4453 Charter Referendum 2018Ordinance No. 2018-4453
An ordinance of the City of Sanford, Florida calling for a referendum
election to be held on August 28, 2018 for the purpose of proposing
to the electorate of the City of Sanford several revisions to the
Charter of the City of Sanford relating to City Commission districts
and red istricting.(Section 2.01, Section 6.01 and Section 6.07),
elections (Article VI, Section 6.01, Section 6.02, Section 6.03, Section
6.05 and Section 6.06), date of taking office (Section 2.01 and Section
6.04), compensation and expenses (Section 2.02) and the City Clerk
(Section 2.08) as well as a transition; providing for ballot language;
providing for the duties of the City Clerk; providing for the
expression of appreciation for the work of the Charter Review
Committee; providing for inclusion in the Charter of the City of
Sanford and powers and authority for the code codifier; providing for
severability and providing for effective date of ordinance and
effective date of proposed Charter amendments.
Whereas, controlling State law and the Charter of the City of Sanford, Florida
provide for alternative means whereby the City Charter may be amended; and
Whereas, the City Commission of the City of Sanford adopted Resolution
Number 2017-2681 and created the Charter Review Committee to formulate
recommendations for potential proposed amendments to certain provisions of the
Charter of the City of Sanford, Florida; and
Whereas, the City Commission of the City of Sanford appointed members to
the Charter Review Committee and assigned the Committee various provisions of the
Charter of the City of Sanford, Florida to review and evaluate and make
recommendations relating to as needed; and
Whereas, the City Commission adopted Resolution Number 2017-2695,
revising the timeline for the Charter Review Committee to undertake its review of the
Charter of the City of Sanford, Florida; and
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Whereas, the Charter Review Committee has met in accordance with the
direction of the City Commission, developed, and hereby recommends, that the
following proposed amendments to the Charter of the City of Sanford, Florida be
submitted to the electors of the City of Sanford at a referendum election held pursuant
to the Charter of the City of Sanford, Florida and applicable State law; and
Whereas, the Charter Review Committee also expressed its views as to other
matters involving City government; and
Whereas, the City Commission of the City of Sanford has concluded that it is
in the best interests of the citizens of the City of Sanford for the City Commission to
propose amendments to the Charter of the City of Sanford at a referendum election in
accordance the Charter of the City of Sanford and Section 166.031, Florida Statutes,
and in the form set forth herein; and
Whereas, words with underlined type shall constitute additions to the original
text and strike-threugh shall constitute deletions to the original text.
Now, Therefore, be it Enacted By the People of the City of Sanford, Florida,
as follows:
Section 1. Proposed Revision Of Section 2.01, Section 6.01 and Section
6.07 City Charter, Redistricting. Section 2.01, Section 6.01 and Section 6.07 of
the Charter of the City of Sanford, Florida, are proposed to be amended to read as
follows:
Section 2.01. - Composition, terms, and eligibility.
(a) City Commission. The local _governing body of the City shall be ThattheFe-4
hereby Greaten a City Commission of the City of SaRfOrd,Florida tG GOnSist 0 five (5)
consisting of a Mayor, who shall also be known
as a Commissioner, and either four (4) or six (6) City Commissioners in number, as
determined by ordinance enacted by the City Commission, all each of whom shall be
elected for a term of four (4) years both commencing and terminating on the fourth
Monday in January. The City Commissioners holding office shall continue in office until
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their present terms of office expire and until their successors are elected and take
office, unless vacancies therein otherwise occur.
(b) Eligibility. Only qualified voters of the City shall be eligible to hold office of
Commissioner. No person shall run for more than one Commission seat in an election
and no person shall run for Mayor and a Commission seat in the same election.
Section 6.01. - Election of mayor and commissioners; dates of regular and runoff
elections.
(a) The regular municipal election of the City shall be held simultaneously with the
State primary elections of each election year and runoff elections, if necessary, shall be
held simultaneously with the State general elections of each election year after
qualification is completed and after consultation with the Seminole County Supervisor of
Elections.
(b) City Commission seats are hereby designated as Mayor and the remaining seats
for City Commission districts 1, 2, 3, and -4. Candidates for the offices of Mayor and City
Commissioner shall file to qualify for the office of Mayor or City Commission district as
provided by law.
(c) Each candidate for office shall announce whether he or she is a candidate for
the office of Mayor or for a City Commission district. Where more than one (1)
Commissioner is to be elected, the candidates for Commissioner shall be grouped by
district number and each candidate shall announce the district for which he or she is a
candidate.
(d) The candidate for Mayor receiving a majority of the votes cast for Mayor shall be
elected. The candidate in each district for Commissioner receiving a majority of the
votes cast in that district shall be elected. In the event that no candidate for Mayor
receives a majority of the votes cast for Mayor a the regular municipal election of the
City held simultaneously with the State primary elections, a runoff election shall be held
as provided in subsection (a), at which runoff election only the two (2) candidates for
Mayor receiving the highest vote in the regular municipal election shall be candidates,
and the candidate for Mayor receiving a majority of the votes cast for Mayor shall be
elected. In the event that no candidate for Commissioner in a district receives a majority
of the votes cast in that district at the regular municipal election held simultaneously
with the State primary elections, a runoff election shall be held as provided in
subsection (a), at which runoff election only the two (2) candidates for Commissioner
receiving the highest vote in the regular municipal election for that district shall be
candidates, and the candidate for Commissioner receiving a majority of the votes cast
for Commissioner in a district shall be elected.
(e) Write-in votes shall be allowed and counted in accordance with controlling State
law. The names of unopposed candidates shall not appear on the ballot when not in
accordance with controlling State law.
(f) Any matter which, by the terms of this Charter may be submitted to the electors
of the City at any special election may be submitted and voted upon at any City election
held in accordance with this section.
Section 6.07. - City Commission Districts and Redistricting.
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(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Charter the Mayor shall represent the
City as a whole and be elected by electors throughout the City. Each City
Commissioner shall represent a single City Commission district, shall actually physically
reside in the district for which they seek office from the date of qualification for office
until the expiration of the term of office for which elected and shall be elected solely by
the voters of that district.
