Ordinance 22-2017 Elections ORDINANCE NO. 22-2017
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN
OF PALM BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA,
AMENDING CHAPTER 34, ELECTIONS, SO AS TO
PROVIDE THAT THE ELECTION DATES REFERENCED
THEREIN ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE AMENDMENTS
TO THE TOWN CHARTER PROVIDING FOR ELECTIONS
ON THE SECOND TUESDAY OF MARCH OF EACH YEAR;
THEREBY RESCINDING SECTION 34-3; AMENDING
SECTIONS 34-56 AND SECTION 34-119; AND
RESCINDING ARTICLE IV.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PALM
BEACH, PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS:
Chapter 34 of the Town Code of Ordinances titled Elections is hereby amended
as follows:
Section 1. Section 34-3 titled Exemption From Uniform Election Date
Provisions is hereby rescinded, and Section 34-4 shall now become
Section 34-3.
Section 2. Section 34-56 titled Calling and Notice of Caucus is hereby
amended as follows:
Each year the town clerk shall call a caucus of the qualified voters
of the town for the purpose of nominating candidates for mayor and
the town council. Such caucus shall be held as provided by section
5.03 of the Charter and shall be called by the clerk publishing the
following notice in a newspaper having a general circulation in the
town on the last two Mondays in December and the first Monday in
January:
Notice to the Qualified Voters of
the Town of Palm Beach
You and each of you are hereby notified that a caucus of the
qualified voters of the Town of Palm Beach, Florida, will be held in
the town council chambers of the town hall at 8:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, the day of January, A.D. , for the
purpose of nominating a mayor and
councilmembers, to be voted on at the general election to be held
in the town on the second Tuesday in March.
All qualified voters of the town are entitled to be present and to
place in nomination such candidates as they desire. For a
nomination to be effective, it must be seconded and all nominations
and seconds thereto may be made only by qualified voters of the
town.
Dated, day of / /
, 20 .
/s/Town Clerk
Section 3. Article IV titled Municipal Election Dates, Qualifying Periods and
Run-Off Election Dates in years of Statewide or Countywide Presidential preference
Primary Elections, Section 34-123 is hereby rescinded.
Section 4. Severability.
If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof is held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can
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be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared severable.
Section 5. Repeal of Ordinances in Conflict.
All other ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach, Florida, or parts thereof which
conflict with this or any part of this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 6. Codification.
This Ordinance shall be codified and made a part of the official Code of
Ordinances of the Town of Palm Beach.
Section 7. Effective Date.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval, as
provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED in a regular, adjourned session of the Town Council of
the Town of Palm Beach on first reading this If day of JO , 2017, and for
second and final reading on this 44\ day of Au vs-i- , 2017.
G L. Coniglio, Mayor . Richard M. Kleid, Town Council President
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P.nielle H. M.ere, unci) "resident Pro Tem
Juli- K. Araskog, Town ouncii ember
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ATTEST: obbie Lindsay, Town • . •cit Member
Gwendolynn P irce, CMC Margarei. Zeidman, town Council Member
Acting Town Clerk
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