File #: RES 2018-238    Name: 2019 Municipal Election Date
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/24/2018 In control: City Commission
On agenda: 1/24/2019 Final action: 1/24/2019
Title: A RESOLUTION SETTING THE DATE OF THE 2019 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION AS MARCH 12, 2019, STATING THE OFFICES TO BE FILLED, AND STATING THE ADDRESSES OF THE POLLING PLACES.
Sponsors: City Clerk
Indexes: Broward County Supervisor of Elections, Election
Attachments: 1. RESOLUTION 2018-238-2019 Notice of Election & Polling Places, 2. BACKUP-Charter Section 707-2019 Municipal Election, 3. BACKUP-Charter Section 708-2019 Municipal Election, 4. BACKUP-Charter Section 301-2019 Municipal Election
Related files: RES 2015-001, RES 2017-005, RES 2018-237

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A RESOLUTION SETTING THE DATE OF THE 2019 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION AS MARCH 12, 2019, STATING THE OFFICES TO BE FILLED, AND STATING THE ADDRESSES OF THE POLLING PLACES.

 

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BACKGROUND:

Section 707 of the City Charter requires that elections of the City be called by resolution adopted not less than thirty (30) days before the election. Section 708 of the City Charter requires the resolution calling the election to state the offices to be filled and state the address of the polling places.

DISCUSSION:

Regular elections of the City are held on the second Tuesday of March on odd-numbered years. The 2019 Municipal Election is for Commission Seats in Districts A and D.  However, at the closing of the candidate qualifying period on January 9, 2019, the incumbent in District D was re-elected unopposed.

A listing of the polling places, listed by precinct number, is included as an exhibit to the resolution.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends approval of this resolution. 

FISCAL IMPACT:   N/A