(b) There shall be a number of four (4) City Commission districts, either four (4) or
six (6) in number, as determined by ordinance enacted by the City Commission, that
shall be established, defined and geographically described areas of the City as defined
by GFdinanGe NurnbeF 4032 and subsequent SUGGessoF ordinances relating to City
Commission redistricting as required by this Charter, general law and constitutional
principles. Each district shall be formed from compact contiguous territory with the
boundary lines following the centers of streets to the extent practicable. Due
consideration shall be given to maintaining the geographical integrity of neighborhoods
and developments within the individual districts. City Commission district lines shall be
constructed so as to comply with the constitutional principles of equal and effective
representation required by applicable State and Federal guidelines. The City
Commission shall give due consideration to the multiple constitutional principles
involved in the electoral process and shall give due regard for the opportunity of
minority representation on the City Commission as a part of the redistricting process in
compliance with applicable State and Federal constitutional standards.
(c) An incumbent Commissioner's seat number may change due to the realignment
process occurring during redistricting. However, no incumbent Commissioner shall have
a term of office cut short by the adoption of a redistricting plan.
(d) The City Commission may modify City Commission districts by the
enactment of a successor ordinance under such processes, procedures and
redistricting committees and/or consultants the City Commission may deem to be
desirable. The City Commission shall begin the initiation of a redistricting process for
City Commission districts within thirty (30) days after the receipt of the official Decennial
Census data every ten (10) years so as to finalize the redistricting process one hundred
fifty (150) days in advance of the first date to qualify for the next regular City election. In
the event the redistricting process is not completed prior to said one hundred fifty (150)
day advance period, the City Commission shall accomplish the redistricting process as
soon as is reasonably possible thereafter. The official Decennial Census data shall be
the authoritative source for demographical data used in reconstituting City Commission
districts in compliance with applicable State and Federal standards.
Section 2. Ballot Question Number One. The form of the ballot for the
Charter amendment provided for in Section 1 of this Ordinance shall be as follows:'
I See, Section 101.161, Florida Statutes, relating to referenda and ballots relating thereto. The statutory provision
provides as follows:
101.161 Referenda; ballots.—
(1) Whenever a constitutional amendment or other public measure is submitted to the vote of the
people, a ballot summary of such amendment or other public measure shall be printed in clear and
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unambiguous language on the ballot after the list of candidates, followed by the word "yes" and
also by the word "no," and shall be styled in such a manner that a "yes" vote will indicate approval
of the proposal and a "no" vote will indicate rejection. The ballot summary of the amendment or
other public measure and the ballot title to appear on the ballot shall be embodied in the
constitutional revision commission proposal, constitutional convention proposal, taxation and
budget reform commission proposal, or enabling resolution or ordinance. The ballot summary of
the amendment or other public measure shall be an explanatory statement, not exceeding 75 words
in length, of the chief purpose of the measure. In addition, for every amendment proposed by
initiative, the ballot shall include, following the ballot summary, a separate financial impact
statement concerning the measure prepared by the Financial Impact Estimating Conference in
accordance with s. 100.371(5). The ballot title shall consist of a caption, not exceeding 15 words in
length, by which the measure is commonly referred to or spoken of. This subsection does not apply
to constitutional amendments or revisions proposed by joint resolution.
(2) The ballot summary and ballot title of a constitutional amendment proposed by initiative shall
be prepared by the sponsor and approved by the Secretary of State in accordance with rules
adopted pursuant to s. 120.54. The Department of State shall give each proposed constitutional
amendment a designating number for convenient reference. This number designation shall appear
on the ballot. Designating numbers shall be assigned in the order of filing or certification and in
accordance with rules adopted by the Department of State. The Department of State shall furnish
the designating number, the ballot title, and, unless otherwise specified in a joint resolution, the
ballot summary of each amendment to the supervisor of elections of each county in which such
amendment is to be voted on.
(3)(a) Each joint resolution that proposes a constitutional amendment or revision shall include
one or more ballot statements set forth in order of priority. Each ballot statement shall consist of a
ballot title, by which the measure is commonly referred to or spoken of, not exceeding 15 words in
length, and a ballot summary that describes the chief purpose of the amendment or revision in clear
and unambiguous language. if a joint resolution that proposes a constitutional amendment or
revision contains only one ballot statement, the ballot summary may not exceed 75 words in length.
If a joint resolution that proposes a constitutional amendment or revision contains more than one
ballot statement, the first ballot summary, in order of priority, may not exceed 75 words in length.
(b) The Department of State shall furnish a designating number pursuant to subsection (2) and
the appropriate ballot statement to the supervisor of elections of each county. The ballot statement
shall be printed on the ballot after the list of candidates, followed by the word "yes" and also by
the word "no," and shall be styled in such a manner that a "yes" vote will indicate approval of the
amendment or revision and a "no" vote will indicate rejection.
(c)l. Any action for a judicial determination that one or more ballot statements embodied in a
joint resolution are defective must be commenced by filing a complaint or petition with the
appropriate court within 30 days after the joint resolution is filed with the Secretary of State. The
complaint or petition shall assert all grounds for challenge to each ballot statement. Any ground
not asserted within 30 days after the joint resolution is filed with the Secretary of State is waived.
2. The court, including any appellate court, shall accord an action described in subparagraph 1.
priority over other pending cases and render a decision as expeditiously as possible. If the court
finds that all ballot statements embodied in a joint resolution are defective and further appeals are
declined, abandoned, or exhausted, unless otherwise provided in the joint resolution, the Attorney
General shall, within 10 days, prepare and submit to the Department of State a revised ballot title
or ballot summary that corrects the deficiencies identified by the court, and the Department of
State shall furnish a designating number and the revised ballot title or ballot summary to the
supervisor of elections of each county for placement on the ballot. The revised ballot summary
may exceed 75 words in length. The court shall retain jurisdiction over challenges to a revised
ballot title or ballot summary prepared by the Attorney General, and any challenge to a revised
ballot title or ballot summary must be filed within 10 days after a revised ballot title or ballot
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Redistricting; Number Of Commissioners.
An amendment to amend the Sanford City Charter to provide the City
Commission with the option to increase the number of City
Commissioners from 4 to 6 plus a Mayor is proposed which change could
be implemented to address redistricting requirements or in other
circumstances.
Yes I
No [
Section 3. Proposed Revision Of Section 6.01, Section 6.02, Section 6.03,
Section 6.05 And Section 6.06, City Charter, Elections. Article VI, Section 6.01,
Section 6.02, Section 6.03, Section 6.05 and Section 6.06 of the Charter of the City of
Sanford, Florida, are proposed to be amended to read as follows:
ARTICLE VI. - ELECTIONS
summary is submitted to the Department of State.
