HomeMy WebLinkAbout020 - 02/16/1993 - SUBMITTING A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT PERTAINING TO QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS TO A VOTE OF THE ELE ORDINANCE NO. 20, 1993
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
SUBMITTING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 2,
OF THE CITY CHARTER, PERTAINING TO QUALIFICATIONS
OF MEMBERS, TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED
ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 8 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins
provides that the Charter may be amended as provided by the laws of the State of
Colorado; and
WHEREAS, Section 31-2-210, C.R.S. , provides that Charter amendments may be
initiated by the adoption of an ordinance by the Council submitting a proposed
amendment to a vote of the registered electors of the City of Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, Article II , Section 1, of the City Charter provides that the City
is to be divided into six districts and further provides for the election of
district councilmembers; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that it would be in the best interests of the
City to submit to the registered electors of the City the question of whether to
amend Section 2 of Article II of the Charter, pertaining to qualifications of
councilmembers, to specify that all district councilmembers must have resided
within the district from which they were elected as of the date of acceptance of
any nomination for election.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
as follows:
Section 1 . That the following proposed Charter amendment shall be
submitted to the registered voters of the City at the next regular City election
to be held on April 6, 1993:
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 3
That Section 2 of Article II of the City Charter is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Section 2. Qualifications of members.
No person shall be eligible to serve as a member of Council
unless at the time of the election he or she is a citizen of the
United States; is at least twenty-one (21) years of age; has been
for one (1) year immediately preceding such election an elector of
the city; and, in the case of a district councilmember, has
continuously resided in the district from which he or she is to be
elected since the date of accepting any nomination for election
under Article VIII, Section 3, of this Charter.
No person shall be eligible to stand for election to more than
one (1) elective office at any single municipal election. During a
term of office, no member of the Council shall be an employee of the
city or hold any elective, public office. No person shall be
elected or appointed to any city office, position or employment for
which the compensation was increased or fixed by the Council while
such person was a member thereof until after expiration of one (1)
year from the date when such person ceased to be a member of the
Council .
Section 2. That the following ballot language is hereby adopted for
submitting Proposed Charter Amendment No. 3 to the voters at said election:
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 3
AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 2 OF THE CHARTER SPECIFYING THAT
IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ELECTION AS A DISTRICT COUNCILMEMBER, A
CANDIDATE FOR ELECTION MUST HAVE CONTINUOUSLY RESIDED IN THE
DISTRICT FROM WHICH HE OR SHE IS TO BE ELECTED SINCE THE DATE OF
ACCEPTING ANY NOMINATION FOR ELECTION.
FOR THE AMENDMENT
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published
this 2nd day of February, A.D. 1993, and to be presented for final passage on the
16th day of February, A.D. 1993.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading this 16th day of February, A.D. 1993.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk
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