HomeMy WebLinkAbout209 - 01/15/1985 - SUBMITTING A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY CONCERNING ORDINANCE NO. 209, 1984
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
SUBMITTING A PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT
TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS
OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
CONCERNING RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR
CITY CLERK, DIRECTORS OF DEPARTMENTS AND
CHIEFS OF DIVISIONS
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, §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 qualified electors of the City of Fort
Collins.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS:
Section 1. That the Council has reviewed the Charter of the City of
Fort Collins and desires to submit the following proposed Charter amendment
to the registered voters of the City at the next regular City election to
be held on March 5, 1985:
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 6
A. Section 12 of Article II of the Charter of the City is amended to
read as follows:
Article II City Council .
Section 12. City Clerk.
The City Manager shall appoint a City Clerk with the
approval of the Council who shall act as Clerk of the
Council and who while so employed shall be a resident of
the Fort Collins Urban growth area . The City Clerk
shall give notice of Council meetings, keep a journal of
Council proceedings , authenticate by his or her signa-
ture and record in full in a book kept for that purpose
all ordinances and resolutions, and perform other duties
required by this Charter or by the City Manager.
B. Section 3 of Article IV of the Charter of the City is amended as
follows:
Article IV General Provisions
"Section 3 Directors of Departments and Chiefs of
Divisions.
Each department shall be headed by a director appointed
by and subject to the City Manager and who, while so
employed , shall be a resident of the Fort Collins
Urban Growth Area. Two or more departments may be
headed by the same individual ; and the directors of
departments may also serve as chiefs of divisions . Each
department may provide for a subdivision of a department
in charge of a person who is identified as a chief of a
division , and is directly responsible to the director of
the department and secondarily responsible to the City
Manager. Any chief of a division appointed subsequent
to March 5, 1985, shall , while so employed, be a resi -
dent of the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area.
C. Article XXI of the Charter of the City is amended by the following
addition :
"Fort Collins Urban Growth Area" means that geogra-
phical area within and adjacent to the City of Fort
Collins identified by Intergovernmental Agreement
between the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County as
that area identified for annexation and urbanization by
the City of Fort Collins including the Urban Growth
Area as it exists on March 5, 1985, together with any
amendments or changes thereto.
Section 2. Proposed Charter Amendment No. 6 shall be submitted to the
voters in the following ballot language:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 6
Amendments to the Charter of the City of Fort Collins
which would require the City Clerk , Directors of
Departments and Chiefs of Divisions to live within the
Fort Collins Urban Growth Area.
FOR THE AMENDMENT
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT
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Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered pub-
lished this 18th day of December, A.D. 1984 and to be presented for final
passage on the 15th day of January, A.D. 1985.
mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Passed and adopted on final reading the 15th day of January, A.D.
1985.
Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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