(4)(a) For any general election in which the Secretary of State, for any circuit, or the supervisor
of elections, for any county, has certified the ballot position for an initiative to change the method
of selection of judges, the ballot for any circuit must contain the statement in paragraph (b) or
paragraph (c) and the ballot for any county must contain the statement in paragraph (d) or
paragraph (e).
(b) In any circuit where the initiative is to change the selection of circuit court judges to selection
by merit selection and retention, the ballot shall state: "Shall the method of selecting circuit court
judges in the (number of the circuit) judicial circuit be changed from election by a vote of the
people to selection by the judicial nominating commission and appointment by the Governor with
subsequent terms determined by a retention vote of the people?" This statement must be followed
by the word "yes" and also by the word "no."
(c) In any circuit where the initiative is to change the selection of circuit court judges to election
by the voters, the ballot shall state: "Shall the method of selecting circuit court judges in the
(number of the circuit) judicial circuit be changed from selection by the judicial nominating
commission and appointment by the Governor with subsequent terms determined by a retention
vote of the people to election by a vote of the people?" This statement must be followed by the
word "yes" and also by the word "no."
(d) In any county where the initiative is to change the selection of county court judges to merit
selection and retention, the ballot shall state: "Shall the method of selecting county court judges in
(name of county) be changed from election by a vote of the people to selection by the judicial
nominating commission and appointment by the Governor with subsequent terms determined by a
retention vote of the people?" This statement must be followed by the word "yes" and also by the
word "no."
(e) In any county where the initiative is to change the selection of county court judges to election
by the voters, the ballot shall state: "Shall the method of selecting county court judges in (name of
the county) be changed from selection by the judicial nominating commission and appointment by
the Governor with subsequent terms determined by a retention vote of the people to election by a
vote of the people?" This statement must be followed by the word "yes" and also by the word "no.
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Section 6.01. - Election of mayor and commissioners; dates of regular and runoff
elections.
(a) The regular municipal election of the City shall be held simultaneously with the
State primary elections of each election year and runoff elections, if necessary, shall be
held simultaneously with the State general elections of each election year after
qualification is completed and after consultation with the Seminole County Supervisor of
Elections.
(b) City Commission seats are hereby designated as Mayor and the seats for City
Commission districts 1, 2, 3, and 4. Candidates for the offices of Mayor and City
Commissioner shall file to qualify for the office of Mayor or City Commission district as
provided by law.
(c) Each candidate for office shall announce whether he or she is a candidate for
the office of Mayor or for a City Commission district. Where more than one (1)
Commissioner is to be elected, the candidates for Commissioner shall be grouped by
district number and each candidate shall announce the district for which he or she is a
candidate.
(d) The candidate for Mayor receiving a majority of the votes cast for Mayor shall be
elected. The candidate in each district for Commissioner receiving a majority of the
votes cast in that district shall be elected. In the event that no candidate for Mayor
receives a majority of the votes cast for Mayor a the regular municipal election of the
City held simultaneously with the State primary elections, a runoff election shall be held
as provided in subsection (a), at which runoff election only the two (2) candidates for
Mayor receiving the highest vote in the regular municipal election shall be candidates,
and the candidate for Mayor receiving a majority of the votes cast for Mayor shall be
elected; provided however, that if there is a tie for the candidate receiving the second
highest vote for Mayor, the tie shall be resolved on the first available date after the
election as determined by the City Clerk by means of the tossing of a coin. In the
event that no candidate for Commissioner in a district receives a majority of the votes
cast in that district at the regular municipal election held simultaneously with the State
primary elections, a runoff election shall be held as provided in subsection (a), at which
runoff election only the two (2) candidates for Commissioner receiving the highest vote
in the regular municipal election for that district shall be candidates, and the candidate
for Commissioner receiving a majority of the votes cast for Commissioner in a district
shall be elected; provided however, that if there is a tie for the candidate receiving the
second highest vote for Mayor, the tie shall be resolved on the first available date after
the election as determined by the City Clerk, by means of the tossing of a coin.
(e) Write-in votes shall be allowed and counted in accordance with controlling State
law. The names of unopposed candidates shall not appear on the ballot when not in
accordance with controlling State law.
(f) Any matter which, by the terms of this Charter may be submitted to the electors
of the City at any special election may be submitted and voted upon at any City election
held in accordance with this section.
Section 6.02. - Same—Qualifications of candidates; form of oath.
(a) Any person who is a qualified elector in the City of Sanford, not a convicted felon
whose civil rights have not been restored and who is otherwise qualified, may become a
candidate for the office of Mayor or City Commissioner upon filing with the City Clerk a
written notice of his or her intention to become a candidate in accordance with Article II
and this Section, requesting that his or her name be printed upon the ballot and
depositing with such written notice a sum equal to five percent (5%) of the then
effective annual salary of the office the candidate seeks plus the costs of any applicable
state mandated election fees as a qualifying fee for the office sought. All 5%
qualification fees shall be placed in the general fund of the City of Sanford and
allocated toward the cost of City elections. State election fees shall be transferred to the
State of Florida as provided by general State law.
(b) The period within which a candidate may qualify as above stated shall begin
ninety-two (92) days prior to the election and shall terminate at 12:00 noon on the last
fifth regular working day for the City Clerk's office eighty -e+g W) days iR advance -e#
the opoGtion date Qualification can be effected only during normal working hours for the
City Clerk's office. Persons who are in line at the termination of the qualification period
shall be permitted to submit their papers that are available at that time in an attempt to
qualify.
(c) Any person who is a qualified elector in the City of Sanford, and otherwise
qualified, may alternatively become a candidate for the office of Mayor or City
Commissioner upon filing with the City Clerk a written notice of his or her intention to
become a candidate in accordance with Article II and this Section, requesting that his or
her name be printed upon the ballot and presenting a written petition with the names of
two hundred and fifty (250) signers who are eligible electors residing in the Commission
district seat the candidate seeks. Candidates for Mayor qualifying by petition shall
present a written petition with the names of five hundred (500) signers who are eligible
voters residing within the City. The form of the petition shall comply with Florida law.
Petitions for placing a candidate's name on the ballot may be submitted to the City
Clerk for verification in whole or in part. Candidates qualifying by petition may begin
collecting and turning in names on petitions one hundred and twenty (120) days in
advance of the opening of the qualifying period. All petitions for placing a candidate's
name on the ballot must be received by the City Clerk's office prior to the end of the
qualifying period. The City Clerk shall present the names on written qualification
petitions to the supervisor of elections office for certification as a valid elector and shall
provide timely notification of the number of certified electors to the candidate until the
requisite number of electors has been met or the qualification period has ended with the
candidate being unable to meet the required numbers of certified electors during their
qualification petition attempt.
(d) The costs, as required by State law, of elector certifications shall be paid to the
City Clerk by the individual candidate(s) requesting the certification as a part of the
qualifying procedures.
(e) The City Clerk shall verify the residency of candidates for Mayor and the City
Commission district seats. Candidates shall reside in the district for which he or she
seeks to qualify and shall sign an affidavit of residency and shall provide suitable
documents establishing his or her residency as a part of the qualification process.
Documents that shall suffice to serve as authoritative proof of residency include, but are
not limited to, driver's licenses, homestead exemption documents, passports, voter
identification cards, other governmental identification cards and utilities bills. Elected
Commissioners for the Commission shall physically reside in the district they are
elected to represent or reside in the district they seek to represent.
(f) It is understood that emergency exigent circumstances may arise from time to
time.
(g) Should an exigent circumstance cause the physical place of abode of a
Commissioner to be uninhabitable or destroyed and he or she is forced to take up
temporary abode elsewhere within the City, then and in that event:
(1) The Commissioner/candidate shall make reasonable efforts to relocate within his
or her elective district.
(2) Failing such effort, the Commissioner/candidate must seek the approval of the
City Commission to temporarily reside outside his or her elected district.
(3) Commission authority for a Commissioner/candidate to reside out of district shall
be granted for such reasonable period as a valid exigent temporary relocation
requirement exists as determined by the Commission.
(4) Requests for extension shall be heard and acted upon by the Commission giving
attendance to all exigent circumstances.
(h) Any person who is a resident of the City and has qualified as an elector therein
may become a candidate for the office of Mayor or Commissioner by qualifying as
described above and taking and subscribing to an oath or affirmation in substantially
the form as required by the general laws of Florida.
Section 6.06. - Qualification of electors; prescribing method and manner of
election.
No person shall be allowed to vote at any election for the purpose of electing City
Commissioners and Mayor fey said-s+fy who is not a qualified voter under the State law.
The City Gommissien shall, by -erdina.nn-e-, preSGFibe the method and manner of heldiRg
ofthis Charter. All Citv s-uGh elections shall be conducted substantially on the principal
adopted for the State elections insofaras there is ^^ ^^nf!iGt with the terms of this
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The City
Clerk with the approval of the City Manager, shall adopt rules and procedure relating to
the administration and implementation of City elections and all provisions of the City
Code on the effective date of this amendment shall be addressed by the City Manager
and maV be administratively repealed and deleted from the City Code and the CitV
Clerk may adopt rules to replace such provisions of the City Code. All rules to be
adopted by the City Clerk shall be presented to the City Commission for approval prior
to the rules taking effect.
Section 4. Ballot Question Number Two. The form of the ballot for the
Charter amendment provided for in Section 3 of this Ordinance shall be as follows:
City Elections; State Law Controls; Tie Votes; Qualification For
Office.
An amendment to amend the Sanford City Charter to conform City
elections to State law and address tie votes, times of qualification for
office and the adoption of rules is proposed.
Yes I
No [
Section 5. Proposed Revision Of Section 2.01 And Section 6.04, City
Charter, Date Of Taking Office. Section 2.01 and Section 6.04 of the Charter of the
City of Sanford, Florida, are proposed to be amended to read as follows:
Section 2.01. - Composition, terms, and eligibility.
(a) City Commission. That there is hereby created a City Commission of the City of
Sanford, Florida to consist of five (5) members; four (4) commissioners and a mayor,
who shall also be known as a commissioner, each of whom shall be elected for a term
of four (4) years both commencing and terminating on the second feuFth Monday in
December january. The City Commissioners holding office shall continue in office until
their present terms of office expire and until their successors are elected and take
office, unless vacancies therein otherwise occur. (b) Eligibility. Only qualified voters of
the City shall be eligible to hold office of commissioner. No person shall run for more
than one commission seat in an election and no person shall run for mayor and a
commission seat in the same election.
Section 6.04. - Commission to declare person elected/commencement of term of
office.
All candidates elected as Mayor or as City Commissioner by regular or runoff election
as provided in Section 6.01 shall take office on the second fourth Monday in December
�anll:4w immediately following the regular or runoff election at which successful
candidates are determined. All candidates elected by special election shall take office
after certification of the election results by the Commission.
Transition.
The City Commissioners seated on the effective date of this Charter amendment shall
continue to serve through their current terms of office. City Commissioners elected in
2020 shall have terms of office which terminate consistent with this Charter
amendment.
Section 6. Ballot Question Number Three. The form of the ballot for the
Charter amendment provided for in Section 5 of this Ordinance shall be as follows:
Date Of Talking Office.
An amendment to amend the Sanford City Charter to reduce the number
of months between elections and the date that winning candidates take
office is proposed.
Yes [
No [
Section 7. Proposed Revision Of Section 2.02, City Charter,
Compensation/Expenses. Section 2.02 of the Charter of the City of Sanford,
Florida, are proposed to be amended to read as follows:
Section 2.02. - Compensation; expenses.
The Mayor and City Commissioners
shall receive for their services reasonable annual compensation which shall be the
salary authorized by Section 145.031 Florida Statutes, or its successor provision;
provided however, that the calculation shall be for population Group III base multiplied
by 56.7 percent for the Mayor and multiplied by 46.7 percent for City Commissioners,
and future adjustments but without any adjustment being made based upon State
employee pay increases as may be approved by the Florida Legislature.by er-dina.
The
Mayor and City Commissioners shall receive their expenses in the performance of their
duties of office in accordance with Section 112.061 Florida Statutes, relating to per
diem and travel expenses of public officers employees or its successor provisions or
the City's policy relative to travel pertaining to City employees which shall prevail in the
event of a conflict. The formula set forth herein is as follows: Base Salary(as
determined by the population group rate chart) + (City's current population - population
Group Minimum from the population group rate chart) x Group Rate from the population
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group rate chart)x Initial Factor (referenced in Section 145.19(2)(c), Florida Statutes) x
Certified Annual Factor (Determined by the State annually and referenced in Section
145 19 Florida Statutes) x Certified Cumulative Annual Factor (Determined by the
State annually and referenced in Section 145.19 Florida Statutes) x 46.7 for a
Commissioner or x 56.7 for the Mayor.
or.
