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HomeMy WebLinkAbout005 - 01/18/1983 - PROVIDING FOR A SPECIFIED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO BE SUBMITTED TO A VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF T r.� ORDINANCE NO. 5, 1983 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS PROVIDING FOR A SPECIFIED CHARTER AMENDMENT TO BE SUBMITTED TO A VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY 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. 1973, as amended, 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 a Charter amendment to the qualified electors of the City. The following proposed Charter amendment shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the City: PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO. 1 Amend Article II, Section 2 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins to read as follows: "Section 2. Qualifications of Members. No person shall be eligible to office as Councilman . unless at the time of his election he be a citizen of the United States, at least twenty-five years of age and shall have been for ONE YEAR immediately preceding such election an elector of the City. No member of the Council shall hold any other public office, or employment for which compensation is paid from municipal funds. No person shall be elected or appointed to any City office, position or employment for which the compensation was increased or fixed by the Council while he was a member thereof until after expiration of one year from the date when he ceased to be a member of the Council ." This amendment shall be submitted in the following language: PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 1 An Amendment to Article II, Section 2, of the Charter requiring that a member of the Council of the City of Fort Collins shall have been an elector of the City for at least one year immediately preceding election to the Council . FOR THE AMENDMENT AGAINST THE AMENDMENT Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered pub- lished this 4th day of January, A.D. 1983, and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of January, A.D. 1983 ATTEST: Mayor City Clerk 1983.Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of January, A.D. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk -2-