TOWN OF INGLIS SPECIAL MEETING NOVEMBER 15, 2022 6:00 P.M.  INGLIS TOWN HALL COMMISSION ROOM  135 HIGHWAY 40V W INGLIS, FL34449  -"-PLEASE SILENCE ALL CELLPHONES  Pledge of Allegiance Prayer  Roll Call  AGENDA  PUBLIC HEARING  1. Ordinance # 08-22 Final reading and adoption. An Ordinance regarding Town ofl Inglis Election Dates to be read into record by Attorney Christopher. Anderson  Documents: Ordinance #08-22  2. Ordinance # 10-22 Second Reading and adoption. An ordinance regarding Town of Inglis General Election dates. Tol be readi into record by Attorney Christopher. Anderson.  Documents: Ordinance #10-22  Adjourn    ORDINANCE NO. 08-22  AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF INGLIS, FLORIDA, AMENDING ARTICLE I, SECTION 4 OF THE TOWN CHARTER; AMENDING ARTICLE V, SECTION 3 OF THE TOWN CHARTER; AMENDING SECTION 22-4 OF THE TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OTHER ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE  DATE.  WHEREAS:  A. The Town oflnglis, Florida (the "Town"), isar municipality organized and existing B. Section 166.031, Florida Statutes, provides for a methodology of Charter C. Section 166.021, Florida Statutes, provides that an amendment changing the election dates and changing terms ofc office necessitated by such change in election dates may be accomplished without a referendum vote ofthe electors ofthe Town, D. The present Town Charter provides that the Town's general election shall be held not more than three weeks, and not less than two weeks, before April 1st of each E. Upon recommendation from the Levy County Supervisor of Elections, other municipalities in Levy County have rescheduled their general elections to occur on F. The Town Commission desires to amend its Charter and Code of Ordinances to also provide that its general election will occur on the first" Tuesday of April ofeach G. The Town Commission also desires to amend its Code ofOrdinances to ensure that special elections provide sufficient notice to comply with State laws. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Commission ofthe Town Section 1. The foregoing recitals are confirmed as being true and correct, and  under the laws oft the State of Florida;  amendments, which normally require a referendum vote;  and can instead be changed by ordinance;  year;  the first Tuesday of April of each year;  year; and  ofInglis, Florida as follows:  are hereby incorporated into this ordinance upon adoption.    Section 2. Article I, Section 4 of the Town Charter is hereby amended as follows with deleted words being shown as 5tfHek and added words being shown as Section 4.- Procedures fori installation ofnew town commissioners following an election. (a There sball be a meeting establi hed on the second Tuesday of April + ofeach year, orifApril L fall- S on a holiday or weekend. on the first day ollowitl.g AprilLt thatis pot a holKiay or 'rnekend at 12:00 p.m. for the purpose of swearing in the new Commissioners and/or Mayor,-and for the organization of the Commission for the (b) The Mayor, if an incumbent, or the President of the Commission, if an incumbent, and if neither is an incumbent, then the senior member of the Commission who is an incumbent, shall preside until the new Commissioners and/or Mayor are sworn in and anew President of the Com.mission is elected. Ifthe Mayor and the President are up for election, a senior member ofthe Commission who is not up for election will be appointed in the March meeting to preside pursuant to this subsection. (c) Upon election ofa President of the Commission, the President shall thereafter preside over the meeting and nominations and appointmeht by majority vote of the individual com.missioners to be responsible for the direction of the activities of the following  underlined:  commg year.  departments shall be carried out, to-wit: (1) Budget and Finance; (2) Maintenance and Roads and Bridge; (3) Police and Fire; (4) WaterC Operations; and (5) Health, Welfare, and Recreation.  (d) The new Town Commission shall then determine what other appointments are necessary for other responsibilities, including representatives to other Boards and Committees may be necessary and said appointments shall then be made by like (e) All appointments shall be for a period of one year and shall expire on the second Tuesday in April + of the following year, subject to the powers of the Town Commission pursuant to Article TV, Section 2, ofthe Town Chaner oft the Town of  manner and majority vote.  Inglis.  J Titis procedure shall rake effect with tb.e.1 1999Tonelectioo.  Section 3. Article V, Section 3 of the Town Charter is hereby amended as follows, witJl deleted words being shown as 5tftiék and added words being shown as The first General Municipal Election shall be held as e'lsewhere ini this Act provided. Thereafter, the General Municipal Election shall be held not more than three (3) weeks.  