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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/04/2008 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 011, 2008, CALLING ITEM NUMBER: 6 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: March 4, 2006 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Wanda Krajicek SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No.011,2008,Calling a Special Municipal Election on June 10,2008 for the Purpose of Submitting to the Registered Electors a Citizen-Initiated Charter Amendment That Would Authorize Collective Bargaining and Binding Arbitration for City Employees. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of this Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On January 22, 2008, the City Clerk's Office received an initiative petition to amend the City Charter relating to collective bargaining. The Clerk's Office completed its review of the petition and determined that the petition contained an insufficient number of signatures to place the initiated measure on a special election ballot. The petition circulators withdrew the petition and filed an amended petition on February 21, 2008. The Clerk's Office has completed its review of the amended petition and has determined that it now contains a sufficient number of signatures to require Council to place the issue on a special election ballot. Ordinance No. 011, 2008 calls a special election on June 10, 2008. Because the examination of the amended petition was not completed until Wednesday afternoon (February 27), and this agenda was printed that same day, this meeting needs to be adjourned to Tuesday,March 11,to allow Council to consider a resolution submitting the citizen-initiated Charter amendment to the voters at the June 10, 2008 special election. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary - February 5, 2008. (w/o original attachments) ATTACHMENT ITEM NUMBER: 16 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 5, 2008 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL FF: Wanda Krajicek SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 011, 2008, Calling a Special Municipal Election on June 10, 2008 for the Purpose of Submitting to the Registered Electors a Citizen-Initiated Charter Amendment That Would Authorize Collective Bargaining and Binding Arbitration for City Employees. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT Staff estimates that the cost of ' s ,yciUplen rille $1 ,000. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY On January 22,2008,the City Clerk's Office received an initiative petition to amend the City Charter relating to collective bargaining. The Clerk's Office has until February 12 to complete its review of the petition to determine if the petition contains a sufficient number of signatures to place the initiated measure on a special election ballot. Pursuant to C.R.S. 31-2-210(4), if the petition is certified as sufficient by the City Clerk, the City Clerk must publish notice of an election upon the proposed Charter amendment within 30 days of the filing of the petition, or no later than February 22, 2008. In order to meet the notice requirement, second reading of the Ordinance calling the election, as well as a resolution submitting the proposed Charter amendment to the registered electors of the City and setting the al of IS&uage must be considered on February 19, 2008. If the petition is found to be in ficient on co p oYtHxabmination,the second reading of this Ordinance, as well as the a m r lu n seallot language, may need to be postponed until the petition circulators have an opportunity to withdraw the petition and file an amended petition(which must be done no later than 15 days after the Clerk determines the petition is insufficient). If an amended petition is filed, second reading of this Ordinance and the accompanying resolution will be scheduled for the next meeting following examination of the amended petition. At that time, it may be necessary to change the date of the election to facilitate compliance with all statutory requirements for holding an election on a proposed Charter amendment. ORDINANCE NO . 011 , 2008 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON JUNE 105 2008 FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUBMITTING TO THE REGISTERED ELECTORS A CITIZEN-INITIATED CHARTER AMENDMENT THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND BINDING ARBITRATION FOR CITY EMPLOYEES WHEREAS , a group of local citizens circulated an initiative petition to amend the City Charter to authorize collective bargaining and binding arbitration for City employees ; and WHEREAS , the petition was submitted to the City Clerk on January 22, 2008 ; and WHEREAS , on February 6, 2008 , the City Clerk has t5 working days completed examineation of the petition to and determined if that the petition did not contains a sufficient number of signatures to require Council to place the issue on a special election ballot, whit examination trmst be concluded on or before February f 2 , 2 ; and WHEREAS , an amended petition was submitted to the City Clerk on February 21 , 2008 pursuant to Section 31 -2-210(3 ) , C .R. S . ; and WHEREAS , the City Clerk completed examination of the amended petition on February 27 , 2008 and determined that the petition, as amended, does contain a sufficient number of signatures to require Council to place the issue on a special election ballot; and Wf fEREAS , if the petition is certified to contain a sufficient imniber of signatures , the eity elerk tymst pubfish notice of an clection rpon the proposed ehattei amendment, which notice must be published within 3 0 days of the fifing of the VeLI 'LlUll U1 110 later than February > > and Wf fERFAS , in order to meet this not i bnt, second reading of the ordinmice caHing the clection, as wet! as a resolution submitting the proposed eharter amenchnent to th%., registered eiectors of the eity and setting the ballot language, must be considered on February > 2008 > and WHEREAS , the City Council wishes to call a special municipal election on June 10, 2008 , at which the electors of the City may consider the foregoing measure. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows : Section 1 . That a special municipal election in the City of Fort Collins is hereby called for Tuesday, June 10, 2008 . Section 2 . That the use of an electronic system to record the votes at said election is hereby authorized. Seetion 3 . fn the event that eitizen-inifiated petition to amend the eity eharter relating to eolleetive bargaining is not eertified as suffleient, either after the initial Submission or following the period provided for submitting an amended petition the election provided for herein shall be cancelled and thc provisions of this E)rdinance shall be of no ffirthcr forcc and eff-ect. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 5th day of February, A.D . 2008 , and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of March, A . D . 2008 . Mayor ATTEST : City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of March, A . D . 2008 . Mayor ATTEST : City Clerk