NOTE: The referenced statutory provisions read as follow:
145.031 Board of county commissioners.—
(1) Each member of the board of county commissioners shall receive as salary the
amount indicated, based on the population of his or her county. In addition, compensation
shall be made for population increments over the minimum for each population group,
which shall be determined by multiplying the population in excess of the minimum for the
grouping times the group rate.
Pop. Group County Pop. Range Base Salary Group Rate
Minimum Maximum
1 -0-
9,999
$4,500
$0.150
II 10,000
49,999
6,000
0.075
III 50,000
99,999
9,000
0.060
IV 100,000
199,999
12,000
0.045
V 200,000
399,999
16,500
0.015
VI 400,000
999,999
19,500
0.005
VII 1,000,000
22,500
0.000
(2) No member of a governing body of a chartered county or a county with a
consolidated form of government shall be deemed to be the equivalent of a county
commissioner for the purposes of determining the compensation of such member under
his or her respective charter.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or s. 145.19, each member of the
board of county commissioners may reduce his or her salary rate on a voluntary basis.
145.19 Annual percentage increases based on increase for state career service
employees; limitation.—
(1) As used in this section, the term:
(a) "Annual factor" means 1 plus the lesser of:
1. The average percentage increase in the salaries of state career service
employees for the current fiscal year as determined by the Department of Management
Services or as provided in the General Appropriations Act; or
2. Seven percent.
(b) "Cumulative annual factor" means the product of all annual factors certified under
this act prior to the fiscal year for which salaries are being calculated.
(c) "Initial factor" means a factor of 1.292, which is a product, rounded to the nearest
thousandth, of an earlier cost -of -living increase factor authorized by chapter 73-173, Laws
of Florida, and intended by the Legislature to be preserved in adjustments to salaries
made prior to enactment of chapter 76-80, Laws of Florida, multiplied by the annual
increase factor authorized by chapter 79-327, Laws of Florida.
(2) Each fiscal year, the salaries of all officials listed in this chapter, s. 1001.395, and
s. 1001.47 shall be adjusted. The adjusted salary rate shall be the product, rounded to the
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nearest dollar, of the salary rate granted by the appropriate section of this chapter, s.
1001.395, or s. 1001.47 multiplied first by the initial factor, then by the cumulative annual
factor, and finally by the annual factor. The Department of Management Services shall
certify the annual factor and the cumulative annual factors. Any special qualification salary
received under this chapter, s. 1001.47, or the annual performance salary incentive
available to elected superintendents under s. 1001.47 shall be added to such adjusted
salary rate. The special qualification salary shall be $2,000, but shall not exceed $2,000.
112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public officers, employees, and
authorized persons.—
(1) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.—To prevent inequities, conflicts, inconsistencies, and
lapses in the numerous laws regulating or attempting to regulate travel expenses of public
officers, employees, and authorized persons in the state, it is the intent of the Legislature:
(a) To establish standard travel reimbursement rates, procedures, and limitations,
with certain justifiable exceptions and exemptions, applicable to all public officers,
employees, and authorized persons whose travel is authorized and paid by a public
agency.
(b) To preserve the standardization established by this law:
1. The provisions of this section shall prevail over any conflicting provisions in a
general law, present or future, to the extent of the conflict; but if any such general law
contains a specific exemption from this section, including a specific reference to this
section, such general law shall prevail, but only to the extent of the exemption.
2. The provisions of any special or local law, present or future, shall prevail over any
conflicting provisions in this section, but only to the extent of the conflict.
(2) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have
the meanings indicated:
(a) Agency or public agency—Any office, department, agency, division, subdivision,
political subdivision, board, bureau, commission, authority, district, public body, body
politic, county, city, town, village, municipality, or any other separate unit of government
created pursuant to law.
(b) Agency head or head of the agency—The highest policymaking authority of a
public agency, as herein defined.
(c) Officer or public officer—An individual who in the performance of his or her official
duties is vested by law with sovereign powers of government and who is either elected by
the people, or commissioned by the Governor and has jurisdiction extending throughout
the state, or any person lawfully serving instead of either of the foregoing two classes of
individuals as initial designee or successor.
(d) Employee or public employee—An individual, whether commissioned or not, other
than an officer or authorized person as defined herein, who is filling a regular or full-time
authorized position and is responsible to an agency head.
(e) Authorized person -
1. A person other than a public officer or employee as defined herein, whether
elected or commissioned or not, who is authorized by an agency head to incur travel
expenses in the performance of official duties.
2. A person who is called upon by an agency to contribute time and services as
consultant or adviser.
3. A person who is a candidate for an executive or professional position.
(f) Traveler—A public officer, public employee, or authorized person, when
performing authorized travel.
(g) Travel expense, traveling expenses, necessary expenses while traveling, actual
expenses while traveling, or words of similar nature—The usual ordinary and incidental
expenditures necessarily incurred by a traveler.
(h) Common carrier—Train, bus, commercial airline operating scheduled flights, or
rental cars of an established rental car firm.
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(i) Travel day—A period of 24 hours consisting of four quarters of 6 hours each.
Q) Travel period—A period of time between the time of departure and time of return.
(k) Class A travel—Continuous travel of 24 hours or more away from official
headquarters.
(1) Class B travel—Continuous travel of less than 24 hours which involves overnight
absence from official headquarters.
(m) Class C travel—Travel for short or day trips where the traveler is not away from his
or her official headquarters overnight.
(n) Foreign travel—Travel outside the United States.
(3) AUTHORITY TO INCUR TRAVEL EXPENSES.—
(a) All travel must be authorized and approved by the head of the agency, or his or
her designated representative, from whose funds the traveler is paid. The head of the
agency shall not authorize or approve such a request unless it is accompanied by a
signed statement by the traveler's supervisor stating that such travel is on the official
business of the state and also stating the purpose of such travel.
(b) Travel expenses of travelers shall be limited to those expenses necessarily
incurred by them in the performance of a public purpose authorized by law to be
performed by the agency and must be within the limitations prescribed by this section.
(c) Travel by public officers or employees serving temporarily in behalf of another
agency or partly in behalf of more than one agency at the same time, or authorized
persons who are called upon to contribute time and services as consultants or advisers,
may be authorized by the agency head. Complete explanation and justification must be
shown on the travel expense voucher or attached thereto.
