LTC 028-2004 Unified Municipal Election Date CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
Office of the City Manager
Letter to Commission No. 028-200~
To:
From:
Subject:
Mayor David Dermer and
Members of the City Commission
Jorge M. Gonzalez I~ ~..~'
City Manager
Unified Municipal Election Date
Date: February 2, 2004
The Administration has received notice that a resolution "urging municipalities to utilize a uniform
municipal election date" has been placed on the February 3, 2004 Miami-Dade County Commission
agenda, see attached.
As additional information becomes available I will forward it via an LTC.
c: Jorge (:3omez
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MEMORANDUM
Agenda Item No. 10(M (5)
TO:
Hon. Chairperson Barbara Carey-Shuler, Ed.D.
and Members, Board of County Commissioners
DATE:
February 3, 2004
FROM:
Robert A. Ginsburg
County Attorney
SUBJECT:
Resolution urging
municipalities to utilize a
uniform municipal election
date
The accompanying resolution was prepared and placed on the agenda at the request
of Commissioner Joe A. Martinez.
RAG/ils
Approved
Veto
Override
Mayor Agenda Item No.
2-3 -04
10(A)(5)
RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION URGING MUNICIPALITIES TO UTILIZE A
UNIFORM MUNICIPAL ELECTION DATE
by Commissioner
by Commissioner
follows:
WltEREAS, the County conducts between 20 and 30 individual municipal elections in
any given year; and
WHEREAS, this procedure requires significant administrative time, effort and cost by
the County; and
WHEREAS, a procedure whereby all municipalities would hold their municipal
elections on the same date would be financially advantageous to the municipalities and
administratively advantageous to the County,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, that municipalities are urged
to coordinate their municipal elections so that they are all held on the same date, thereby
reducing the election costs to their citizens by sharing their fixed administrative costs.
The foregoing resolution was sponsored by Commissioner Joe A. Martinez and offered
, who moved its adoption. The motion was seconded
and upon being put to a vote, the vote was as
Dr. Barbara Carey-Shuler, Chairperson
Katy Sorenson, Vice-Chairperson
Bruno A. Barreiro
Betty T. Ferguson
Joe A. Martinez
Dennis C. Moss
Natacha Seijas
Sen. Javier D. Souto
Jose "Pepe" Diaz
Sally A. Heyman
Jimmy L. Morales
Dorfin D. Rolle
Rebeca Sosa