Only retired members of the System are eligible to be elected to the position of the retired member of the Board. Not more than 90 days nor fewer than 60 days prior to the election, the City Clerk shall mail to all retired members of the System notification that candidates are being sought to run for the position of retired member of the Board. Retired members interested in becoming a candidate must submit a Notice of Intent to run for office in writing to the City Clerk by the due date specified in the notification in order to have their names placed on the ballot.
Along with the submission of the Notice of Intent, interested candidates have the option to include an occupational ballot designation and a 250-word typewritten statement of qualifications for office for the provision of information to the electorate. The occupational ballot designation shall be printed on the ballot immediately under that candidate's name and shall consist of a three-word designation of either (a) the current principal profession, vocation or occupation of the candidate or (b) the principal profession, vocation or occupation of the candidate during the calendar year immediately preceding the filing of the candidate's Notice of Intent to become a candidate. The standards for occupational ballot designations contained in the City's Election Code are to be applied by the City Clerk as applicable, except that, if a candidate is retired from his or her principal profession, vocation or occupation, the candidate may choose, in addition, to have "(Retired)" printed on the ballot immediately after the occupational ballot designation and a candidate who is running for an elective office, which that person currently holds, shall also have "(Incumbent)" printed on the ballot immediately after that person's name. The statement of qualifications for office may include information on education, work experience, years of service, date of retirement, and other relevant qualifications and shall not exceed 250 words in length.
Interested candidates may submit their candidate package composed of the Notice of Intent to run for office, the optional occupational ballot designation and the optional statement of qualifications to the City Clerk by United States mail. Alternatively, interested candidates may personally deliver their candidate packet to the City Clerk during regular hours in the seven business days preceding the specified due date. In either case, the candidate packet must be received by the City Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. of the specified due date. Qualification statements that are submitted by the due date will be printed by the City Clerk and mailed with the ballot at no expense to the candidate. The Board shall provide a disclaimer stating that neither the Board nor the City Clerk has verified the accuracy of the information contained in the candidates' qualification statements. Should any candidate fail to submit an occupational ballot designation or a statement of qualifications by the specified due date, the appropriate sections for the occupational ballot designation and qualification statement will be blank.
Prior to the election, the City Clerk shall conduct a public drawing of the letters of the alphabet. The order in which the letters are drawn shall constitute the random alphabetical order by which the surnames of the candidates shall be arranged on the ballot. The term "surname" shall mean the name borne in common by members of a family for this purpose. Each ballot shall contain the names of all candidates who have qualified in accordance with this section. There shall be a blank space beneath these names in which the voter may write the name of any retired member of the System not printed on the ballot for whom the voter wishes to vote.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 178,442, Eff. 4-15-07.