underlined:    al-Ifi-tHJt Es thaH t'>O-- P-r-ws.eon the Irsl rue dal" or April -kt ol eac:h year beginning v.ith the. Jear 1056. 1 o person -hall be aJIOl.ved to vole in an:e elecli n wh i not a quaW-ied vorer of Le ount_, and who has not re ided in the T MVfi for si. (6) m.oud1S. immediat 1., preceding such ele rioll.The Town Commissi n shall pre ccibe b Ordinance the method and manner of! holding all elections in said To,,vn. and shall provide when and how pecial elections hall be caJled and hel.d, which are not provided b the terms of this Charter, and aU elections sbal! be conducted subst ntially on the principal adopted for rate election in.sofar asthere are DQ conflicts wirh the tenns oft this Charter. Section 4. Section 22-4 of the Town Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows. with deleted words being shown as 5-tftrek and added words being shown as  underlined:  Sec. 22-4.- Elections.  (a) There shall be a reglllar municjpaJ election held each year in rhe tOwn, with the mayor and rwo commissioners elected in each odd-numbered yeat. and three commissioners being eleered in each even-numbered year. The elecLion shaU be held each year 0110f -eef:Yeen March Land Mach. 18t the first Tuesday of Apri.l ofea hy year. wilh the exact date of each such elec tioo to be determined by tbe- town co:rmission no later than its regular commission meeting in Decem.ber of th.e preceding year, provid d that, ifthere isa tie which affects the election ofthe mayor or oft the second commissiOner in odd- nwnbered years or the third commissioner in even-numbered years a run-off election shall be held between the candi.dates tied forsuch position two weeks after the regular municipal election. Such decisiOn shall be made by motion. The mayor shall. thereafter. proclaim the date of the election and of the run-off election if one be required and cause such proclamation to be posted in a conspicuous place within the town for ar least two w-eeks prior to the date seti for the holding Oft the election. Should the run-off election be necessary, the mayor shall is ue a second prOclamation verifyinglhe date ofthe run-off election and naming the candidates who will compete in said election. Upon the completion of the run-off election. the candid.ate with the most votes will be sworn in as the new Commissioner at Lhe towns next ree.ular (b) Any town election. other than tbe regular municipal election. shall be knov..n as a s_pecial mwticipal election and shall be called by the may.or and town commission for any purpose other than for that served by the regular municipal election. provided that any matter whiçb might be presented at a special Dumicipa! election may be presented to the eleetors at a regular municipal elect.ion in the manner h reinafter pro ided for (c) A special municipal election may be held for an:y purpose. and baU be provided for by the town commi sion b. ordinance. wb.i b shall be passed in accordance with the requirements off. - S 166.041. The ordinance etting any special municipal election (1) Set forth the purpose of the special municipal election, including the wording of  meeting.  the call.ing ofas special municipal elecfron.  shall:  any issue Lol be placed before the electors;    (2) Set forth the date of the special municipal election, which date shall be at least 15 days Ran 30 days- after the adoption oft the ordinance. and shall allow for ufficient rime to pro ide notice to the public and qualification of (3) Require the issuance of a proclamation by the mayor which shall be posted, immediately after adoption., in a conspicuous place within the boundaries of the (d) The polls shall be open at the voting places at 7:00 a.m. on the date of the election, and shall be kept open until 7:00 p.m. oft the same day, and the time shall be regulated (e) No person related as spouse, child, parent, brother, sister, or the spouse of parent, brother, or sister, to any candidate for the office of mayor or town commissioner or sO related to any present mayor or town commissioner, whether said mayor or town commissioner is seeking re-election or not, shall sit on the election board oft the town for any town election, either regular or special. This subsection (e) shall apply only to town elections, and shall have no effect upon any election board appointed or named 0 The. JOIO regular general munoi.pa:L election ro elect com.r missioners for theTo-NHof  aDdidaLes.asm berequired bv aoplicable la :  town.  by the customary time in standard use in the locality.  by the county supervisor of elections. fnglls. Florida. shall be held on March 9. JOIO.  