amend the City Charter to require a mn-off election to
decide ties for council elections instead of drawing lots?
Yes for Approval
No for Rejection
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Section 5~ Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective inunediately upon its adoption.
The foregoing Ordinance was moved for adoption by Councilmember ~~ .
The
motion
seconded by Councilmember ~]~.~.,.~ and upon, being put to a vote, the vote was as follows:
Was
Mayor Chuck Ncuberger
Councilmember Joseph Barczyk
Councilmcmber Walter Barnes
Councilmember Ben Bishop
Councilmember Edward Majcher
The Mayor thereupon declared this Ordinance duly passed and adopted this~__~ day of
,1999.
Kathryn MVO'Hall°r~m, cMC/AAE
City Clerk
Chuck'Neuberger, Mayor
(Seal)
I HEREBY CERTIFY that notice of public hearing on this Ordinance was published in the Veto Be~ach
Press Journal as r%quired by State Statute, that one public hearing was held on this Ordinance at 7:00 p.m. on the
~/c,C day of .~//,o,-~,~/, 1999, and that following said public hearing this Ordinance was passed by the
City Council.
ATTEST:
l~a~tluyn M. O~alloran, CMC/AAE
City Clerk
Approved as to form and legality for
reliance.3~j_~tbe City q~ Sebastian only:
Rich Stringer
City Attorney
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