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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 05/17/2022 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 056, 2022, CALLING Agenda Item 5 Item # 5 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 17, 2022 City Council STAFF Anissa Hollingshead, City Clerk Carrie Daggett, City Attorney SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 056, 2022, Calling a Special Municipal Election to be Held in Conjunction with the November 8, 2022 Larimer County General Election. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on May 3, 2022, calls a Special Municipal Election to be held in conjunction with the November 8, 2022, Larimer County General election, preserving the opportunity for Council to place Council-initiated or citizen-initiated questions on the November ballot. If Council decides to place any questions on the ballot, it would need to accomplish this by no later than its September 6 meeting. If Council does not take action by ordinance or resolution before the statutory deadline (September 9) to certify ballot language to Larimer County, the election will be cancelled, and the provisions of this Ordinance will be of no further force and effect. This Ordinance does not submit any specific question(s) to the November 8 ballot. Adoption of it is, however, a required first step in preserving the option for Council to submit any questions that Council may desire at the November 8, 2022, General Election. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on Second Reading. ATTACHMENTS 1. First Reading Agenda Item Summary, May 3, 2022 (w/o attachments) (PDF) 2. Ordinance No. 056, 2022 (PDF) Agenda Item 15 Item # 15 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY May 3, 2022 City Council STAFF Anissa Hollingshead, City Clerk Carrie Daggett, City Attorney SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 056, 2022, Calling a Special Municipal Election to be Held in Conjunction with the November 8, 2022 Larimer County General Election. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to call a Special Municipal Election to be held in conjunction with the November 8, 2022, Larimer County General election, preserving the opportunity for Council to place Council-initiated or citizen-initiated questions on the November ballot. If Council decides to place any questions on the ballot, it would need to accomplish this by no later than its September 6 meeting. If Council does not take action by ordinance or resolution before the statutory deadline (September 9) to certify ballot language to Larimer County, the election will be cancelled, and the provisions of this Ordinance will be of no further force and effect. This Ordinance does not submit any specific question(s) to the November 8 ballot. Adoption of it is, however, a required first step in preserving the option for Council to submit any questions that Council may desire at the November 8, 2022, General Election. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. ATTACHMENT 1 COPY -1- ORDINANCE NO. 056, 2022 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022 LARIMER COUNTY GENERAL ELECTION WHEREAS, Section 31-2-210, Colorado Revised Statutes, provides that Charter amendments may be initiated by the adoption of an ordinance by the City Council submitting a proposed amendment to a vote of the registered electors of the City of Fort Collins; and WHEREAS, the decision to call a special election must be made by ordinance sooner than the deadline to place measures on the ballot; and WHEREAS, City staff will present to the City Council for consideration in between May and September, proposed Charter amendments related to City elections and possibly other measures for voter approval; and WHEREAS, for the foregoing reasons, the City Council wishes to call a special municipal election on November 8, 2022, to be held in conjunction with the Larimer County General Election, for the purpose of submitting to the electorate of the City any ballot issues approved by the City Council prior to the deadline for certifying ballot content to the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That a Special Municipal Election in the City is hereby called for Tuesday, November 8, 2022, which shall be held in conjunction with the Larimer County General Election and conducted in such manner as shall be determined by the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder. Section 3. That the provisions of the Uniform Election Code of 1992, as amended, are hereby adopted with respect to the conduct of said election in lieu of the provisions of the Municipal Election Code of 1965. Section 4. That, subject to any applicable provision in Colorado statute to the contrary, the City Council may, by resolution or ordinance, submit to the voters at said election any citizen- initiated or City-initiated measure that complies with the requirements of the City Charter, irrespective of the nature of such measure. Section 5. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to certify the ballot content for the Special Municipal Election to the Larimer County Clerk no later than September 9, 2022, for any ballot titles set by the City Council prior to said date. -2- Section 6. That the Interim City Manager is hereby authorized to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with Larimer County for conduct of the election, pursuant to Section 1-7-116(2) of the Colorado Revised Statutes. Section 7. That, in the event that the City Council does not take action by ordinance or resolution prior to September 6, 2022, to submit any ballot measures to the voters at the November 8, 2022, Larimer County General Election, the election provided for herein shall be cancelled and the provisions of this Ordinance shall be of no further force and effect. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 3rd day of May, A.D. 2022, and to be presented for final passage on the 17th day of May, A.D. 2022. ____________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on this 17th day of May, A.D. 2022. ____________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk