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HomeMy WebLinkAbout094 - 01/04/1973 - CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON FEBRUARY 20 1973 AND SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF r ORDINANCE NO 94 1972 BEING AN ORDINANCE CALLING A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ON FEBRUARY 20 1973 AND SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY CERTAIN CHARTER AMENDMENTS WHEREAS heretofore a committee was appointed to make recommends tions to the City Council as to any Charter Amendments to be submitted to the qualified electors of the City and WHEREAS said committee has recommended to the City Council that certain Charter Amendments be submitted to the qualified electors of the City for consideration and WHEREAS Section 5 of Article XX of the Constitution of the State of Colorado provides that the City Council may submit any Charter Amendment question at any general or special state or municipal election held not less than thirty (30) days after the effective date of the Ordinance or Resolution submitting such question to the voters and WHEREAS, the City Council is of the opinion that such Charter Amend ments should be submitted for a vote of the people NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 That a special municipal election in the City of Fort Collins is hereby called for Tuesday the 20th day of February 1973 Section 2 There are hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Fort Collins at said special election the following proposed Charter Amendments PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO 1 Shall the Charter of the City of Fort Collins be amended in the following particulars Amend Section 1 Article II of the Fort Collins Charter to read as follows Section 1 Membership a The council shall have seven (7) members elected as herein provided b Three (3) of such council members shall be nominated and elected from the city at large The remaining four (4) members shall be nominated by districts in the City established by Ordinance of the City Council and elected by the City at large Commencing with the general election in 1977, the City Council shall by Ordinance at least six (6) months before any election at which council members will be elected from districts divide the City into four (4) districts each consisting of approximately the same numiberrof electors and each district representing one (1) con f..inuous reasonably compact unit One (1) council member shall be elected from each district so established by the City at large c Until the regular city election in April 1973 the five (5) present members of the council shall constitute the City Council Not later than fifteen (15) days from the passage of this Amendment the City Council shall by Ordinance divide the City into four (4) districts meeting the qualifications set forth in (b) above which shall be the districts from which councilmen shall be nominated for the regular city election in 1973 and four (4) councilmen shall be elected at such election one (1) from each such district Such ordinance may be passed as an emergency measure The three (3) incumbent council members whose terms do not expire in 1973 shall constitute the at large members of the council and shall continue to serve until the expiration of their term of office as now es tablished after the general city election in April 1975 at which election their successors shall be elected at large d The term of office of all members of the City Council shall be four (4) years each or until their successors have been elected and have taken office Each regular bi annual city elec tion shall alternate between selecting at large members of the council and members nominated from districts The term of members of the Council shall begin at 10 00 o'clock A M on the first Tues day after the second Monday in April of the year in which they shall have been elected Amend Section 6 Article II of the Fort Collins Charter by deleting the word four from the second sentence from the end of the second paragraph of said section and by substituting therefore the word five Amend Section 11 Article II of the Fort Collins Charter by deleting the third sentence of said section and by substituting therefore the following A majority of the Council shall constitute a quorum sufficient to transact business Amend Section 18 Article II of the Fort Collins Charter by deleting therefrom the second sentence of said section and by substituting therefore the following Any vacancy in an elective office shall be filled within thirty days by appointment of the Council Such appointment shall be for the unexpired portion of the term PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO 2 Shall Section 3 Article II of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins be amended as follows? By deleting from said section the figures $400 and 1$500' and by substituting therefor the figures $15001and 1$2000' respectively PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO 3 Shall Section 2 Article II of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins be amended to read as follows? Section 2 Qualification of Members No person shall be ell gi le to office as councilman unless at the time of his election (or appointment, if appointed pursuant to this Charter to fill an existing vacancy) he be a citizen of the United States, at 2 � r least 21 years of age and shall have been for two years imnedia tely preceeding such election (or appointment) a resident of the City of Fort Collins and at the time of his election (or appoint ment) he shall be a registered elector of the City duly registered to vote in elections in the City In addition, any person elected (or appointed) after the general municipal election in 1973, shall in order to be eligible to the office as councilman, have voted in the last prior general or special municipal election an the City Any person meeting the foregoing requirements on the date of election shall be eligible to the office of councilman of the City of Fort Collins " Section 3 At such election there shall be submitted any additional matters including proposed ordinances which the council may elect to refer to the qualified electors of the City Introduced considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 14th day of December, 1972 and to be presented for final passage on the 4th day of January A D 1973 or ATTEST City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading as of this 4th day of January A D 1973 Mayor ATTEST city Clerk - 3