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CASSELBERRY CITY COMMISSION Minutes of June 10, 2024 — Regular Meeting Pagc 11 or 20 The City Clerk read Ordinance 24-1604 by title, as follows: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CASSELBERRY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 9, EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHARTER AMENDMENTS, OF ORDINANCE NO. 23-1590 TO PROVIDE ALL APPROVED CHARTER AMENDMENTS APPLY TO THE AUGUST 20, 2024 ELECTION; PROVIDING FOR CONFLICTS, SEVERABILITY, EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE APPROVED AMENDMENTS." Staff Presentation: City Clerk Donna Gardner gave an overview of Ordinance 24-1604 which amends Section 9, Effective Date of Charter Amendments of Ordinance 23-1590 to state that all Charter Amendments, if approved by the electors on August 20, 2024, apply to the August 20, 2024 election. Ordinance 23-1590 was adopted by the City Commission on December 11, 2023 and approved placing eight (8) proposed Charter Amendments on the August 20, 2024 ballot for consideration by the voters. Also on that August 20"' ballot will be the election for Commission Seat No. 4. There are three candidates who qualified for that seat, and under the current Charter, a run-off election in November would be required if no candidate received 50% of the votes plus one. However, one of the proposed Charter Amendments, Charter Amendment No. 7, proposes elimination of the run-off provision. Ordinance 23-1590 states that the Charter Amendments become effective immediately if approved by the voters, and that is standard language always utilized for Charter Amendments. The City Attorney has recommended that it be clarified for the public and the candidates that should Charter Amendment No. 7 pass on August 20"', it would take effect immediately, which means that the candidate receiving the highest number of votes would be declared the winner on that date. Ms. Gardner also briefly addressed Charter Amendment No. 3 that proposes to change the date for seating of the newly elected officials. Under the current Charter, Seat No. 5 for Mayor/Commissioner, and Seat No. 2 for Commissioner were both unopposed, so those seats would be deemed elected and would be seated in September after certification of the results of the August 20"' election. If Charter Amendment No. 3 passes, then seating would take place in December, along with seating of the winner of the election for Seat No. 4, regardless of whether there was an outright win by 50% plus one in August, or whether a run-off election was held in November and regardless of whether Charter Amendment No. 7 passes eliminating the run-off provision. In response to a question from the Commission about whether the provision for the annendments taking effect immediately could be changed, it was explained that the Connnission had already approved the effective date of the amendments in the ordinance adopted in December, and Ms. Reischrnann added that she had not found any further clarification in the Statutes or with the Elections Commission decisions or Attorney General opinions, and she had in fact been advised by the Elections Commission that the effective date depended on the jurisdiction's ordinance. She advised that is what the ordinance adopted stated, and this new ordinance was sinply clarifying for the candidates that the provision for any amendments being effective immediately would remain in place, and how that would affect them. Budget Impact: There is no impact to the City Budget. Recommendation: The City Manager, the City Attorney, and the City Clerk recommended approval of Ordinance 24-1604 on first reading. Audience Participation: The following individual came forward to address Ordinance 24-1604: 1. Tim Veigle, 1044 Legacy Winds Way, stated that it was still somewhat conftising, but he felt