2006.03.28_TC_Minutes_Special•
TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH. FLORIDA
TOWN COMMISSION
SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY MARCH 28 2006 1.25 P.M.
Mayor Harold R. Hagelmann called the Special Meeting to order in Commission
Chambers at 1:25 P.M.
Deputy Town Clerk Jane Dillon called the roll. The Mayor, Vice Mayor Asselta and
Commissioner Newill, Commissioner Scala-Pistone and Commissioner Zwick were
present. After rollcall, the Pledge of Allegiance was conducted.
Mayor Hagelmann requested Deputy Town Clerk read into the record Resolution No. 856
which notes that Vice Mayor Asselta and Commissioner Zwick who qualified, were
unopposed, therefore an election of those seats was unnecessary. (Resolution attached
hereto and made a part of these minutes.)
Mayor Hagelmann requested Deputy Town Clerk administer Oath of Office to
Commissioner Miriam S. Zwick, who signed Oath, took her seat on the dais and was
congratulated by the Commission. (Oath attached hereto and made a part of these
minutes.)
There being no further business to come before the Commission at this time, MOTION
to adjourn was made by MAYOR HAGELMANNNICE MAYOR ASSELTA at 1:30 p.m
APPROVE:
Harold R. Hagelmann, Mayor
Joseph J. Asselta, Vice Mayor
Rachael Scala-Pistone, Commissioner
Miriam S. Zwick, Commissioner
Jim Newill, CPA, Commissioner
Attest
Date: ~ ~ b a,r;
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• RESOLUT/ON NO. 856
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH, FLORIDA,
DECLAR/NG THE ELECT/ON FOR THE VICE MAYOR SEAT AND ONE (1J
COMMISSION SEAT TO HAVE BEEN HELD ON THE 74TH DAY OF
MARCH 2006, TO BE UNNECESSARY SINCE THE ONLY CAND/DATES
WHO QUALIFIED ARE UNOPPOSED.
WHEREAS, the final filing dale for the candidates to the Vice Mayor seat and one (11 Commission
seat (two-year terms/ was 12:00 noon on Tuesday, February 14, 2006; and
WHEREAS, the only candidates to qualify during the filing period were namely:
JOSEPH J. ASSELTA (Vice Mayor)
M/R/AM S. ZW/CK (Commissioner); and
WHEREAS, Florida State Statute, Chapter 101. 151.(61, states:
Except for justices of the Supreme Court and Judges of District Courts of
Appeal, the names of unopposed candidates shall not appear on the
general election ballot. Each unopposed candidate shall be deemed to have
voted for himself,• and
WHEREAS, the a/ection for the Vice Mayor seal and one (11 Commission seat, which was to have
been he/d in the Town of Highland Beach, F/orida, on the second Tuesday in March, 2006, i. e., March 14,
2006, is now declared to be unnecessary in accordance with F/orida State Statute 101. 151 (61 as cited
• above.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE /T RESOLVED, by the Town of Commission of the Town of High/and,
Florida, that the a/ection for the Vice Mayor seat and one (11 Commission seat, which was to have been
held on March 14, 2006 is unnecessary and shall not be held; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE /T FURTHER RESOLVED that the candidates who have qualified, namely:
JOSEPH J. ASSELTA (Vice Mayor)
M/R/AM S. ZWICK, (Commissioner)
are hereby declared to be elected to the office for which they have filed, beginning on March 21, 2006.
DONE this 7th day of March, 2006 by the Town Commission of the Town of
High/and Beach, Florida.
ATTEST: cr~u~
DATE: ~~~ ~(7 ~o
aro/d R. Hage/ ann, Mayor
OATH OF OFFICE
TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH, FLORIDA
I, MIRIAM S. ZWICK DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT,
PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED
STATES AND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, DOMESTIC AND
FOREIGN, AND THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH, LOYALTY AND ALLEGIANCE TO
THE SAME, AND THAT I AM ENTITLED TO HOLD OFFICE UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, AND THAT I WILL FAITHFULLY
PERFORM ALL THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER
IN THE TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH, ON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER,
• SO HELP ME GOD.
GZ'~
MIRIAM S. ZWIC
OATH OF OFFICE ADMINISTERED THIS 21st DAY OF MARCH , 2006 AT TOWN
HALL, TOWN OF HIGHLAND BEACH, FLORIDA.
P. Dillon
uty Town Clerk/Notary
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