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HomeMy WebLinkAbout021 - 02/20/2001 - SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT PERTAINING TO RESIDENCY ORDINANCE NO. 21, 2001 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE IV OF THE CITY CHARTER, PERTAINING TO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS 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 IV, Section 3 of the Charter presently provides that directors of a City department or a group of City departments (who are actually "service area directors" under the present organizational structure of the City),deputy city managers,assistant city managers and those City division heads(today's"department heads") appointed after March 5, 1985,shall reside within the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area("UGA") during their tenure in office; and WHEREAS, Article III, Section 1 of the Charter states that the City Manager must reside within the City during his or her tenure in office; and WHEREAS, the City Manager has recommended that the UGA residency requirement contained in Article IV,Section 3 of the Charter be modified for division heads(today's "department heads"), so that such employees may live outside the UGA so long as they live within five miles of the city limits; and WHEREAS,the City Council believes that while residency requirements serve an important public purpose at certain levels of management, they also tend to restrict the pool of qualified applicants for employment with the City and adversely affect the possibility of internal promotions; and WHEREAS, for the foregoing, the City Council believes that the proposed amendment to the above-referenced residency requirement should be submitted to the registered electors of the City. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the following proposed change to Article IV, Section 3 of the City Charter shall be submitted to the registered electors of the City as "Proposed Charter Amendment No 1" at a regular municipal election to be held on Tuesday, April 3, 2001: Section 3. Residency requirement. Directors of a city department or a group of city departments, deputy city managers, and assistant city managers shall reside within the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area during their tenure in office,but need not reside within the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area prior to their appointment. City division heads may live outside the Urban Growth Area during their tenure in office, but only if their places of residence are within five miles of the city limits, as measured by a straight line connecting the parcel of property upon which the residence is situated to the nearest boundary line of the city. City division heads appointed prior to March 6, 1985,shall not be subject to this residency requirement. Section 2. That the following ballot language is hereby adopted for submitting Proposed Charter Amendment No. 2 to the voters at said election: CITY-INITIATED PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 1 Shall Article IV Section 3 of the City Charter be amended to change the residency requirement for division heads of the City so that division heads will be permitted to live outside the Urban Growth Area so long as their places of residence are within five miles of the City limits, with the understanding that the following residency requirements will still apply to other, higher levels of management in the City organization: the City Manager will still be required to live within the city limits and the City Clerk, deputy and assistant city managers, and the directors of all major administrative units who are directly responsible to the City Manager (those who directly supervise the division heads) will still be required to live within the Urban Growth Area? YES NO Introduced and considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of February, A.D. 2001, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of February, A.D. 2001. Mayor �— t ATTEST: )k"�Smlh ,.City Clerk -2- Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of February, A.D. 2001. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk -3-