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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-99-0837BE J-99-949 11/3/99 RESOLUTION NO.10 U a i A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENTS, OFFICIALLY ACCEPTING THE ATTACHED CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION AND DECLARATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 2, HELD ON NOVEMBER 2, 1999, IN WHICH THE CHARTER AMENDMENT TO PROVIDE FOR A LIMIT OF THE TERMS IN OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS WAS APPROVED BY THE ELECTORATE. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA: Section 1. The City Clerk's Certification and Declaration of the Results of the Special Election for Charter Amendment No. 2, attached hereto and made a part hereof, held on November 2, 1999, in which a charter amendment to provide for a limit of the terms in office of the Mayor and City Commissioners was approved by the electorate are hereby officially accepted. PASSED AND ADOPTED this loth day of Thi beQ WALTER VIA b6T ,1b1ED , 1999. SKinis ive Act s ll efft=ctiv irnm-i5d llyj CITY CLERK CITY COMUSSION IVIEETING OF NOV 1 n 1999 Resolution No. u; 4 CERTIFICATION AND DECLARATION OF RESULTS SPECIAL REFERENDUM CITY OF MIAMI ELECTION November 2, 1999 STATE OF FLORIDA ) COUNTY OF DADE ) CITY OF MIAMI ) 1, Walter J. Foeman, City Clerk of the City of Miami. Florida, do hereby certifi.- that all necessary legal steps were taken in connection with the conduct of a City of Miami Special Referendum Election held on November 2, 1999, including, though not limited to, the following Logic and Accuracy Tests: I• On Monday, November 1, 1999: A) Commencing at approximately 2:30 p.m., the City of Miami Canvassing Board (hereinafter referred to as "Canvassing Board") convened and the Miami -Dade County Supervisor of Elections had the tabulating equipment located in the Elections Department, Stephen P. Clark Center, tested to ascertain that the equipment would correctly tabulate the precinct and absentee ballot votes cast for all City of Miami candidates and Charter Amendments Numbers 1.2. and 3. B) Pursuant to Florida Statutes 101.5612 entitled. "Testing of Tabulation Equipment." the test was conducted by processing a ballots so produced as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and each measure and included one or more ballots which had votes in excess of the number allowed by law in order to test the ability of the automatic tabulation equipment to reject such votes. C) Test results were compared with the predetermined totals for each question, and pursuant to requirements established in Section 101.5612, Florida Statutes. I witnessed and observed the performance and results of all required tests and verified the correctness of the program, precinct header cards and test ballots, as well as any replacement of said materials required by and subject to said tests. D) At the completion of the preelection test of the automatic tabulation equipment. approximately 4:15 p.m., sealed boxes (478425 appropriately identified by Miami -Dade County Elections Department weretosecure the testing materials and the program microdisks, which would ensure the inviolability of the materials in question. E) The Canvassing Board set the time for opening of the valid absentee ballots starting at 2:30 p.m., and at 5 p.m. began the canvass of the presumed invalid absentee ballots cast. A 00 0QJ / Il. On Tuesday, November 2, 1999 (election day): A) Commencing at 5 p.m., the Canvassing Board resumed the canvassing of the absentee ballots. At approximately 6 p.m., the Miami -Dade Count• Supervisor of Elections had -the tabulation equipment located in the Elections Department at the Stephen P. Clark Center tested to ascertain that the equipment had not been tampered with, and that it would correctly count the precinct and absentee ballot votes cast for all City of Miami candidates and Charter Amendment questions. B) At the completion of the precinct and absentee ballot count the preelection test of the automatic tabulating equipment was again tested at approximately 7:25 p.m., before the official count of ballots to ascertain that the equipment correctly counted the precinct and absentee votes cast for all