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SEPTEMBER 24, 1981
A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Delray
Beach, Florida, was held in the Council Chambers at 11:00 A.M., Thursday,
September 24, 1981, with Mayor Leon M. Weekes, presiding and Interim
City Manager Robert H. Fisk, Assistant City Attorney Herbert W.A. Thiele,
and Council members James H. Scheifley and Malcolm T. Bird, present.
Mayor Weekes called the meeting to order and announced that
this meeting has been called for the purpose of canvassing the returns
and declaring the results of the September 22, 1981, Referendum Bond
Election.
The City Clerk reported that she has compared the informa-
tion on the voter's certificate on the back of the absentee ballot with
the registration information furnished by the County Supervisor of
Elections to determine that the elector casting the absentee ballot is
duly registered in the precinct referred to and that he or she has not
otherwise voted in this election.
Also, she has compared the ballots being presented with the
record of such ballots, which includes the date that a request for the
absentee ballot was made, the date the ballot was delivered or mailed,
and the date the ballot was received by the City Clerk's office, as
required by Florida Statute 101.62(3) and it has been determined that we
have received all ballots required except 16 which were not returned as
reflected on the Absentee Elector's Record and that the other ballots
being presented are properly accounted for. Eight ballots have been
received which should be considered invalid by the Canvassing Board.
They are the ballots of Barbara A. Bishop, Arthur W. Bishop, Doris E.
McGuire, Patrick H. McGuire and Charles B. Knappen received on September
23, 1981 which were too late; the ballot of Dorothy W. Parr on which the
voters certificate was not witnessed or notarized; the ballot of
· Katherine M. Lanchantin who is not a registered elector; and the ballot
of Edward T. Glatzmeyer which was not properly witnessed.
Mr. Bird moved to approve the Clerk's comparison of the
absentee ballots presented with the record required by Florida Statutes
101.62 as prepared by the City Clerk's office and to have the record of
absentee electors as prepared by the City Clerk's office attached to and
made a part of the minutes of this meeting and further to declare in-
valid the absentee ballots of Barbara A. Bishop, Arthur W. Bishop, Doris
E. McGuire, Patrick H. McGuire, Charles B. Knappen, Dorothy W. Parr,
Katherine M. Lanchantin and Edward T. Glatzmeyer for the reasons stated
by the City Clerk, seconded by Mr. Scheifley. Said motion passed unani-
mously.
The City Clerk presented the absentee ballots and noted that
126 absentee ballots were issued and 16 were not returned and in accord-
ance with Council's adopted motion, eight of the absentee ballots have
been declared invalid.
The results of the absentee ballots are as follows:
Proposal ~1 Pr'oposal ~2
For 7 For 25
Against 94 Against 77
Mr. Bird moved to approve the results of the absentee bal-
lots as follows: for Proposal 91 - 7 , against Proposal #1 -
94 ; for Proposal ~2 - 25 , against Proposal #2 - 77 , and
noted, for the record, that one envelope did not contain a vote on
Proposal ~1, seconded by Mr. Scheifley. Said motion passed unanimously.
The City Clerk reported that concerning the regular vote
other than absentee votes for the two proposals, the results are as
follows:
162
Proposal #1 P_/~oposal #2
For 357 For 905
Against 3,573 Against 3,228
and that she has the Certificates of Elections signed by the Clerks and
a majority of the inspectors indicating these totals.
Mr. Bird moved to approve the results of the voting other
than the absentee voting which has already been approved as the results
have been indicated by the City Clerk and that the Certificates of
Election be attached to and made a part of the minutes of this meeting,
seconded by Mr. Scheifley. Said motion passed unanimously.
The City Clerk reported on the number of the total votes on
each proposal received as follows:
TOTAL
Proposal #1
For 357 + 7 Absentee 364
Against 3,572 + 94 Absentee 3,666
Prgposal #2
For 905 + 25 Absentee 930
Against 3,228 + 77 Absentee 3,305
Mr. Scheifley moved to approve the results of the elction in
total, including all the regular and absentee votes, seconded by Mr.
Bird. Said motion passed unanimously.
The City Clerk presented Resolution No. 78-81:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DELRAY
BEACH, FLORIDA, CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF A BOND ELECTION
HELD IN THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, ON SEPTEMBER
22, 1981, AND DECLARING AND CERTIFYING THE RESULTS THERE-
OF
(Copy of Resolution No. 78-81 is on file in the official
Resolution Book)
Mr. Bird moved for the adoption of Resolution No. 78-81 and
to include under Section l(a) the number 364; under Section l(b) the
number 3,666; under Section 2(a) the number 930; and under Section 2(b)
the number 3305, seconded by Mr. Scheifley. Upon roll call Council
voted as follows: Mr. Scheifley - Yes; Mr. Bird - Yes; Mayor Weekes -
Yes. Said motion passed with a 3 to 0 vote.
Mayor Weekes declared the meeting adjourned at 11:44 P.M.
City Clerk
ATTEST
:
MAYOR
The undersigned is the City Clerk of the City of Delray
Beach and that the information provided herein is the minutes of the
meeting of said City Council of September 24, 1981, which minutes were
formally approved and adopted by the City Council on ~_~. /~ /~/ .
NOTE TO RE~ER:
If the minutes that you have received are not completed as indicated
above, then this means that these are not the official minutes of City
Council. They will become the official minutes only after they have
been reviewed and approved which may involve some amendments, additions,
or deletions to the minutes as set forth above.
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