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Home My WebLink AboutMemo - Read Before Packet - 1/5/2021 - Memorandum From Delynn Coldiron Re: Item # 18 Proposed Charter Amendments City Clerk 300 LaPorte Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6515 970.221.6295 - fax fcgov.com MEMORANDUM DATE: January 5, 2021 TO: Mayor Troxell and City Councilmembers THRU: Darin Atteberry, City Manager Kelly DiMartino, Deputy City Manager FROM: Delynn Coldiron, City Clerk RE: Item #18 – Charter Amendments Power Point Attached is a power point presentation for Item #18. DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 January 5, 2020 Charter Amendments Delynn Coldiron, City Clerk ; Carrie Daggett, City Attorney Blaine Dunn, Interim Accounting Director DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Proposed Charter Amendments 1.Selection Date for Mayor Pro Tem 2.Restrictions on Campaign Contributions 3.Supplemental and Non-Lapsing Appropriations 4.Deadline to Publish Notice of the Annual Independent Financial Audit 5.Reference to Chief Judge 2 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Mayor Pro Tem Selection Date •Proposes an amendment to Section 4, Article II, of the City Charter. •With change, Mayor Pro Tem Selection would occur: •At the meeting where newly-elected Councilmembers take the oath of office; •After the recount period ends and final certification of election has occurred. 3 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Limits on Contributions to Candidates •Proposes an amendment to Section 8, Article VIII, of the City Charter. •Removes the existing stated prohibition on campaign contributions and expenditures. •Instead, provides for Council to act by ordinance to establish prohibitions on, and requirements for, campaign contributions and expenditures for City elections (currently provides for Council to establish limits by ordinance). 4 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Supplemental and Non-Lapsing Appropriations •Proposes amendment to Section 9, Article V, of the City Charter •Would clarify that supplemental appropriations can be made from other kinds of funds the City receives, including grant money and proceeds from debt issuance or borrowing; and •Proposes amendment to Section 11, Article V, of the City Charter •Would clarify that appropriations made for federal, state and private grants and donations shall not automatically lapse. 5 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Deadline to Publish Notice of Audit •Proposes an amendment to Section 9, Article II, of the City Charter. •Increases time for publication of a summary of an independent audit to seven months after the end of each fiscal year (instead of five). 6 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Board of Elections •Proposes an amendment to Section 5, Article III, of the City Charter •Replaces a reference to “Municipal Judge” with “Chief Judge”. 7 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Other Charter Changes Discussed •Election Related •Affidavit of Circulator •Corrupt Practices •Council Vacancy Process •Organization Related •Delegation of Organizational Structure Decisions •Essential Administrative Functions •Residency Requirements 8 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Charter Amendment 1 –Mayor Pro Tem Shall Section 4 of Article II of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, pertaining to the election of the Mayor Pro Tem and other Council organizational matters, be amended to clarify that the election of the Mayor Pro Tem shall occur at the meeting at which newly-elected Councilmembers take the oath of office and further to provide for election by Council of a new Mayor Pro Tem in the event of a resignation from that position? ______Yes/For ______No/Against 9 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Charter Amendment 2 –Campaign Contributions Shall Section 8 of Article VIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, pertaining to campaign contributions for city elections, be amended to remove the stated prohibition on campaign contributions and expenditures and instead provide that Council shall by ordinance establish prohibitions on, and requirements for, campaign contributions and expenditures for city elections, in addition to limits on contributions to support or oppose candidates for Council? ______Yes/For ______No/Against 10 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Charter Amendment 3 –Appropriations Shall Sections 9 and 11 of Article V of the City of Fort Collins Charter be amended to provide that City Council may make supplemental appropriations from not only the City’s actual and expected revenues in a fiscal year, but also from all other sources of funds the City receives or expects to receive during the fiscal year, and to provide that the City Council may designate by ordinance as non-lapsing its annual and supplemental appropriations for capital projects and for federal, state and private grants and donations until the completion of the capital project or until the earlier of the expiration of the federal, state or private grant or donation or the city’s expenditure of all funds received from such grant or donation, but without limiting the City Council’s ability to terminate earlier any such capital project or federal, state or private grant or donation?______Yes/For ______No/Against 11 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Charter Amendment 4 –Audit Publication Shall Section 17 of Article II of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, requiring an independent audit of city books and accounts at least annually, be amended to increase the time for publication of a summary of such audit to seven (7) months after the end of each fiscal year, instead of five (5) months? ______Yes/For ______No/Against 12 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01 Charter Amendment 5 –Board of Elections Shall Section 8 of Article VIII of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins, establishing the Board of Elections, be amended to replace a reference to “Municipal Judge” with “Chief Judge” in conformance with a 2017 update to that title? ______Yes/For ______No/Against 13 DocuSign Envelope ID: 457DB655-4D90-4743-97FE-86A193335E01