HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 09/20/2011 - FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 123, 2011, AMENDINGDATE: September 20, 2011
STAFF: Darin Atteberry
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 14
SUBJECT
First Reading of Ordinance No. 123, 2011, Amending Section 2-637 of the City Code to Expand the Financial
Disclosure Requirements for Members of the City Council, the City Manager, and the City Attorney.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Ordinance expands the financial disclosure requirements for City Council candidates, the elected City Council,
City Manager, and City Attorney to include any and all interests in real property by the person making disclosure or
the person’s spouse, regardless of whether the property is held for the purpose of resale and profit, as currently
required.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Chapter 2, Article VIII, Division 2 of the City Code currently requires any candidate for the office of City
Councilmember, every member of the City Council, the City Manager and the City Attorney to periodically file with the
City Clerk a written disclosure statement, the contents of which are specified in Section 2-637 of the City Code. One
of the disclosures required under Section 2-637 is the disclosure of any interest in real property that is held or acquired
for the purpose of resale at a profit and that is owned by the person making the disclosure or such person’s spouse.
In the interest of transparent government, the City Council recently expressed a desire to expand this disclosure
requirement to include any and all interests in real property held by the person making disclosure or such person’s
spouse, regardless of whether such property is held for the purpose of resale and profit.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading.
ORDINANCE NO. 123, 2011
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AMENDING SECTION 2-637 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
TO EXPAND THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER,
AND THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, in the interest of transparent government, the City Council has adopted Chapter
2, Article VIII of the City Code pertaining to financial disclosures; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Division 2 of said Chapter 2, Article VIII, any candidate for the
office of City Councilmember, every member of the City Council, the City Manager and the City
Attorney are required to periodically file with the City Clerk a written disclosure statement, the
contents of which are specified in Section 2-637 of the City Code; and
WHEREAS, one of the disclosures required under Section 2-637 is the disclosure of any
interest in real property that is held or acquired for the purpose of resale at a profit and that is owned
by the person making the disclosure or such person’s spouse; and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that it would be in the best interests of the citizens
of the City to expand this disclosure requirement to include any and all interests in real property held
by the person making disclosure or such person’s spouse, regardless of whether such property is held
for the purpose of resale and profit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS, that Section 2-637 of the Code of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 2-637. Requirements.
Financial disclosure shall include:
. . .
(3) The legal description of any interest in real property held or acquired for the
purpose of resale at a profit owned by the person making disclosure or such person's
spouse;
. . .
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of
September, A.D. 2011, and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of October, A.D. 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Chief Deputy City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of October, A.D. 2011.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Chief Deputy City Clerk