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11-09-1988 Special Meeting 8' e CITY OF CLERMONT MINUTES SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING November 9, 1988 A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Clermont was held Wednesday, November 9, 1988, in the City Hall Conference Room. The meeting was called to order at 8:30 p.m. by Mayor Pool with the following Council Members in attendance: Mayor Pro Tem Turville, Council Member Dupee and Council Member Huff. Other City Officials present were City Manager Saunders, City Clerk Van Zile and Deputy City Clerk Brandt. It was explained that the purpose of this meeting was to canvass the ballot of the General Election held November 8, 1988. The first item of business was to count the absentee ballots from Precincts 15 and 38. The signatures were checked by City Clerk Van Zile and Deputy City Clerk Brandt, and one absentee ballot was excluded from the total count because only one person had witnessed the voter's signature and two witnesses are required. The ballots were then counted which re- sulted in 17 votes for Mayor Pool, 12 votes for Mark Edwards, 6 votes for Cecil Smart and 23 votes for Kenneth Norquist. The results of the election are as follows: COUNCIL MEMBER GROUP I Kenneth Norquist Cecil Smart 979 947 COUNCIL MEMBER GROUP III (MAYOR) Mark Edwards Robert A. Pool 613 1,355 88-151A MOTION WAS MADE BY MAYOR PRO TEM TURVILLE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DUPEE AND UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED THAT THE CERTIFICATE OF RESULTS OF THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1988, BE ACCEPTED AND TO DECLARE KENNETH NOR8UIST ELECTED TO COUNCIL SEAT GROUP I AND ROBERT A. POOL ELECTED TO OUNCIL SEAT GROUP III (MAYOR). The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. Attest: , CIty C erk FORM 88 MEM ANDUM OF VOTIN~ONFLICT FOR COUNTY, MUNICIPAL, AND OTHER lOCAL PUBLIC OFFICERS 1.AST NAI\lI,;-FIRST NAMI:-MJI)DlE NAME NAME OF BOARD. COUNCil. COMMISSION, AUTHORITY, OR COMMITrEE Pool, Robert A. l\IAllING ADDRESS 1464 East Avenue :'.{CITY , : COUNTY i OTHER lOCAL AGENCY CITY Clermont COllNTY I.;aKe . NAME OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION: C.ity of Clermont DATE ON WHICH VOTE OCCURRED October 25, 1988 MY POSITION IS: X ELECTIVE APPOINTIVE WHO MUST FILE FORM 8B This form is for use by any person serving at the county, city, or other local level of government on an appointed or elected board, council, commission, authority, or committee. It applies equally to members of advisory and non-advisory bodies who are presented with a voting connict of interest under Section 112,3143, Florida Statutes. The requirements of this law are mandatory; although the use of this particular form is not required by law, you are encouraged to use it in making the disclosure required by law. Your responsibilities under the law when faced with a measure in which you have a connict of interest will vary greatly depending on whether you hold an elective or appointive position. For this reason, please pay close attention to the instructions on this form before completing the reverse side and filing the form. INST.RUCTIONS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 112.3143. FLORIDA STATUTES ELECTED OFFICERS: A person holding elective county, municipal, or other local public office MUST ABSTAIN from voting on a measure which inures to his special private gain. Each local officer also is prohibited from knowingly voting on a measure which inures to the special gain of a principal (other than a government agency) by whom he is retained. In either case, you should disclose the conflict: PRIOR TO THE VOTE BEING TAKEN by publicly stating to the assembly the nature of your interest in the measure on which you are abstaining from voting; and WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THE VOTE OCCURS by completing and filing this form with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who should incorporate the form in the minutes, APPOINTED OFFICERS: A person holding appointive county, municipal, or other local public office MUST ABSTAIN from voting on a measure which inures to his special private gain, Each local officer also is prohibited from knowingly voting on a measure which inures to the special gain of a principal (other than a government agency) by whom he is retained. A person holding an appointive local office otherwise may participate in a matter in which he has a connict of interest,. but must disclose the nature of the connict before making any attempt to influence the decision by oral or written communication, whether made by the officer or at his direction, IF YOU INTEND TO MAKE ANY ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE THE DECISION PRIOR TO THE MEETING AT WHICH THE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN: . . · You should complete and file this form (before ma~ilJg any attempt to influence the decision) with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who will incorporate the "form in the minutes. · A copy of the form should be provided immediately to the other me~bers of tIle agency, · The form should be read publicly at the meeting prior to consideration of the matter in which you have a conflict of interesl. (I I! III \1 ~Il IfI,Mf> PAGE I ..' '. "...: " . . IF you .MAI<;E NO ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE TH~ DECIS'ION EXCEPT BY DISCUSSION OR VOTE AT THE MEETING: ... . ",.' :, .... . . . . You"shOuld disclose orally the nature of your contlict in the measure before participating, . You should complete the form and tile it within IS days after the vote occurs with the person respol1sible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who should incorporate the form' in the minutes. DISCLOSURE OF STATE OFFICER'S INTEREST I, Robert A. Pool , hereby disclose that on October 25, ,19~: -........ "(a) A measure came or will come before my agency which (check one) ~ ~!1ured to my special private gain; or _ inured to the special gain of , by whom I am retained, (b) The measure before my agency and the nature of my interest in the measure is as follows: 'I am the Mayor of the City of Clermont. On October 25 1988 the Council approved purchasing from Inland Groves (owned by the P~ol Fa~ily) 4.8 acres of land adjacent to the present Twelfth Street Park site if financing from the State through an acquisition grant is obtained. Miss Florence Pool will reserve the property for the City until such time as the grant is obtained. October 26, 1988 Dal e Filed &d~~ Signature NOTICE: UNDER PROVISIONS OF FLORIDA STATUTES ~1l2,317 (1985), A FAILURE TO MAKE ANY REQUIRED DISCLOSURE CONSTITUTES GROUNDS fOR AND MA Y BE PUNISHED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: IMPEACHMENT, REMOVAL OR SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT, DEMOTION, REDUCTION IN SALARY, REPRIMAND, OR A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $5,000, CE FOR:'.I 88 . 10,86 Po\GE 2