Cite of Miami candidates and Charter Amendment questions. C) At the completion of the election, followed by the post -count Logic and Accuracy test, all voted ballots, together with their precinct header cards, the duplicated and the spoiled ballots were appropriately stored in containers which were sealed (seal #A 0078422, C 0078224,E 0078410, F 0078-33) and signed off by the Miami -Dade County Supervisor of Elections and the City Clerk. III. I further certify that all documents concerning these Logic and Accuracy Tests showed the tabulating equipment to be functioning correctly and that said documents are presently in the possession of the Supervisor of Elections of Miami - Dade County, in containers which were sealed (# 0078425) and signed off by the Supervisor of Elections and the City Clerk. IV. I further certify and declare that the results of the City of Miami Special Election held on November ?, 1999 are as follows: CITE' OF MIAMI SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS November 2, 1999 (97 Precincts Processed. Plus absentees) Total Registered Voters in Miami: 122.674 0 100 /o Ballots Cast: 29.005 23.64% CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 1, PROVIDING FOR STRONG MAYOR - COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND MAYORAL ELECTION: YES: 14.153 53.19% NO: 12,455 46.81 % CHARTER AMENDMENT NO.2, PROVIDING FOR TERM MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS: LIMITS FOR YES: 16,491 72.52% NO: 6.248 27.48% CHARTER AMENDMENT NO.3, ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE AND POSITION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GENERAL: YES: 14.560 58.89% NO: 10.164 41.11% x ABSENTEE BALLOT COUNT TOTAL ABSENTEE BALLOTS CAST: 1.346 CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 19 PROVIDING FOR STRONG MAYOR - COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND MAYORAL ELECTION: YES: 614 51.99% NO: 567 48.01 % CHARTER AMENDMENT NO.2, PROVIDING FOR TERM LIMITS FOR MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS: YES: 750 71.56% NO: 298 28.44% CHARTER AMENDMENT NO.3, ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE AND POSITION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GENERAL: YES: 624 55.81 % NO: 494 44.19% V. I further certify that the total number of ballots cast. including total number of absentee ballots counted for said Special Election was 29.005. VI. I further certify that Charter Amendment No. 1: providing for a strong mavor- commission form of government and mayoral election was approved by the electorate. VII. I further certify that Charter Amendment No. 2: providing for term limits for mayor and city commissioners was approved by the electorate. VIII. I further certify that Charter Amendment No. 3: establishing the Office and Position of Independent Auditor General was approved by the electorate. 4 C U _ E'; 0 1' ) C9 0 1 WITNESS MY HAND and the official Seal of the City of Miami. Florida, this 8`'' of November. 1999. i Walte . Foeman. City Clerk - Sworn to and Subscribed before me this 81h day of November, 1999, by Walter J. Foeman, personally known to me, who did take an oath. 044 ylvia Lowman, �NotanMubl�ic OFFN TARV8EA� C . •GCS BVLVIAUMMAfJ r W MM1631ON NUMBER 7A �O CC823614 .OF FLOC MVOM1S OyEXPIRE,9 APR, 29.2003 1; 5 1 �' METROPOLITAN DADLQUNTY, FLORIDA METtiO•QAbE }_' OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS METRO-DADE CENTER SUITE 1910 Mailing Address: 111 N.W. 1st STREET P O. Box 012241 MIAMI. FLORIDA 33128.1962 Miami. Florida 33101-224t (305) 375.5553 CERTIFICATION STATE OF FLORIDA) COUNTY OF MIAMI-DADE) I, David C. Leahy, Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, do hereby certify that the hereby attached is a true and correct copy of the precinct and absentee ballot counts of the votes cast for the municipal candidates and questions below at the November 2, 1999 City of Miami Nonpartisan Primary and Special Elections. COMMISSIONER — DISTRICT 1 COMMISSIONER — DISTRICT 2 COMMISSIONER — DISTRICT 4 CHARTER AMENDMENT PROVIDING FOR STRONG MAYOR -COMMISSION FORM OF GOVERNMENT AND MAYORAL ELECTION CHARTER AMENDMENT PROVIDING FOR TERM LIMITS FOR MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS CHARTER AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING THE OFFICE AND POSITION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GENERAL WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL, AT MIAMI, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, ON THIS 2nd DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1999. DCL:zd David C. Leahy -- Supervisor of Elections Miami -Dade County .I " U 63 J tj I METROPOLITAN DA �,":'COUNTY, FLOF31DA M�RO MDADE � OFFICE OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS METRO-DAbE CENTER SUITE 1910 Mailing Address: 111 N.W. 1st STREET P. O. Box 012241 MIAMI, FLORICIA 33126.1962 Miami. Florida 33101.2241 (305) 375.5553 CITY OF MIAMI MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA NONPARTISAN pRnqARy AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS NOVEMBER 2, 1999 and GENERAL MMCIPAL ELECTION NOVEMBER 9, 1999 CERTIFICATION I, the undersigned, City of Miami City Clerk, member of the City of Miami Canvassing Board, do hereby order that all valid absentee ballots for these elections may be opened starting at 2:30 p.m, on the Monday prior to each election. CITY OF MIAMI CANV SING BOARD: Walter Foeman City Clerk � r O r..., %* m N r—n 1999 Fall Munlcipali` cUons Miami -Dade County, Florida November 2, 1999 CERTIFICATION PUBLIC LOGIC AND ACCURACY TEST OF THE TABULATION EQUIPMENT We, the undersigned City Canvassing Boards' representatives appointed to act during the municipal elections to be held on November 2, 1999, do, by our signatures hereto, certify that to the best of our knowledge: 1. On November 1, 1999, commencing at approximately 2:30 p.m., the Supervisor of Elections had the tabulating equipment based in the Elections Department at the Stephen P. Clark Center tested to ascertain that the equipment will correctly count the precinct and absentee ballot votes cast for all candidates and questions. 2. The undersigned compared the test results with the predetermined totals for each choice and pursuant to the requirements established in Section 101.5612, Florida Statutes, observed the performance and results of all required tests and verified the correctness of the program, precinct header cards and test ballots, as well as any replacement of said materials required by said tests, subject to said tests. 3. At the completion of this public logic and accuracy test, the verified logic and accuracy report, ETNet log, program microdisk (seals., 1N�iy ) and test ballots with precinct header cards were placed in the custody of the Supervisor of Elections under seal number t<n%-i z 5 ANVASSING BOARD REPRESENTATIVES: City lerk aniel F. De oach City of ialeah J C � City Clerk Walter Foeman City of Miami City Clerk Robert Parcher City of Miami Beach Page 1 of 3 S J — k) U e9 1999 Fall Municipal tions Miami -Dade County, Florida November 2, 1999 CERTIFICATION LOGIC AND ACCURACY TEST PERFORMED PRE- AND POST- PRECINCT AND ABSENTEE BALLOT COUNTS We, the undersigned City Canvassing Boards' representatives appointed to act during the municipal elections to be held on November 2, 1999, do, by our signatures hereto, further certify that to the best of our knowledge: 4. On November 2, 1999, commencing at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Supervisor of Elections had the tabulating equipment based in the Elections Department at the Stephen P. Clark Center tested to ascertain that the equipment will correctly count the precinct and absentee ballot votes cast for all candidates and questions. Seal number 04> 7 g .74N , used to secure the testing materials and seal _ 0079 e4,2. r , used to seal the program microdisk, were broken in our presence and the contents were used following the procedures of paragraph (2), to complete this pre -count logic and accuracy test. 5. At the completion of this pre -count logic and accuracy test, all precinct and absentee ballots cast were counted. Except as otherwise specifically set forth and declared in this Certification, in our presence and sight, no ballot card was removed from or added to any ballot card container, ballot card tray or other segregation of ballots, and no ballot card was in any manner altered or tampered with by any person, and no person touched any ballot card container, ballot card tray or ballot card, except a person authorized to do so pursuant to Section 101.5614, Florida Statutes. 6. At the completion of the precinct and absentee ballot counts, the automatic tabulating equipment was again tested to ascertain that the equipment correctly counted the precinct and absentee votes cast for all candidates and questions. 7. At the completion of this post -count logic and accuracy test, all voted ballots with their precinct header cards, and duplicated and spoiled ballots, were stored in cabinets with seal numbers o �o�BY Z e F ov�833� , Page 2 of 3 r e 1 cJ 9999 hall Municipal r ctiona_ Miami -Dade County, Aloride November Z 1999 Similarly consigned and sealed were the verified logic and accuracy reports, ETNet log, program microdisk (seal r.,-i3 SS ), broken seals, and. the test ballots with precinct header cards and stored under seal number o�`►. All items, sealed as described above, were placed in the custody of the Supervisor of Elections of Miami -Dade County, Florida, for subsequent delivery to the respective City Clerks. CANVASSING BOARD REPRESENTATIVES: City Clerk D niel F. DeLo ch Ci � Hi leah C_ City Clerk Walter Foeman 4Ci of Mlatni P, J� Ci Clerk Robert Parcher City of Miami Beach Page 3ofu3 Y a CUMULATIVE FINAL 10:02pm Nov 2 1999 CITY OF HIALEAH Precincts Counted Absentee Precincts Counted Registered Voters Ballots Cast COUNCILMEMBER - GROUP II Rene Garcia Evelio Medina Luis M. Sorondo COUNCILMEMBER - GROUP IV Carmen Caldwell Roly More Julio Ponce COUNCILMEMBER - GROUP V Raymundo Barrios Esteban Bovo Angel "Omar" Fajardo HIALEAH QUESTIONS CHARTER AMENDMENT Yes No NON -BINDING STRAW BALLOT QUESTION Yes No CITY OF MIAMI BEACH Precincts Counted Absentee Precincts Counted Registered Voters Ballots Cast MAYOR Mike Calhoun Neisen Kasdin Leslie Martinez-Botet Martin Shapiro COMMISSSIONER - GROUP V Joe Fontana Luis Garcia Charles schaab Richard L. Steinberg Manny Warszayski Lee Weiss COMMISSIONER - GROUP VI Matti Herrera Bower Liliam Lopez Mike Thompson MIAMI BEACH QUESTIONS RENAMING OCEAN BEACH PARK Yes No BOND ISSUE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE For bonds Against bonds BOND ISSUE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS AND BEACHES For bonds Against bonds MUNICIPAL PRIMARY, GENERAL, AND SPECIAL ELS 1 DNS MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA NOVEMBER 2, 1999 ' Page 1 BOND ISSUE FOR FIRE SAFETY 39 100.00% FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 1 100.00% For bonds 5,379 68.51% 68,709 100.00% Against bonds 7.,472 31.49% 16,385 23.85% CODE AMENDMENT REDUCING RESORT TAX ALLOCATION 9,438 66.54% Yes 5.117 66.35% 4,14S 29.22% No 2,S95 33.65% 602 4.24% CHARTER AMENDMENT INCREASING SALARIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR 6,032 41.32% Yes 3,260 41.52% 729 4.99% No 4,S92 S8.48% 7,839 S3.69% CHARTER AMENDMENT TO PENSION FUNDS FOR FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN 3,280 8,024 22.69% S5.51% Yes S,341 69.33% 3,1S2 21.80% No 2,363 30.67% GENERAL EMPLOYEES' PENSION BOARD PRUDENT PERSON STANDARD 4,938 47.89% Yes No 3,967 54.84% 5,374 S2.11% 3 ,267 45.16% CITY OF MIAMI 8,797 61.69% MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 1 5,462 38.31% Precincts Counted 21 100.00% Absentee Precincts Counted 1 100.00% Registered Voters 20,740 100.00% 32 100.00% Ballots Cast 4,891 23.58% 1 100.00% MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 1 32,977 100.00% wifredo (Willy) Gort 3,OOS 66.339d 9,876 29.9S% Liliana ROs 1,S27 33.69% 269 2.86% MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 2 4,693 49.94% Precincts Counted Absentee Precincts Counted 32 100.00% 543 3,893 5.78% 41.42% Registered Voters 1 100.00% 28,433 100.00% Ballots Cast 7,332 2S.79% 2,177 24.54% MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 2 3,091 34.84% Rene Diaz J. L. Plummer, Jr. 529 7.52% 1,062 11.97% Jason walker 2,529 37.52% 1,678 18.91% Johnny Winton 335 4.28% 625 7.04% 3,33E 53.76% 234 2.69% MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 4 Precincts Counted 20 100.00% 4,545 50.57% Absentee Precincts Counted Registered Voters 1 100.00% 2,960 32.93% Ballots Cast 28,54100.00% 1,483 16.5D% 8 ,964 31.40% MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 4 Agustin "Gus" Garcia 1,247 14.42% 4,719 59.86% Tomas Regalado Manolo Reyes 4.458 51.S5% 3,165 40.14% 2,943 34.03% MIAMI QUESTIONS Precincts Counted Absentee Precincts 97 100.00% 4,283 54.18% Counted Registered Voters 4 100.00% 3,622 45.82% Ballots Cast 122674 100. .