Hollywood Mayor

Description

The city has a Commission-Manager form of government. The City Commission is a legislative body that governs Hollywood and has a fiduciary responsibility to its residents. As set by the City Charter, the commission is made up of an executive at-large Mayor and six representatives who are popularly elected to four-year terms. Each commissioner is elected from a single-member geographical district that is determined by population based on U.S. Census statistics. Annually, commission members appoint a Vice Mayor from commission members. City Commission Responsibilities The Commission meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month to: Approve employees bargaining unit contracts, property building codes and zoning changes Confirm city executive appointments, including the city attorney and city manager Discuss issues and programs affecting Hollywood Listen to constituents' concerns Pass an annual city budget Propose and implement ordinances Recognize residents, city employees, businesses and organizations The commission serves as the Board of Commissioners of the Hollywood Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) and appoints an executive director for the Downtown and Beach CRA districts and the CRA General Counsel.

Application Guidelines

To become a candidate, you must: 1. File Form DS-DE 9, Appointment of Campaign Treasurer and Designation of Campaign Depository with the elections administrator (usually the County or City Clerk office) prior to collecting contributions or making expenditures on behalf of your campaign, and prior to opening a campaign account. 2. Designate a primary campaign depository with any bank, savings and loan association, or credit union authorized to do business in the State of Florida. The campaign account must be separate from any personal or other account and used only for depositing campaign contributions and making expenditures. All contributions must be deposited into such account and all expenditures must be drawn by a check on such account. All deposits must be accompanied by a bank deposit slip containing the name of each contributor and the amount contributed by each. 3. File Form DS-DE 84, Statement of Candidate within ten days after filing Form DS-DE 9 (the Appointment of Campaign Treasurer). There is usually only a one week qualifying period for Florida races, so please contact the election administrator (County or City Clerk) to verify the dates. A financial disclosure is required and the candidate must take a loyalty oath. If you have questions regarding an election, county elections departments and the Florida Elections Division are excellent resources. Broward County has a guide for candidates that can be found here: http://www.browardsoe.org/Candidate-Information/Become-a-Candidate

Submit application to:
Hollywood City Hall, 2600 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, Florida, 33020, US