HomeMy WebLinkAbout123 - 10/04/2011 - AMENDING SECTION 2-637 OF THE CITY CODE TO EXPAND THE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS 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 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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.Passed and adopted on final reading on the 4th day of October, A.D. 2011.
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