A filing fee to be set by ordinance and candidate's signed certificate of announcement stating that he/she is a qualified voter of the City and he/she has resided therein for at least thirty days and that he/she declares himself/herself a candidate for election to such office of Councilman/Councilwoman of the Clarksburg City Council or member of the Water Board and will serve if elected, shall be filed in person with the City Clerk in the Office of the City Clerk, Municipal Building, Clarksburg, West Virginia. The candidate shall make such filings consistent with the timeframe set forth by the West Virginia Secretary of State for declaring a candidacy for state office. The Clerk shall make a record of the exact time each statement and fee was filed and the name and address of the person by whom it was filed. The filing dates provided herein shall be changed or amended by regular ordinance thereafter.
In case there shall not be a number of candidates for any office equal to the number of persons to be elected to such office at any election, then the Council for the office of Councilman/Councilwoman and the Water Board for the office of a member of the Water Board, shall on or before the 20th day of March preceding the election make by appropriate resolution such additional nominations of candidates to be elected to such office. The nomination of any person by such a resolution shall, however, not be complete unless the person so nominated shall within three days after his nomination pay to the City Clerk the prescribed filing fee and file with the Clerk a signed statement that he/she is a qualified voter of the City and has resided therein for at least thirty days before his/her nomination, and that he/she accepts the nomination and will serve, if elected.
The word announce or announcement as used herein or as used in the Clarksburg City Charter shall for the purposes of the Clarksburg City Charter be synonymous with and shall mean the same as nominate or nomination. The word nominate or nomination as used herein or as used in the Clarksburg City Charter shall for the purposes of the Clarksburg City Charter be synonymous with and shall mean the same as announce or announcement.
(Amended 6-1-93; 6-6-23)