Fort Walton Beach Ordinance — 958 — reading text

City of Fort Walton Beach HOME OF THE Jee Seoree Ordinance __ 938 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 208, ELECTIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION 208.04(b) DATES OF ELECTIONS, OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA: SECTION I. That Section 208.04(b), Dates of Elections, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Fort Walton Beach, FLorida is hereby amended as follows: 208.04(b) DATES OF ELECTIONS Elections for members of Council and for the office of Mayor shall be held on the second Tuesday in June of each election year. The candidate for a particular seat who receives a majority of the votes cast shall be elected to that position. If no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast for a particular seat, then a run-off election between the two candidates with the largest number of votes for that seat shall be held. A run-off election for one or more seats, as may be necessary after the general election, shall be held on the fourth Tuesday in June during the election year. The candidate receiving the majority of votes cast at the run-off election shall be declared the winner. SECTION II. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval by Council and signature by the Mayor. ADOPTED: LS, i ‘) thal MAYOR: y) har ATTEST: CITY CLERK /, 1 The form and legal sufficiency of the foregoing has been reviewed and CITY ATTORNEY Da j ly f A Freedom Newspaper News Published Daily Fort Walton Beach, Florida State of Florida County of Okaloosa Before the undersigned authorized personally appeared Mary Lou Qoon .who on oath says that (s) he Office Manager is of the Playground Daily News, a daily newspaper published at Fort Walton Beach, in Okaloosa County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement, being a Legal Notice in the matter of in the . Court, was published in said newspaper in the issues of August 14, 1987 Affiant further says that the said Playground Daily News is a newspaper published at Fort Walton Beach, in said Okaloosa County, Florida, and that the said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Okaloosa County, Florida, each day, and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Fort Walton Beach, in said Okaloosa County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that (s)he has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper. Ve yg uf . (oe Qe Ligjey New fof eee me 7 tok j =H Sworn to and subscribed before me this 14th day of August AD. 19.87, Wee Notary Public, State of Fiorida at Large porn Yue ASS wo ; Y COMMIS ION EYER My Commission Expires _MY COMMISSION PENIS ON GX EORE hE DA gee usiha ge 1988 Leg:1110 > NOTICE The City Council of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, while meeting in regular ses- sion’ in| Council Chambers, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, at approximately 7:00 p.m. on August 25, 1987, will consider the enactment of the follow- ing ordinance: Ordinance No. 958 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 208, ELECTIONS, BY AMENDING SECTION 208.04(B), DATES OF ELEC- TIONS, OF THE CODIFIED OR- DINANCES OF THE CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA, PROVIDING THE EF- - FECTIVE DATE HEREOF. The above ordinonce may be inspected at the office of the City Clerk, City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Interested parties may appeor at the meeting of City Council on August 25, 1987, and be heard with respect to the above ordinance. HELEN A. SPENCER CITY CLERK 1110: Aug 14, 1987