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MOTION TO ADOPT PROPOSED ORDINANCE 2024-05 ON SECOND AND FINAL READING.
PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 2024-05 IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2017, ADOPTED FEBRUARY 7, 2024, REGARDING THE SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, TO FILL THE VACANCY IN THE DISTRICT 4 COMMISSION SEAT; AMENDING THE QUALIFYING PERIOD TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD FOR QUALIFYING; CONFIRMING THE QUALIFIED STATUS OF PREVIOUSLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Summary Explanation and Background
SUMMARY EXPLANATION AND BACKGROUND:
1. The Commission voted unanimously to amend Ordinance No 2017, adopted February 7, 2024, regarding the election to be held on November 5, 2024, to fill the vacancy in the District 4 Commission seat amending the qualifying period to add an additional period for qualifying and confirming the qualified status of the previously qualified candidates.
2. Section 3.11(d)(1) of the City Charter provides that in the event of a vacancy in the office of City Commissioner,
[i]f there are more than one hundred eighty days before the next municipal election, then the City Commission shall conduct a special election to fill the vacancy. The special election shall take place as soon as practicable, but no more than one hundred eighty (180) days from the date that the vacancy occurred;
3. There is a statewide primary election on August 20, 2024, which would fall within 180 days of the vacancy; as described in Ordinance No. 2017, the current Broward County Supervisor of Elections refused to permit ballot access for a City special election for District 4 at the August 20, 2024 statewide primary election.
4. Given the refusal of the current Supervisor of Elections to permit ballot access for a City special election for District 4 at the August 20, 2024, statewide primary election, the City Commission was compelled to schedule the ...
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