1983-14 Amendments AdoptionRESOLUTION NO. 83-14
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, sitting
as a board of Canvassers, has canvassed the returns of the City Special Election
• held November 8, 1983, and
WHEREAS, the Amendments:
NO. 1 CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT ARTICLE III, SECTION 10
Proposing an amendment to the City Charter regarding
the date of elecitons. This amendment would change
the city eleciton date so it would fall on the same
date as the county election doing away with the ex-
pense of two separate elections.
NO. 2 CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT ARTICLE III, SECTION 10 (a)
Proposing an amendment to the City Charter regarding
the manner of electing Councilmen. This amendment
would require candidates running for the City Council
to qualify for a particular seat. This would sharpen
the issues since the candidate and the incumbent would
know who their opposition was and it would eliminate
the possibility of a person being elected to a City
Council seat with less than a majority vote.
NO. 3 CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT CHAPTER 6, SECTIONS 6-3, 6-8
Proposing an amendment to the City Charter to specify
that candidates running for office must qualify by seat
number and also providing that for a candidate to win
a seat on the City Council he must receive a majority
of the votes cast for that seat.
NO.4 CITY CHARTER AMENDMENT ARTICLE III. SECTION 11
Proposing an amendment to the City Charter to provide
that persons who own real property within the city
limits but are residents of the county may vote in
city elections.
as shown in the results of the certificate of the City Canvassing Board, none
of said amendments were passed by the referendum vote of November 8, 1983,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Amendments 1, 2, 3, and 4 failed and
they are hereby declared not passed.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Clerk be, and she is hereby instructed
to place the results of this referendum in its proper place of record.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in regular session this 21st day of November, A.D. 1983.
Edwar W. Douglas, D.C.
Chairman
City of Okeechobee
ATTEST:
Bonnie S_. Thomas, CMC
City Clerk
City of Okeechobee
STATE OF FLORIDA
OKEECHOBEE
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CANVASSING BOARD
, COUNTY CITY OF OKEECHOBEE
We, the undersigned, Edward W. Douglas, James H. Knight, Dowling R. Watford, Jr.,
Oscar Thomas and Oakland Chapman, City Councilmen, Bonnie S. Thomas, City Clerk,
constituting the Board of City Canvassers in and for said City, do hereby certify
that we met in the City Council Chambers on the 21st day of November, A.D., 19839
and proceeded to publicly canvass the votes given for the four amendments to the City
Charter herein specified at the SPECIAL CITY ELECTION held on the Eighth day of
November, A.D., 1983, as shown by the returns on file in the office of the City Clerk,
55 Southeast Third Avenue, Okeechobee, Florida. We do hereby certify from said returns
as follows:
For Amendment #1
of votes cast was
FOR
AGAINST
For Amendment #2
300
received 139
received 161
of votes cast was 2
the whole number
of which number
Votes
Votes
the whole number
of which number
FOR received 119 Votes
AGAINST received 178 Votes
For Amendment #3 the whole number
of votes cast was -(nn of which number
received
AGAINST received
For Ampndmpnt dA4
of votes cast was
Votes
Votes
the whole number
of which number
FOR received 56 Votes
AGAINST received 249 Votes
The whole total number of persons who voted in the City for the
Special City Election 307 TOTAL
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