HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/06/2001 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 23, 2001, ADDING A AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 20
DATE: February 6, 2001
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Wanda Krajicek/
Steve Roy
SUBJECT:
First Reading of Ordinance No. 23, 2001, Adding a New Article VI to Chapter 7 of the City Code
Relating to Initiative and Referendum.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This Ordinance will establish a procedure for any registered elector to protest a proposed ballot title
and/or submission clause for an initiative or referendum.
CKGROUND:
Section 31-11-111 of the Colorado Revised Statutes relating to ballot titles for municipal initiatives,
referenda,and referred measures provides that any protest concerning a ballot title shall be conducted
as provided by local charter, ordinance, or resolution. In Fort Collins, no local protest procedure
currently exists, and staff is recommending that a procedure be established in Chapter 7 of the City
Code, which contains other election-related provisions.
The protest procedure as established by this Ordinance requires any registered elector who desires
to protest a proposed ballot title and/or submission clause to file a written protest with the City Clerk
no later than noon on the Monday immediately preceding the date upon which the Council will
consider the resolution setting the ballot title and submission clause for the initiative or referendum.
The protest would have to be heard,considered and resolved by the Council prior to adoption of the
resolution.
At its June 27, 2000 study session, Council supported the establishment of a protest procedure and
directed staff to prepare an Ordinance.
• ORDINANCE NO. 23, 2001
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ADDING A NEW ARTICLE VI TO CHAPTER 7
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RELATING TO INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
WHEREAS,Section 31-11-111 of the Colorado Revised Statutes relating to ballot titles for
municipal initiatives,referenda,and referred measures provides that any protest concerning a ballot
title shall be conducted as provided by local charter, ordinance, or resolution; and
WHEREAS, a protest procedure has not previously been established in the City Charter or
by adoption of an ordinance or resolution; and
WHEREAS, staff has recommended that a protest procedure be established in Chapter 7 of
the Code of the City of Fort Collins, which chapter contains other provisions relating to municipal
elections.
NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Chapter 7 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins be amended by the addition of a
new Article VI to read as follows:
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Introduced and considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 6th day of
February, A.D.2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of February, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of February, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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