PLACEMENT: Consent
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APPOINTMENT TO THE COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
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Section 102.141 Fla. Stat. establishes the composition and duties of the County Canvassing Board (Canvassing Board). One of the requirements is to have the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners (Board) or a county commissioner on the Canvassing Board who is not an active participant in the campaign or candidacy of any candidate with opposition in the election. Staff is requesting the Board to appoint Commissioner Stacey Hetherington to the Canvassing Board and advising you that in accordance with Section 102.141 (1)(d) an alternate will be assigned by Chief Judge Lawrence M. Mirman.
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DEPARTMENT: Administration
PREPARED BY: Name: Taryn G. Kryzda
Title: County Administrator
REQUESTED BY:
PRESET:
PROCEDURES: None
BACKGROUND/RELATED STRATEGIC GOAL:
Per Section 102.141(1) Fla. Stat.: ‘the county canvassing board shall be composed of the supervisor of elections; a county court judge, who shall act as chair; and the chair of the board of county commissioners.’ The Chair of the Board is in an active campaign and therefore is not eligible to serve on the canvassing board. The Commissioner to be assigned cannot be active in their campaign or the campaign of others.
Staff is requesting Commissioner Hetherington be assigned to the canvassing board. Commissioner Hetherington is currently Martin County’s Republican State Committeewoman and is eligible to be on the canvassing board as long as she does not have an opponent in the general election. Should that occur, the alternate assigned by Chief Judge Mirman in accordance with Section 102.141(1)(d) would then be placed on the canvassing board and another alternate assigned by the Chief Judge.
ISSUES:
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LEGAL SUFFICIENCY REVIEW:
This item has been reviewed for legal sufficiency.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECOMMENDATION
Move that the Board assign Commissioner Stacey Hetherington to the County Canvassing Board and request an alternate be selected by Chief Judge Mirman and should Commissioner Hetherington no longer be eligible to serve, the assigned alternate will be placed on the canvassing board and Chief Judge Mirman will then assign another alternate.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Pull this item from the Consent Agenda and direct staff.
FISCAL IMPACT:
RECOMMENDATION
The is no fiscal impact to the County on this request.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
None
DOCUMENT(S) REQUIRING ACTION:
☐Budget Transfer / Amendment ☐ Chair Letter ☐Contract / Agreement
☐Grant / Application ☐Notice ☐Ordinance ☐Resolution
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