Section 5. Should any provision or section ofthis ordinance be he.ld by a court of competent. jlJ.tisdiction to be .Ulconstitutional or in.valid, such decision shall not affect the validity oft this ordinance as a whole. or any part thereof. other than tbe pall SO declared  to be unconstitutional or invalid.  Section6 Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing set forth in this orrunance shall repeal any provisions of the Code ofOrdinances oft the Town Inglis dealing with the  subject matter hereof. Com.mission.  Section 7. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval by the Town  (SIGNATURES ON NEXT PAGE)    TOWN OF INGLIS By: Joyce Schwing President, Town Commission ATTEST: By: Cery Logman Town Clerk  Approved as to form and legality: By: Christopher. A. Anderson Town Attorney    ORDINANCE NO. 10-22  AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF INGLIS, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION:22-5 OF THE TOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR PRESERVATION OF OTHER ORDINANCES; AND  SEVERABILITY;  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.  WHEREAS:  A. The Town of] Inglis, Florida (the "Town"), isamunicipality organized and existing B. Chapter 22 oft the Town's Code of Ordinances governs the manner the Town holds C. Section 22-5 of the Town's Code of Ordinances currently provides that "In]o later than its regular December meeting each year, the town commission shall establish aone-week qualifying period for candidates for any elective office of the town to be contested ini the regular municipal election the following March"; D. The Town Commission has recently amended its Code of Ordinances to provide that its general election will occur on the first Tuesday of April ofe each year; E. The Town Commission desires to amend Section 22-5 of the Town's Code of Ordinances to conform with the new general election date selected by the Town  under the laws oft the State of Florida;  public elections for its Town Commission and Mayor;  Commission; and  F. The Town Commission also desires to amend its Code of Ordinances to provide a  specific time for candidates to qualify for elections.  NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Commission of the Town Section 1. The foregoing recitals are confirmed as being true and correct, and Section 2. Section 22-5 ofthe Town Code ofOrdinances is hereby amended as follows, with deleted words being shown as struek and added words being shown as  ofInglis, Florida as follows:  are hereby incorporated into this ordinance upon adoption.  underlined:  Sec. 22-5.- Candidates.  (a) Any qualified elector of the town may qualify for any elective office of the town  upon meeting the requirements of this section.    (b) Candidates for any elective office of the town shall qualify by paying a feed of$5.00, and by filing with the town clerk a written affidavit of intention to run for the office sought, which affidavit shall be substantially in the following form:  TOTHE TOWN CLERK INGLIS, FLORIDA  IDO HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THATIAM. ATI LEAST EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OF AGE, THATIAM A RESIDENT OF THE TOWN OF INGLIS, THATIA AM REGISTERED TO VOTE IN LEVY COUNTY, AND THATIAM QUALIFIED TO VOTE. AND HOLD OFFICE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND OF THE TOWN OF INGLIS. IDO HEREBY DECLARE AND. FILE MY INTENTION TO RUN FOR THE  OFFICE OF: SIGNED: DATE:  (c) No later than its regular December meeting each year, the town commission shall establish a one-week qualifying period for candidates for any elective office of the town to be contested in the regular municipal election the following MarchApril. The one-week qualifying period shall be from noon of the 71st day prior to the election and noon of the 67th day prior to the date of election. The mayor shall proclaim the dates oft the qualifying period, which shall be posted in a conspicuous place within the Section 3. Should any provision or section of this ordinance be held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity ofthis ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof, other than the part SO declared  town prior to and during the entire qualifying period.  tol be unconstitutional ori invalid.  Section 4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing set forth in this ordinance shall repeal any provisions oft the Code of Ordinances oft the Town Inglis dealing with the  subject matter hereof. Commission.  Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect upon approval by the Town  SIGNATURES ON NEXTI PAGE)    TOWN OF INGLIS By: Joyce Schwing President, Town Commission  ATTEST: Byt Cery Logeman Town Clerk  Approved as to form and legality: By: Christopher A. Anderson Town Attorney