HomeMy WebLinkAboutcover memoCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO : Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
FROM : Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
DATE : April 21, 2005 FILE :
SUBJECT : Letter from Miami -Dade County
Supervisor of Elections requesting to
change date of General election
REFERENCES : May 12, 2005 agenda
ENCLOSURES:
(1)
We are in receipt of a letter from Lester Sola, Supervisor of Elections for Miami -Dade County,
requesting that the City reschedule the general election currently scheduled for Tuesday, November
8, 2005 (see attached).
As stated in City of Miami Charter Sec. 7, "a general municipal election for the mayor and city
commissioners shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in odd
number years." The Miami -Dade Supervisor of Elections is requesting that we change the date of
the Municipal General Election from November 8, 2005 to a new date of November 1, 2005.
Changing the date to November 1, 2005 would coincide with the elections of several other
municipalities. Pursuant to Florida Statute 100.3605 Conduct of municipal elections.--- "(2) The
governing body of a municipality may, by ordinance, change the dates for qualifying and for the
election of members of the governing body of the municipality and provide for the orderly
transition of office resulting from such date changes."
A discussion item on this issue has been scheduled for Commission consideration on the May 12,
2005 Commission meeting agenda. By separate letter, I am formally requesting that Miami -Dade
County Supervisor of Elections, Lester Sola or a member of his staff attend the May 12, 2005
Commission Meeting to answer any questions that you may have related to this issue.
Please contact me if you have any questions concerning this discussion item.
PAT:jg
c: Joe Arriola, Chief Administrator/City Manager
Jorge L. Fernandez, City Attorney
Julie O. Bru, Deputy City Attorney
Maria J. Chiaro, Assistant City Attorney