2022-07-19 EX 02Office of the Mayor
Okeechobee, Florida
1 A REFERENDUM QUESTION
22 GENERAL CITY ELECTION
WHEREAS, under and by virtue of the provisions of the Charter, Elections Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances
for the City of Okeechobee, and Florida State Laws, it is the duty of the Mayor to proclaim and call a
Referendum during the General Election at the time and manner provided therein; and
WHEREAS, proclaiming a Referendum shall be issued by a Proclamation, at least 90-days prior to the date of
holding of such election, signed by the Mayor, attested by the City Clerk, and specify the issues or questions
to be voted upon in the Referendum, including the wording of the Referendum as it will appear on the ballot;
and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk shall publish the Proclamation in the local newspaper at least twice, once being in the
fifth week, and once being in the third week, prior to the week in which the Referendum Question on the
General Election Ballot will be held.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Dowling R. Watford, Jr., Mayor of the City of Okeechobee, Florida do hereby proclaim
and declare that a REFERENDUM be held at the NOVEMBER 8, 2o22 GENERAL ELECTION by the City of
Okeechobee qualified electors who have registered to vote by October 11, 2022. Election day voting will be
from 7:oo AM to 7:00 PM; at the County Polling or Voting Precinct(s), which have been established by the
County Supervisor of Elections and Board of County Commissioners; or during the EARLY VOTING period as
provided by State Law, to be held from OCTOBER 29, THROUGH NOVEMBER 5, 2022, from 8:30 AM to 7
PM, at the Supervisor of Elections Office; or Vote -by -Mail as provided by State Law.
Said Referendum wording shall appear on the General Election Ballot, as adopted
and set out in Section 5.B of City Ordinance No. 1253:
REVISION OF THE CITY CHARTER FOR
THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA
Shall the Charter for the City of Okeechobee be updated and revised to (i) incorporate a Citizens'
Bill of Rights; (ii) update and modernize the City Charter; (iii) codify a number of charter -type
provisions �e;v in the City Code of Ordinance, but not in the City Charter; (iw) eliminate provisions
that are obsolete or inconsistent with, state law and municipal governance; and (v) render
the City Clerk office from an elective position to an appointive position.
Yes On
No
IN TESTIMONY AND WITNESS of the foregoing Notice of City Referendum, I have hereunto set my hand as QdV(( 6
Mayor of the City of Okeechobee, Florida, and caused the corporate seal of said City to be affixed, and
attested to by the City Clerk, this 19°h day of July, 2o22. A
atford, Jr.,, Mavor