171 ORDINANCE NO. ______ _
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3 An Ordinance relating to the year 2014 General Election of the Mayor and
4 City Commissioners for Groups, I and IV; scheduling the day, place and
. 5 time of the election; scheduling the day, place and time of early voting;
6 providing for qualification of candidates; providing for close of election
7 books; approving the official ballot; providing for notification.
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9 WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2A, of the City of South Miami Charter provides
10 that the City Commission of the City of South Miami shall schedule a general election for
11 February of each even year, and that the Mayor shall be elected for a term of two (2)
12 years and commissioners shall be elected for terms of four (4) years at the general
13 election; and
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15 WHEREAS, Article V, Section 2D, of the City of South Miami Charter provides
16 that no person may appear on the Ballot for Election as Mayor or City Commissioner if,
17 by the end of his or her current term of office, the person will have served (or, but for
18 resignation would have served) in office as the Mayor or as a City Commissioner for a
19 total of nine years or more; and
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21 WHEREAS, the Charter requires the City Commission of the City of South Miami
22 to schedule the day, place and time of the general election by ordinance; and
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24 WHEREAS, state law requires election books to close twenty-nine (29) days prior
25 to the election.
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27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
28 COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
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30 Section l. The 2014 General Election will be held on Tuesday, February 11,
31 2014. On that date, a mayor will be elected to serve a term of two (2) years, and two (2)
32 Commissioners, one from Group I and one from Group IV, will be elected to serve a term
33 of four (4) years.
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35 Section 2. The qualifying period for this election shall open Monday, January
36 6, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. and close Friday, January 10, 2014, precisely at 5:00 p.m.
37 Candidates shall qualify at the office of the City Clerk, 6130 Sunset Drive, South Miami,
38 Florida.
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40 Section 3. Early Voting shall be conducted on Saturday, February 8, 2014
41 at City Hall in the City Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset Drive, South Miami,
42 Florida. The polls shall open precisely at 9:00 a.m., and close precisely at 5:00 p.m.
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Section 4. Voting shall be conducted at City Hall in the City Commission
Chamber, 6130 Sunset Drive, South Miami, Florida. The polls shall open precisely at
7:00 a.m. and close precisely at 7:00 p.m.
Section 5. The sample ballot for the 2014 general election is annexed to this
ordinance.
Section 6. The election books shall close Monday, January l3, 2014.
Section 7. The City Clerk shall publish notice of such general election once a
week for four consecutive weeks next preceding the general election in a newspaper of
general circulation in South Miami. The notice shall contain the date, time, and place of
the general election and identify the Commission Groups.
Section 8. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is for any
reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, the holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 9. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance are repealed.
Section 10. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon enactment.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this __ day of _____ , 20l3.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
1 st Reading -
2nd Reading -
READ AND APPROVED AS TO FORM:
LANGUAGE, LEGALITY AND
EXECUTION THEREOF
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
MAYOR
COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Liebman:
Commissioner Newman:
Commissioner Harris:
Commissioner Welsh:
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OFFICIAL SAMPLE BALLOT
BOLETA OFICIAL DE MUESTRA
GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS
SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA .
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
TO VOTE, COMPLETELY FILL IN THE
OVAl" NEXT TO YOUR CHOICE.
If you make a mistake, review the
instructions provIded to correct your ballot.
PARA VOT~ LLENE COMPLETAMENTE
EL OVALO -JUNTO A SU SELECCION.
Si se equivocat lea las instrucciones que se
1$ dan para corregir su boleta.
MAYOR
ALCALDE
(Vote for One)
(Vote por uno)
o Candidate A xx
o Candidate B xx
COMMISSIONER -GROUP I
COMISIONADO -GRUPO I
(Vote for One)
(Vote par' uno)
o Candidate A xx
o Candidate B xx
COMMISSIONER -GROUP IV
COMISIONADO -GRUPO IV
(Vote for One)
(Vote por uno)
o Candidate A xx
o Candidate B xx
ELECCIONES GENERALES
Y ESPECIALES
SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA
11 DE FEBRERO DEL 2014
Question No.1
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Question No.2
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YEs/sl xx
NO/NO xx
MIAMI DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and
Legal Holidays
Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE:
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared
M. ZALDIVAR, who on oath says that he or she is the
LEGAL CLERK, Legal Notices of the Miami Daily Business
Review flk/a Miami Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday
and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Miami-Dade
County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement,
being a Legal Advertisement of Notice in the matter of
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
PUBLIC HEARING FOR 11/19.2013
in the XXXX Court,
was published in said newspaper in the issues of
11/08/2013
Affiant further says that the said Miami Daily Business
Review is a newspaper published at Miami in said Miami-Dade
County, Florida and that the said newspaper has
heretofore been continuously published in said Miami-Dade County,
Florida, each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays)
and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post
office in Miami in said Miami-Dade County, Florida, for a
period of one year next preceding the first publication of the
attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he or
she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation
any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose
of securing this advertiseme t for publication in the said
newspaper.
2013
M. ZALDIVAR personally known to rile
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY given that .the City Commission of the City of
South Miami, Florida willco.nduct Public He~ring(s)atits regular City
Commission. meeting scheduled {or Tliesday,:November .19, 2013,
beginning at 7:00 p.m., in the City Commission CMmbers, 6.130 Sunset
Driv~; to considerthefoUowing item(s):' '. .
A Resolution submitting to the electors the guestion of\'lh~ther
various technical changes,.~pecjficallyidentified in exhibit "A"
to this Resolution; should be made lothe.City Charter, ....
A Resolution sllbmittil}9 tothE! electors the question of whether
various substantive changes, spE!cifically identified in exhibit "A'
'. to thISRel'l91~tiol), s.fl81JId .. b.li'ime,de~o1lj~ .. ()jtyC/lllrter.
, '. :,' . ::~ ,,;:,~:;!1'>~~r~~~r'~," t'(,' ~~'~ 'tf);;~3~ ,~;;~,{ ,\:~r:t~~~~' ,:j' :;~,' ': ';),'
A Resolution submitting to theelectors.1he question of whether
the City's Generl:li Elections should be moved from February to
. November 9fe\teiJnllml1eredyea:i?;!o{l6~ncjd.~(~ithtfl~gateon
which the federal gOVernment's ge,nerale,lections are.held.
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