(d) Travel expenses of public employees for the sole purpose of taking merit system
or other job placement examinations, written or oral, shall not be allowed under any
circumstances, except that upon prior written approval of the agency head or his or her
designee, candidates for executive or professional positions may be allowed travel
expenses pursuant to this section.
(e) Travel expenses of public officers or employees for the purpose of implementing,
organizing, directing, coordinating, or administering, or supporting the implementation,
organization, direction, coordination, or administration of, activities related to or involving
travel to a terrorist state shall not be allowed under any circumstances. For purposes of
this section, "terrorist state" is defined as any state, country, or nation designated by the
United States Department of State as a state sponsor of terrorism.
(f) . The agency head, or a designated representative, may pay by advancement or
reimbursement, or a combination thereof, the costs of per diem of travelers for foreign
travel at the current rates as specified in the federal publication "Standardized
Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas)" and incidental expenses as provided
in this section.
(g) A traveler who becomes sick or injured while away from his or her official
headquarters and is therefore unable to perform the official business of the agency may
continue to receive subsistence as provided in subsection (6) during this period of illness
or injury until such time as he or she is able to perform the official business of the agency
or returns to his or her official headquarters, whichever is earlier. Such subsistence may
be paid when approved by the agency head or his or her designee.
(h) The State Surgeon General or a designee may authorize travel expenses
incidental to the rendering of medical services for and on behalf of clients of the
Department of Health. The Department of Health may establish rates lower than the rate
provided in this section for these travel expenses.
(4) OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS.—The official headquarters of an officer or
employee assigned to an office shall be the city or town in which the office is located
except that:
(a) The official headquarters of a person located in the field shall be the city or town
nearest to the area where the majority of the person's work is performed, or such other
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city, town, or area as may be designated by the agency head provided that in all cases
such designation must be in the best interests of the agency and not for the convenience
of the person.
(b) When any state employee is stationed in any city or town for a period of over 30
continuous workdays, such city or town shall be deemed to be the employee's official
headquarters, and he or she shall not be allowed per diem or subsistence, as provided in
this section, after the said period of 30 continuous workdays has elapsed, unless this
period of time is extended by the express approval of the agency head or his or her
designee.
(c) A traveler may leave his or her assigned post to return home overnight, over a
weekend, or during a holiday, but any time lost from regular duties shall be taken as
annual leave and authorized in the usual manner. The traveler shall not be reimbursed for
travel expenses in excess of the established rate for per diem allowable had he or she
remained at his or her assigned post. However, when a traveler has been temporarily
assigned away from his or her official headquarters for an approved period extending
beyond 30 days, he or she shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses at the
established rate of one round trip for each 30 -day period actually taken to his or her home
in addition to pay and allowances otherwise provided.
(5) COMPUTATION OF TRAVEL TIME FOR REIMBURSEMENT.—For purposes of
reimbursement and methods of calculating fractional days of travel, the following
principles are prescribed:
(a) The travel day for Class A travel shall be a calendar day (midnight to midnight).
The travel day for Class B travel shall begin at the same time as the travel period. For
Class A and Class B travel, the traveler shall be reimbursed one-fourth of the authorized
rate of per diem for each quarter, or fraction thereof, of the travel day included within the
travel period. Class A and Class B travel shall include any assignment on official business
outside of regular office hours and away from regular places of employment when it is
considered reasonable and necessary to stay overnight and for which travel expenses are
approved.
(b) A traveler shall not be reimbursed on a per diem basis for Class C travel, but shall
receive subsistence as provided in this section, which allowance for meals shall be based
on the following schedule:
1. Breakfast—When travel begins before 6 a.m. and extends beyond 8 a.m.
2. Lunch—When travel begins before 12 noon and extends beyond 2 p.m.
3. Dinner—When travel begins before 6 p.m. and extends beyond 8 p.m., or when
travel occurs during nighttime hours due to special assignment.
No allowance shall be made for meals when travel is confined to the city or town of the
official headquarters or immediate vicinity; except assignments of official business outside
the traveler's regular place of employment if travel expenses are approved. The Chief
Financial Officer shall establish a schedule for processing Class C travel subsistence
payments at least on a monthly basis.
(6) RATES OF PER DIEM AND SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCE.—For purposes of
reimbursement rates and methods of calculation, per diem and subsistence allowances
are provided as follows:
(a) All travelers shall be allowed for subsistence when traveling to a convention or
conference or when traveling within or outside the state in order to conduct bona fide
state business, which convention, conference, or business serves a direct and lawful
public purpose with relation to the public agency served by the person attending such
meeting or conducting such business, either of the following for each day of such travel at
the option of the traveler:
1. Eighty dollars per diem; or
2. If actual expenses exceed $80, the amounts permitted in paragraph (b) for
subsistence, plus actual expenses for lodging at a single -occupancy rate to be
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substantiated by paid bills therefor.
When lodging or meals are provided at a state institution, the traveler shall be reimbursed
only for the actual expenses of such lodging or meals, not to exceed the maximum
provided for in this subsection.
(b) All travelers shall be allowed the following amounts for subsistence while on Class
C travel on official business as provided in paragraph (5)(b):
1. Breakfast .......... $6
2. Lunch .......... $11
3. Dinner .......... $19
(c) No one, whether traveling out of state or in state, shall be reimbursed for any meal
or lodging included in a convention or conference registration fee paid by the state.
(7) TRANSPORTATION.—
(a) All travel must be by a usually traveled route. In case a person travels by an
indirect route for his or her own convenience, any extra costs shall be borne by the
traveler; and reimbursement for expenses shall be based only on such charges as would
have been incurred by a usually traveled route. The agency head or his or her designee
shall designate the most economical method of travel for each trip, keeping in mind the
following conditions:
1. The nature of the business.
2. The most efficient and economical means of travel (considering time of the
traveler, impact on the productivity of the traveler, cost of transportation, and per diem or
subsistence required). When it is more efficient and economical to either the traveler or
the agency head, jet service offered by any airline, whether on state contract or not, may
be used when the cost is within an approved threshold determined by the agency head or
his or her designee.
3. The number of persons making the trip and the amount of equipment or material
to be transported.
(b) The Department of Financial Services may provide any form it deems necessary
to cover travel requests for traveling on official business and when paid by the state.
