The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-03-31
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that which win shorten the terms
of the city commission to just two
years.
Basically, the election will be
run something like this:
Methods of qualification for Of
flee are just about unchanged.
Anyone qualified to vote in the
city may place his name on the
ballot by going down to City
Clerk Victor Lowe and paying a
fee of SIS and announcing that he
viii serve If elected.
The new law will make n
necessary, at the time Of quail
fieafion to indicate In . sworn
statement the numbered group Of
candidates in which he desires
his name TO be placed on The
ballot" In effect, when you run
for an Office, you will be ehoos-
ing your opponent. To run for
mayor, you indicate that you will
run in group one. There ere five
separate groups.
On the first Tuesday in Novem.
Der, a Primary election viii be
held and the two candidates with
the highest number Of votes in
each group win run in the Gen.
eral election on the following Tues.
day.
If only one candidate qualified
in a given group, he shall be
nominated automatically.
PLANNING BOARD OUT
Another Of Mr.. Papy's bills calls
for the adjustment Of the City
Planning Board.
1t has long been source of ir.
ritation among the members of the
Planning Commission, who are APP
pointed by the city commission to
act as an advisory group TO the
Planning Board that their recon.
mendations have been ignored in
the past.
Under the terms Of the new
bill, the Planning Commission
will be given definite powers and
the Planning Board, which con-
sisis Of fhe city commission and
fhe city manager will cease 10
exist.
Virtually all of the Plan Board
functions will be given TO the city
commission. An interesting point
is that the city manager win no
longer have any official voice in
the city's planning policy.
The measure states further, that
recommendations Of the Planning
Commission shall be binding on the
city commission unless they vote
disapprcyal by a two-thirdS ma
jority.
The Planning Commission win
remain at from five TO nine men,
bers. serving without pay and
gaining their appointments from
the city commission.
UTILITY BOARD
The rules and regulations govern
ing the Utility Board have also
been draStically revised inasmuch
as members Of the city commission
can no longer serve as members
Of that group.
The act states "any person who
win hold an elective office Of the
city shall not be eligible as q mem
Der Of the board until at least one
year after the expiration Of the
last term Of office" The salary
for the board is SET at not more
than 500 per month.
Mayor c. B. Harvey and Com
missioner Louis NJ. ]. EiSneF are
presently members Of the Utility
Board.
TAX PENALTY OUT
One bin mat Is pretty certain
10 meet with litsIs criticism
snons The eity's taxpayers 10
ore which will abolish me fen
per cert penalty new levied fer
failure 10 file stsisFnsnss indiesi.
ing the ans0rf 81 real and per-
sensI property for ssx purposes.
While the tar assessor never has
been bound by such statements in
81 his assessment, par.
sons now falling 10 file statements,
II the bill becomes Iaw. win mere
Is lose their riEnt 70 nrnfest sise