Becoming a VCDD Supervisor?
 

Anyone care to offer insight on how many votes or 'proxies' it might take to win a seat on the Board of Supervisor's for my VCDD? Anyone want to offer insights on trials/tribulations of being one? I've done some research and discussed with District Clerk-but unsure still whether I'll need 200 votes or 2000 votes to win a seat (District 14-Approx. 3500 home sites). Not announcing-just exploring how much work it might be, and whether the workload/risk/reward is worth it. My only intent would be to represent and communicate, not reinvent or radicalize any 'wheels' in motion for years. Thoughts?

We live in district 7 and they have a monthly meeting. You cannot meet with other supervisors other than this meeting. Hope this is a little helpful

You have a lot of current and former members of Villages elected bodies that are members of this forum....and others that are quite knowledgeable about the office you’re inquiring about. Hopefully they see your post, comment accordingly or PM you. Much respect for at least considering availing yourself to the community in service. Good luck

Very helpful insight actually-I had envisioned perhaps knocks on the door at all hours-but now that you frame the engagement in monthly public meetings-it makes sense. Thanx

A simple majority of all votes cast in your district.

The Sunshine Laws do not permit supervisors to discuss business outside the public meetings. If two supervisors are friends then it makes it a little more difficult for them. This does not prevent the public from contacting supervisors outside a meeting.

I don't know that there would be a lot of knocks on the door but it's likely a supervisor would get a good number of phone calls and email messages.

Something you might do: Attend a CDD meeting for a district that has been established for a while and ask one of those supervisors what it's like.

Isn’t there a record of how many votes it took for district 13 commissioners to get elected?

I would think that should be a public record.

Just a note. Don't refer to you numbered district as a VCDD. That can be confused with Village Center CDD, a very different entity.

It was on my bucket list of things to do. I wasn’t allowed to run in my home town back in Ohio because my wife, who belongs to that darn other party, suggested that I not run for any public office. As you can run for a CDD position without stating your political affiliation, she allowed me to run down here. I have enjoyed my time on the NSCUDD board in the Villages. You learn a lot about the inner workings of how things are accomplished in the Villages and why things change very slowly. It took me two year of prodding staff to have the NSCUDD name placed on Jacob trash trucks that are a part of the NSCUDD operations in the Villages. So, I would encourage all of those Villagers who have an interest to serve the public to run for a CDD board position.

It’s like a planning commissioner/city councilman. When I did it in my city my fellow board members didn’t ever socialize because people think we were talking about board business. You can never be too careful.

The short answer is a simple majority of the votes cast in your District if the seat is contested. There is much more to it however. Florida election laws require a qualification period for every publicly elected office (which has already passed for the 2024 election). The best way to get the information you desire is to make an appointment with the Supervisor of Elections Office and they will explain in great detail what is required and provide you with previous election results. Sumter County Supervisor of Elections Serving on a CDD Board is a great way to give back to your community and learn how The Villages really works. Best of Luck.

Contact Don Wiley.

It is too late to become a candidate for 2024. The deadline was in May.

The election to seats on a VCDD Board is handled by the Sumter County Supervisor of Elections for all VCDDs that are in Sumter County. For most of the seats, there is only one candidate; that candidate automatically wins the seat and does not appear on the November ballot. The process to become a candidate normally requires a minimum number of petitions. For more information see: Candidates

This is incorrect for the Landowner Elections that are coming up. Here's the information for CDD15 from the Districtgov.org website. Similar applies to CDD14. The district clerk runs the landowner elections not the county SOE. Contact Jennifer Farlow for the full details.

Landowner Election Notification-District 15

Village Community Development District No. 15 will hold a Landowner Election on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Everglades Recreation Center in the Rocky Mountain Room, 5497 Marsh Bend Trail, The Villages, Florida 32163.

A Landowner Nomination Meeting will be held for the purpose of receiving nominations for Seats 3, 4 and 5 on the Village Community Development District No. 15 Board on Friday, October 18, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. at Everglades Recreation Center, Grand Canyon Room, 5497 Marsh Bend Trail, The Villages, Florida.

A Landowner Elected Supervisor must be a resident of the State of Florida and the United States of America. At the Landowner Election, each landowner shall be entitled to cast one vote per acre of land owned by him or her and located within the district for each person to be elected. A landowner may vote in person or by proxy in writing (sample proxy attached).Each proxy must be signed by one of the legal owners of the property for which the vote is cast and must contain the typed or printed name of the individual who signed the proxy; the street address, legal description of the property, or tax parcel identification number; and the number of authorized votes. If the proxy authorizes more than one vote, each property must be listed and the number of acres of each property must be included. The signature on a proxy need not be notarized. The proxy can be obtained from the District Clerk’s Office, 984 Old Mill Run, The Villages, Florida 32162. A fraction of an acre shall be treated as 1acre, entitling the landowner to one vote with respect thereto. For purposes of determining voting interests, platted lots shall be counted individually and rounded up to the nearest whole acre. The acreage of platted lots shall not be aggregated for determining the number of voting units held by a landowner or a landowner’s proxy. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a period of 4 years, and the three candidates receiving the next largest number of votes shall be elected for a period of 2 years, with the term of office for each successful candidate commencing upon election.

If you have any questions regarding the upcoming Landowner Election Nomination Meeting or the Landowner Election, please contact Jennifer Farlow, District Clerk, at jennifer.farlow@districtgov.org or (352) 751-3939.