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ORDINANCE NO. 4114-85
hN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO ELECTIONS; AMENDING SEC'T'IONS 30.01,
30.02, 30.03, 34.05 AND 34.07, CI'T'Y CODE OF
ORDINANCES, RELATING TO THE REGULAR CITY ELECTION
DATE, RENUMBERING OF SEATS..ON THE-CITY-.COMMISSION,
NOTICE FOR SPECIAL AND GENERAL ELEC'T'IONS, DELETING
A REFERENCE TO THE CITY CLERK, AND THE LISTING OF
CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT, IN ORDER TO CONFORM THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY AS
AMENDED; REPEALING SECTION 35.04, CITY CODE OF
ORDINANCES, RELATING TO THE APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL
POLICE OFFICERS TO SERVE AT THE POLLING PLACES;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Sections 30.01, 30.02, 30.03, 34.05 and 34.07,
City Code of Ordinances, are amended to read:
Sec. 30.01. Regular elections.
Regular municipal'elections shall be held on the second
Tuesday in March February of each year in which the term
of any commissioner expires.
Sec. 30.02. Method and manner of election.
(a) Seats on the City Commission shall be numbered
' f
and the candidate receiving the largest number
of votes among the candidates for that seat
The-one-eandidate-fer-mayor-eemmissiener-and-the
twe-{?}-eaadiela?es-€er-ee?nmiseieAer-reeeiviffg-tNe
largest-number-of-votes shall be elected.
(b) The mayor-commissioner seat shall be number 1,
the seats for the terms expirinq•n 1986 shall
be numbers 4 and 5, and the seats for the terms
expiring in 1987 shall be numbers 2 and 3.
(c) The election for seats 4 and 5 shall be held'in
1986 and every third year thereafter, and the
election for seats 1, 2 and 3 shall be held in 198
and every third year thereafter.
(d) kb? Vacancies occurring on the city commission between
regularly scheduled elections shall be ava filled
in accordance with the City Charter.
Sec. 30.03. Notice of elections.
(a) Notice of all special elections shall-be published
in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the
city in the manner required by Florida law published
4:ts-the-eityv--6ueh-notice-snail-appear-at-least-epee
a-weep-€er-five-f54-weeks-immediately-preeedixg-the
eleetiea-r Such notice shall state for what purpose
the election is to be held and what offices and vacancies
if any, are to be filled at such special election in
the city, and if the election is for bonding purposes
or to negotiate a loan, the amount for which the city
is to be bonded or such loans negotiated must be stated.
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(b) Notice of all general elections shall be published in
a daily newspaper of general- circulation-published in
r the city stating the offices and vacancies, if- an
to be filled, and such notice shall be published once
a week for two (2) weeks immediately preceding the
general election.
Sec. 34.05. Instruction of election boards.
' Not more than twenty--one (21) days prior to date of
an election, the city clerk using representatives
• drom the office of the county supervisor of elections
shall instruct the election boards who are to serve
in the an election, such instructions to relate to each
duty assigned the election boards, including and-shall
inelsde but not be limited to instruction in the manner
of preparing the electronic voting system unit for use
and the manner of running a test ballot. The su ervisor
of elections eity-elerh shall maintain an attendance
report signed by each member of the election boards
indicating that each 9;ueh member has attended the
instruction session or sessions.
Sec. 34.07. Official ballots.
Official ballots of the form and description required for
use on the electronic voting system unit shall be prepared.
All such ballots shall be printed on paper stock of the
required weight, form and size, shall be in substantially
the form required by Florida law, and be
so arranged as to accommodate use of the electronic voting
system unit. All Names of candidates shall be gresuped by
s_eat_ number and_, _ within- each- gro_up,_ shall be listed
appear in alphabetical order. T
Section 2. Section 35.04, City, Code of Ordinances, is hereby
repealed.
Section 3, This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
adoption.
PASSEL] ON FIRST READING December 5, 1985
PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED
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Attest';
C' y,?wlerk
Approved a's to form & correctness;
City Attorne
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December 19, 1985