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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 08/15/2000 - ITEMS RELATING TO CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR N AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 10 A-C DATE: August 15, 2000 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Wanda Krajicek SUBJECT: Items Relating to Calling a Special Election for November 7, 2000, and Placing Proposed Charter Amendments on Said Ballot. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinances on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A. Second Reading of Ordinance No.87,2000,Calling a Special Municipal Election to Be Held in Conjunction with the November 7, 2000 Latimer County General Election. B. Second Reading of Ordinance No.88,2000,Submitting to a Vote of the Registered Electors IDof the City of Fort Collins Proposed Amendments to Articles IX and X of the City Charter, Pertaining to Petition Circulators. C. Second Reading of Ordinance No.89,2000,Submitting to a Vote of the Registered Electors of the City of Fort Collins a Proposed Amendment to Article IV of the City Charter, Pertaining to Residency Requirements. Ordinance No. 87, 2000, which was unanimously adopted on First Reading on July 18, 2000,calls a Special Municipal Election to be held in conjunction with the November 7,2000 Latimer County General Election. Ordinance No. 88, 2000 and Ordinance No. 89, 2000, which were also unanimously adopted on First Reading on July 18, 2000,place individual Charter amendments on the November 7, 2000 Special Election ballot. AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 20 A-C DATE: July 18, 2000 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: lipWanda Krajicek SUBJECT: Items Relating to Calling a Special Election for November 7,2000, and Placing Proposed Charter Amendments on Said Ballot. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends adoption o COPY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A. First Reading of Ordinance No. 87, 2000, Calling a Special Municipal Election to Be Held in Conjunction with the November 7, 2000 Larimer County General Election. B. First Reading of OrdiCce . 20 in Vote of the Registered Electors of the City of Fort Coo d ents to cles IXand X of the City Charter, 10 Pertaining to Petitionrs. C. First Reading of Ordinance No. 89, 2000, Submitting to a Vote of the Registered Electors of the City of Fort Collins a Proposed Amendment to Article IV of the City Charter, Pertaining to Residency Requirements. Ordinance No. 87, 2000, calls a Special Municipal Election to be held in conjunction with the November 7, 2000 Larimer County General Election. The remaining Ordinances place individual Charter amendments on the N r tiotyballot. The proposed Charter amendments were considered the C cil G c o ee,and discussed by the Council at its June 27 study session. BACKGROUND: A. Ordinance No. 87, 2000 Calling a Special Municipal Election to Be Held in Conjunction with the November 7, 2000 Larimer County General Election. This Ordinance calls the election, adopts the provisions of the Uniform Election Code of 1992 in lieu of the Municipal Election Code of 1965,directs the City Clerk to certify ballot content to Larimer County no later than September 12, and authorizes the City Manager to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with Larimer County for the conduct of the election. DATE: July 18, 2000 2 ITEM NUMBER: 20 A-C B. Ordinance No. 88,2000,Submitting to a Vote of the Registered Electors of the City of Fort Collins Proposed Amendments to Articles IX and X of the City Charter, Pertaining to Petition Circulators. The United States Supreme Court recently held that it is impermissible to require that petition circulators be registered electors. This amendment,which was rejected by the voters in November 1999, removes from the Charter the requirement that petition circulators be registered electors of the City, in conformance with the Supreme Court's decision. It also adds a requirement that petition circulators be at least 18 years of age. C. Ordinance No. 89,2Cndmenit oArti VP o e gi d Electors of the City of Fort Collins a ProposedI e Charter, Pertaining to Residency Requirements. The City Charter presently requires that the directors of City departments, division heads appointed after March 5, 1985, all deputy city managers and assistant city managers reside within the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area during their tenure in office,though they need not reside within the UGA prior to their appointment. (The City Manager is required to live within the city limits under a separate Charter provision.) The City Manager is recommending that this residency requirement be modified so that only deputy and assistant city managers and service area directors would have to live in the Urban Growth Area. The reason for the recomme to i em is that a number of the service area directors believ that re ency a ent lower levels of management unnecessarily restrict ool rson ding exis g employees,who are eligible and willing to serve as dep an so S.