% 29,05 ,005 .64 23% CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR STRONG MAYOR Yes 4,507 56.94% No 14,153 53.19% 3,408 43.06% 12,455 46.81% CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR TERM LIMITS Yes No 16,491 72.52% 6,248 27.48% 0 f _ s; "r) o U0 i CUMULATIVE FINAL MUNICIPAL PRIMARY, GENERAL, AND SPECIAL IONS Page 2 10:02pm NOV 2 1999 `r MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA NOVEMBER 2, 1999 CHARTER AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GENERAL Yes 14,560 58.89% No 10,164 41.11% e.3 C1'I 0 CITY OF HIALEAH Precincts counted Absentee Precincts counted Registered voters ballots cast COUNCILMEMBER - GROUP II Rene Garcia Evelio Medina Luis M. Sorondo COUNCILMEMBER - GROUP IV carmen Caldwell Roly More Julio Ponce COUNCILMEMBER - GROUP V Raymundo Barrios Esteban Boyo Angel "Omar" Fajardo HIALEAH QUESTIONS CHARTER AMENDMENT Yes No NON -BINDING STRAW BALLOT QUESTION Yes No CITY OF MIAMI BEACH Precincts counted Absentee Precincts Counted Registered voters Ballots Cast MAYOR Mike Calhoun Neisen Kasdin Leslie Martinez-Botet Martin Shapiro COMMISSSIONER - GROUP V Joe Fontana Luis Garcia Charles Schaab Richard L. Steinberg Manny Warszayski Lee Weiss COMMISSIONER - GROUP VI Matti Herrera Bower Lilian Lopez Mike Thompson MIAMI BEACH QUESTIONS RENAMING OCEAN BEACH PARK Yes No BOND ISSUE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO NEIGHBORHOOD INFRASTRUCTURE For bonds Against bonds BOND ISSUE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO PARKS AND BEACHES For bonds Against bonds 48 2 17 1 22 8 10 5 9 S 4 21 9 11 18 12 163 153 190 145 NOVEMBER Z, IVVN ABSENTEIUE FOR FIRE SAFETY 0 0.00% FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT' 0 0.00% For bands 0 0.00% Against bonds 0 0.00% CODE AMENDMENT REDUCING RESORT TAX ALLOCATION 0 0.00% Yes 0 0.00% No 0 0.00% CHARTER AMENDMENT INCREASING SALARIES OF COMMISSIONERS AND MAYOR 0 0.00% Yes 0 0.00% No 0 0.00% CHARTER AMENDMENT TO PENSION FUNDS FOR FIREMEN AND POLICEMEN 0 0.00% Yes 0 0.00% No 0 0.00% GENERAL EMPLOYEES' PENSION BOARD PRUDENT PERSON STANDARD Yes 0 0.00% No 0 0.00% 5 6 0 6 5 CITY OF MIAMI 0 O.OD% MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 1 0 0.00% Precincts Counted Absentee Precincts Counted Registered voters Ballots Cast 0 0.00% 1 100.00% MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 1 0 0.00% wifredo (Willy) Gort 4---.--% Liliana ROS MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 2 2 5.02% Precincts Counted 6 40.18% Absentee Precincts Counted 5 3.42% Registered voters 5 51.37% Ballots Cast MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 2 9 20.79% Rene Diaz 3 24.07% J. L. Plummer, Jr. 1 11.92% Jason walker 1 21.26% Johnny Winton 4 12.62% 0 9.3S% MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 4 Precincts counted Absentee Precincts Counted 51.07% Registered voters 22.80% Ballots Cast 26.13% MIAMI COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 4 Agustin "Gus" Garcia Tomas Regalado 59.62% Manolo Reyes 40.38% MIAMI QUESTIONS Precincts Counted Absentee Precincts Counted 51.58% Registered voters 48.42% Ballots Cast CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR STRONG MAYOR Yes S6.72% No 43.28% CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR TERM LIMITS Yes NO 228 70.81E 94 29.1" 226 68.28% 10S 31.72% 120 36.92% 205 63.08% 213 67.41% 103 32.59% 134 45.42% 161 54.58% 0 0.00% 1 100,00% 0 0.OD% 243---.--% 155 72.77% 58 27.23% 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 310---.--% 18 6.41% 101 35.94% 18 6.41% 144 51.25% 0 0.00% 1 100.00% 0 0.00% 437---.--% 47 11.5S% 205 SO.37% 155 38.08% 0 0.00% 4 100.OD% 0 0.00% 1,346---.--% 614 51.99% S67 48.01% 750 71.56% 298 28.44% oat CUMULATIVE 02 t.I: MUNICIPAL PRIMARY, GENERAL, AND SPECIAL ' IONS O7:24pm Nov 2 1999 MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA NOVEMBER 2, 1999 CHARTER AMENDMENT ESTABLISHING INDEPENDENT AUDITOR GENERAL Yes 624 SS.81% No 494 44.19% �aae