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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 10-1989EMERGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 10 -89 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CAPE CANAVERAL, BREVARD, COUNTY, FLORIDA; AMENDING THE ELECTION OF COUNCIL MEMBERS ON AN AT LARGE BASIS AND; PROVIDING FOR AN AT LARGE ELEC- TION OF A VACANCY IN AN ELECTED OFFICE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, as follows: SECTION 1. Section 231.01 The Council, of the Code of Ordi- nances is hereby amended as follows: All powers and duties of the City of Cape Canaveral specified in House Bill No. 167, Laws of Florida, Regular Session 1963, as amended, and of municipal corporations in the General Laws of the State of Florida are vested in the Council. The Council is composed of five (5) members who are elected at large by the registered electors of the City. Two (2) members are elected each year to three (3) year terms except on every third year only one (1) member, who is also the Mayor, is elected to a three (3) year term. Further, should any general election include the elec- tion of a council person due to a vacancy in that office pursuant to Article 3, Section 4 of the Cape Canaveral Charter, then in that event the unexpired term shall be filled by the candidate receiving the third greatest number of votes (or the second greatest number of votes in third year elections in- volving only the Mayor). Should more than one (1) vacancy be filled at the election, then those re- ceiving the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected for the longest terms. SECTION 2. All portions of the Code in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral, Florida, this 1 Sth day of August , 1989. NAME YES NO H00G X KIDD RANDELS X SALAMANE.