(c) Transportation by common carrier when traveling on official business and paid for
personally by the traveler, shall be substantiated by a receipt therefor. Federal tax shall
not be reimbursable to the traveler unless the state and other public agencies are also
required by federal law to pay such tax. In the event transportation other than the most
economical class as approved by the agency head is provided by a common carrier on a
flight check or credit card, the charges in excess of the most economical class shall be
refunded by the traveler to the agency charged with the transportation provided in this
manner.
(d)1. The use of privately owned vehicles for official travel in lieu of publicly owned
vehicles or common carriers may be authorized by the agency head or his or her
designee. Whenever travel is by privately owned vehicle:
a. A traveler shall be entitled to a mileage allowance at a rate of 44.5 cents per mile;
or
b. A traveler shall be entitled to the common carrier fare for such travel if determined
by the agency head to be more economical.
2. Reimbursement for expenditures related to the operation, maintenance, and
ownership of a vehicle shall not be allowed when privately owned vehicles are used on
public business and reimbursement is made pursuant to this paragraph, except as
provided in subsection (8).
3. All mileage shall be shown from point of origin to point of destination and, when
possible, shall be computed on the basis of the current map of the Department of
Transportation. Vicinity mileage necessary for the conduct of official business is allowable
but must be shown as a separate item on the expense voucher.
(e) Transportation by chartered vehicles when traveling on official business may be
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authorized by the agency head when necessary or where it is to the advantage of the
agency, provided the cost of such transportation does not exceed the cost of
transportation by privately owned vehicle pursuant to paragraph (d).
(f) The agency head or his or her designee may grant monthly allowances in fixed
amounts for use of privately owned automobiles on official business in lieu of the mileage
rate provided in paragraph (d). Allowances granted pursuant to this paragraph shall be
reasonable, taking into account the customary use of the automobile, the roads
customarily traveled, and whether any of the expenses incident to the operation,
maintenance, and ownership of the automobile are paid from funds of the agency or other
public funds. Such allowance may be changed at any time, and shall be made on the
basis of a signed statement of the traveler, filed before the allowance is granted or
changed, and at least annually thereafter. The statement shall show the places and
distances for an average typical month's travel on official business, and the amount that
would be allowed under the approved rate per mile for the travel shown in the statement,
if payment had been made pursuant to paragraph (d).
(g) No contract may be entered into between a public officer or employee, or any
other person, and a public agency, in which a depreciation allowance is used in
computing the amount due by the agency to the individual for the use of a privately owned
vehicle on official business; provided, any such existing contract shall not be impaired.
(h) No traveler shall be allowed either mileage or transportation expense when
gratuitously transported by another person or when transported by another traveler who is
entitled to mileage or transportation expense. However, a traveler on a private aircraft
shall be reimbursed the actual amount charged and paid for the fare for such
transportation up to the cost of a commercial airline ticket for the same flight, even though
the owner or pilot of such aircraft is also entitled to transportation expense for the same
flight under this subsection.
(8) OTHER EXPENSES.—
(a) The following incidental travel expenses of the traveler may be reimbursed:
1. Taxi fare.
2. Ferry fares; and bridge, road, and tunnel tolls.
3. Storage or parking fees.
4. Communication expense.
5. Convention registration fee while attending a convention or conference which will
serve a direct public purpose with relation to the public agency served by the person
attending such meetings. A traveler may be reimbursed the actual and necessary fees for
attending events which are not included in a basic registration fee that directly enhance
the public purpose of the participation of the agency in the conference. Such expenses
may include, but not be limited to, banquets and other meal functions. It shall be the
responsibility of the traveler to substantiate that the charges were proper and necessary.
However, any meals or lodging included in the registration fee will be deducted in
accordance with the allowances provided in subsection (6).
(b) Other expenses which are not specifically authorized by this section may be
approved by the Department of Financial Services pursuant to rules adopted by it.
Expenses approved pursuant to this paragraph shall be reported by the Department of
Financial Services to the Auditor General annually.
(9) RULES.—
(a) The Department of Financial Services shall adopt such rules, including, but not
limited to, the general criteria to be used by a state agency to predetermine justification
for attendance by state officers and employees and authorized persons at conventions
and conferences, and prescribe such forms as are necessary to effectuate the purposes
of this section. The department may also adopt rules prescribing the proper disposition
and use of promotional items and rebates offered by common carriers and other entities
in connection with travel at public expense; however, before adopting such rules, the
department shall consult with the appropriation committees of the Legislature.
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(b) Each state agency shall adopt such additional specific rules and specific criteria to
be used by it to predetermine justification for attendance by state officers and employees
and authorized persons at conventions and conferences, not in conflict with the rules of
the Department of Financial Services or with the general criteria to be used by a state
agency to predetermine justification for attendance by state officers and employees and
authorized persons at conventions, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of
this section.
(10) FRAUDULENT CLAIMS.—Claims submitted pursuant to this section shall not be
required to be sworn to before a notary public or other officer authorized to administer
oaths, but any claim authorized or required to be made under any provision of this section
shall contain a statement that the expenses were actually incurred by the traveler as
necessary travel expenses in the performance of official duties and shall be verified by a
written declaration that it is true and correct as to every material matter; and any person
who willfully makes and subscribes any such claim which he or she does not believe to be
true and correct as to every material matter, or who willfully aids or assists in, or procures,
counsels, or advises the preparation or presentation under the provisions of this section
of a claim which is fraudulent or is false as to any material matter, whether or not such
falsity or fraud is with the knowledge or consent of the person authorized or required to
present such claim, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as
provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Whoever shall receive an allowance or
reimbursement by means of a false claim shall be civilly liable in the amount of the
overpayment for the reimbursement of the public fund from which the claim was paid.
(11) TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION AND VOUCHER FORMS.—
(a) Authorization forms.—The Department of Financial Services shall furnish a
uniform travel authorization request form which shall be used by all state officers,
employees, and authorized persons when requesting approval for the performance of
travel to a convention or conference. The form shall include, but not be limited to,
provision for the name of each traveler, purpose of travel, period of travel, estimated cost
to the state, and a statement of benefits accruing to the state by virtue of such travel. A
copy of the program or agenda of the convention or conference, itemizing registration
fees and any meals or lodging included in the registration fee, shall be attached to, and
filed with, the copy of the travel authorization request form on file with the agency. The
form shall be signed by the traveler and by the traveler's supervisor stating that the travel
is to be incurred in connection with official business of the state. The head of the agency
or his or her designated representative shall not authorize or approve such request in the
absence of the appropriate signatures. A copy of the travel authorization form shall be
attached to, and become a part of, the support of the agency's copy of the travel voucher.
