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 �—
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ATTEST:
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Passed and adopted on final reading this 20th day of February, A.D. 2001.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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