Election Information

Ordinance 2021-838-E section 6:

Sec. 6 Governing Body: Organization, Leadership, 11 Compensation, Elections. Pursuant to section 189.02(4)(e), the 12 organization, operation, and duties of the BCID’s governing body are 13 set forth herein

1. Organization – The governing body of the BCID shall consist of seven (7) Supervisors.
   1. Qualifications – Candidates for Supervisor must be qualified electors in the State of Florida and either
      1. personally own property within the BCID, or
      2. in the event of a commercial property located in the BCID, be the property owner or their designated representative.
   2. Qualifying – Candidates shall qualify for the Board of Supervisors pursuant to the requirements of section 99.061, Florida Statutes or under any other law or rule for qualifying as a candidate.
2. Leadership - The seven Supervisors shall be elected based on four “Area Group” seats for which residency in the Area is based as depicted within the enumerated areas in Exhibit 3, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, and three “At-Large” seats which shall represent the entire BCID and shall be elected by all residents. Each of the four “Area Group” Supervisors (Seats 1, 2, 3, and 4) shall serve for a term of two years. Each of the three “At-Large” Supervisors (Seats 5, 6 and 7) shall serve for terms of four years. Only members of the designated Area Group may vote for candidates for Area Group seats, however, all members are entitled to vote for At Large candidates.
   1. Initial Leadership - The initial Board of Supervisors shall be appointed by the City Council of the City of Jacksonville. The Initial Board of Supervisors are hereby appointed by the City Council as described in Revised Exhibit 9 labeled as “Revised Exhibit 9, Rev Board, February 8, 2022 - Floor” attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The initial election for the Board of Supervisors shall be held as soon as practicable, but no sooner than the City Council’s approval of the initial BCID budget and no later than the second Tuesday of November 2025. The initial election shall be held within 90 days of the City Council’s approval of the budget.
      1. Any Supervisor, appointed under paragraph
         1. above that is not able to accept the appointment, shall provide a formal notice thereof to appoint Board of Supervisors and the vacant seat shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining active Board members consistent with subsection (iii) below.
   2. Subsequent Leadership - At the initial election, the qualified electors of the BCID shall elect both the four “Area Group” Supervisors (Seats 1, 2, 3, and 4) and the three “At-Large” Supervisors (Seats 5, 6 and 7). 
   3. Vacancies - If, during a term of office, a vacancy occurs, the remaining members of the Board shall fill the vacancy, by an appointment through a 2/3rd or 67 percent vote, for the remainder of the unexpired term or until the next occurring election is held to fill the term.
   4. Subsequent Elections – Subsequent elections shall be held on the second Tuesday in November every 2 years to fill seats of expiring terms.
      1. Non-Partisan - All Supervisors shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis by the qualified electors of the BCID and shall hold office until their successors are elected and the election is certified.
   5. Ex Officio Leadership - In addition to the seven Supervisors, there shall be one Ex Officio member, the City Council Representative for the District where the BCID is located (currently known as District 11). The term of the Ex Officio member shall run concurrently with the Ex Officio member’s Council District term of office and any vacancy by the Council District member shall be filled by the City Council President or their designee until the election or appointment of a new District Council member.
      1. The Ex Officio member shall be a non-voting member.
   6. Any Supervisor may be removed from office by the City Council for misfeasance, malfeasance, or willful neglect of duty.
   7. No Supervisor shall receive compensation for his or her service.
   8. Supervisors may only represent one seat at a time. Supervisors may not reside with any other Supervisor or represent the same commercial entity as another Supervisor.
   9. Any Supervisor who has three unexcused absences for regular, consecutive noticed meetings may be deemed as having vacated their seat with the affirmative vote of 2/3 vote or 66.67 percent of the remaining Supervisors.
   10. In the event that a Supervisor is elected as a designated group representative and said Supervisor sells their only property, whether residential or commercial, qualifying them as an elector of the BCID and representative of a particular group or an at large group, the Supervisor shall vacate the seat within thirty (30) days of the completion of the real estate transaction.
   11. Annually, the Board of Supervisors shall elect a Board Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.
3. Elector Membership –
   1. Electors shall be determined based on a per parcel basis.
   2. Each parcel with more than 1 square foot of heated area shall be entitled to one (1) vote.
      1. Parcels owned by associations, parcels only dedicated to garages or carports, parcels that contain only roadways, undeveloped or under development parcels shall have no voting authority.
   3. In the event that a parcel is owned by more than one person/entity, only the first vote cast by a listed property owner for the parcel will count.
   4. Parcel numbers and owners of record shall be determined by the Duval County Property Appraiser’s records.
   5. To be eligible to vote, a parcel owner must be a registered Duval County voter.
      1. For commercial property owners, a registered Duval County voter may be selected as a delegate on behalf of the entity. The entity shall submit said notice of selection of a delegate, in writing signed by all officers/directors and notarized as to each and tendered to the BCID at least one (1) year in advance of the next election.