(b) Voucher forms. -
1. The Department of Financial Services shall furnish a uniform travel voucher form
which shall be used by all state officers, employees, and authorized persons when
submitting travel expense statements for approval and payment. No travel expense
statement shall be approved for payment by the Chief Financial Officer unless made on
the form prescribed and furnished by the department. The travel voucher form shall
provide for, among other things, the purpose of the official travel and a certification or
affirmation, to be signed by the traveler, indicating the truth and correctness of the claim
in every material matter, that the travel expenses were actually incurred by the traveler as
necessary in the performance of official duties, that per diem claimed has been
appropriately reduced for any meals or lodging included in the convention or conference
registration fees claimed by the traveler, and that the voucher conforms in every respect
with the requirements of this section. The original copy of the executed uniform travel
authorization request form shall be attached to the uniform travel voucher on file with the
respective agency.
2. Statements for travel expenses incidental to the rendering of medical services for
and on behalf of clients of the Department of Health shall be on forms approved by the
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Department of Financial Services.
(12) ADVANCEMENTS.—Notwithstanding any of the foregoing restrictions and
limitations, an agency head or his or her designee may make, or authorize the making of,
advances to cover anticipated costs of travel to travelers. Such advancements may
include the costs of subsistence and travel of any person transported in the care or
custody of the traveler in the performance of his or her duties.
(13) DIRECT PAYMENT OF EXPENSES BY AGENCY.—Whenever an agency
requires an employee to incur either Class A or Class B travel on emergency notice to the
traveler, such traveler may request the agency to pay his or her expenses for meals and
lodging directly to the vendor, and the agency may pay the vendor the actual expenses for
meals and lodging during the travel period, limited to an amount not to exceed that
authorized pursuant to this section. In emergency situations, the agency head or his or
her designee may authorize an increase in the amount paid for a specific meal, provided
that the total daily cost of meals does not exceed the total amount authorized for meals
each day. The agency head or his or her designee may also grant prior approval for a
state agency to make direct payments of travel expenses in other situations that result in
cost savings to the state, and such cost savings shall be documented in the voucher
submitted to the Chief Financial Officer for the direct payment of travel expenses. The
provisions of this subsection shall not be deemed to apply to any legislator or to any
employee of the Legislature.
(14) APPLICABILITY TO COUNTIES, COUNTY OFFICERS, DISTRICT SCHOOL
BOARDS, SPECIAL DISTRICTS, AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATIONS.—
(a) The following entities may establish rates that vary from the per diem rate provided
in paragraph (6)(a), the subsistence rates provided in paragraph (6)(b), or the mileage
rate provided in paragraph (7)(d) if those rates are not less than the statutorily established
rates that are in effect for the 2005-2006 fiscal year:
1. The governing body of a county by the enactment of an ordinance or resolution;
2. A county constitutional officer, pursuant to s. 1(d), Art. VIII of the State
Constitution, by the establishment of written policy;
3. The governing body of a district school board by the adoption of rules;
4. The governing body of a special district, as defined in s. 189.012, except those
special districts that are subject to s. 166.021(9), by the enactment of a resolution; or
5. Any metropolitan planning organization created pursuant to s. 339.175 or any
other separate legal or administrative entity created pursuant to s. 339.175 of which a
metropolitan planning organization is a member, by the enactment of a resolution.
(b) Rates established pursuant to paragraph (a) must apply uniformly to all travel by
the county, county constitutional officer and entity governed by that officer, district school
board, special district, or metropolitan planning organization.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, counties, county constitutional
officers and entities governed by those officers, district school boards, special districts,
and metropolitan planning organizations, other than those subject to s. 166.021(9),
remain subject to the requirements of this section.
(15) CLASS C TRAVEL.—Moneys appropriated from the State Treasury may not be
used to pay per diem or subsistence related to Class C travel.
Section 8. Ballot Question Number Four. The form of the ballot for the
Charter amendment provided for in Section 7 of this Ordinance shall be as follows:
Compensation And Expenses For Elected Offices.
An amendment to amend the Sanford City Charter to require that the
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compensation and expenses paid to City elected officials is tied to a
formula and rates set forth in State statutes is proposed.
Yes [
No [ ]
Section 9. Referendum Election.
A referendum election is hereby called to be held August 28, 2018, to present to
the electors of the City of Sanford the ballot question provided for in this Ordinance.
The Supervisor of Elections of Seminole County is hereby requested to coordinate all
matters relating to the said referendum election with the City Clerk, the Division of
Elections of the Florida Department of State, and the City Manager, City Clerk and City
Attorney.
Section 10. Appreciation For Work Of Charter Review Committee.
The City Commission hereby expresses its appreciation for the diligence, public
service and high quality work of the Charter Review Committee.
Section 11. Duties Of City Clerk.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to ensure that the advertising and notice
requirements of Section 100.342, Florida Statutes, are complied with and to coordinate
all activities necessary to conduct the referendum election called in this Ordinance with
the Supervisor of Elections for Seminole County.
Section 12. Revised Charter Of The City Of Sanford.
If the proposed amendments to the Charter of the City of Sanford is approved by
the electorate in the referendum election called for in this Ordinance, it is the intention
of the City Council, and it is hereby ordained, that the approved provisions of this
Ordinance shall become and be made a part of the Charter of the City of Sanford. The
City's Code codifier is granted broad and liberal power and authority to codify the
Charter of the City of Sanford in terms of making appropriate harmonizing, technical or
editorial changes and notes that do not affect the substantive provisions thereof.
Section 13. Severability.
Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or other part of this
Ordinance be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision
shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance as a whole or any portion thereof, other
than the part so declared to be invalid.
Section 14. Effective Date.
The provisions of this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon enactment.
The amendments to the Charter of the City of Sanford proposed for approval in this
Ordinance shall become effective only upon approval at a referendum election of the
electors of the City of Sanford in accordance with the provisions of Section 166.031,
Florida Statutes.
Passed and adopted this 14th day of May, 2018.
Attest: City Commission ofT
e City of
Sanford, Florida
Traci Houchin, City Clerk riplett,
For use and reliance of the Sanf y
City Commission only. he
Approved as to form and legality. ��o
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