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Exh 8I09/08/1999 X0:13 90a-2a9-30aa SU~ANNE SH~1UGHNESSY ~'1 E M ~ R A ~S D To: City Manager David E. Thompson,Crty Cleric Maureen King Frorr~: Mayor Suzanne Shaughnessy Subject: Request for agenda item: change election date to achieve cast savings Date: September 8, ! 999 CC: Honorable Members of the City Commission 8Z q-z7-99 U M The attached letter from the Duval County Legislative Delegation announces a deadline of Oct©ber 22, ! 999 for filing of local bills. 1 would like to propose that we save some money in this city by holding our elections on a schedule with other regularly scheduled elections. Currently, we are paying the enure cock for what amounts to a "special election" every two years to elect our City Commissioners. Please pursue the fdlowing actions: 1. Kindly request Supervisor of Elections john Stafford to advise our City Commission as to what 4ve might expect in terrr~s of cost-saving, were we to move our election date to another time, Ask that he specify which dates would produce optimum cock-savings. 2. Identify the proCedUres necessary for changing election dates. include time frames and deadlines required to efFect this change for the next (2,f~ I) Cycle. 3. include this item on the soonest possible agenda for discussion among the City Commissioners with possible related action. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 09/08!1999 ''0:13 904-249-3044 SUZANNE SHt~UGHNESS~' Pt~GE 03 ~u~~~ ~EGDUlttp . ~jr b t j[~~ '.'~'~}j\~ 0 j*,t (~ SENA70A9 1~M#r~I~~}~~{.VQ d~`ir~~~~`,{,+Vi~ Biht ORNE ~NDORF -i ;^ JpfUGS E KlNf3. JR. .~ ~Pnes£NTArnts JoE aRNnu GEORGE CRADY JIM FULLER CHAIRMAN ANTHONY TQNV~ HtLI SENATOR JiIA HOANE JOHN 7TiRASHHR JIW TULLIS STEPHEN R. WISE RRESS RELEASE ~ ~r AUGUST 31, 1999. C{JNTACT: SHIRLEY KING TO: ALL iNTERESYED~ PARTIES 630-1680 SENATOR JIM ORNE, CHAI~tMAN OF THE DUVAL LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, A NOUNCED THE DEADLINE FOR PEEING A LOCAL BILL WILL BE FRIDAY, OC70BE 22, 1999. A LOCAL BILL IS LEGISLATION THAT RELATES OR APPLIES TO PAR iCULAR PERSONS OR THINGS ONLY iN A SPECIFIED PART OF THE STATE. tF Y U OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS ASSISTANCE !N PREPARING A LO AL BILL, PLEASE CALL THE DELEGATION OFFICE AT (904} 630-168Q. A LOCA BILL PUBLIC HEARING WILL 8E HELD ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 2 , AT 3:00 P.M. iN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 117 WEST DUVAL STREET TO TAKE TESTIMONY ON THE PROPOSED LOCAL BILLS. AN ORGANIZA'~tONAL MEETING AND PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, AT 4:00 P.M. iN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 117 WEST DUVAL STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING iS TO ELECT A CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN AND RECEIVE INPUT ON PROPOSED GENERAL LEGISLATION AND FUNDING ITEMS. !F YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WISH TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA CALL THE DELEGATION OFFICE AT (904) 630-1880. 220 E. 8AY STREET, RQOM 708 JACKS©NVttJ.E. FlC}RtpA32202-34i8 PHONE (804) 834-188D FA)( (g04) 530-2Q74