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HomeMy WebLinkAbout006 - 02/18/1975 - SUBMITTING CERTAIN PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY AT THE GENERAL ORDINANCE NO 6 1975 i BEING AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING CERTAIN PROPOSED t( CHARTER AMENDMENTS TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY AT THE GENERAL CITY ELECTION TO BE HELD ON APRIL 8 1975 WHEREAS, the general City election will be held on April 8 1975 and WHEREAS the City Council has reviewed the City Charter and desires to submit certain Charter amendments to the qualified electors of the City at the general election NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS At the general City election to be held on April 8 1975 the following proposed Charter amendments shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified electors of the City Referred Charter Amendment No 1 Amend Section 18 Article II of the Charter to read as follows "All elected officers shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified Any vacancy in an elective office shall be filled within thirty (30) days by appointment of the Council until the next regular election when the vacancy shall be filled by the electors for the remainder of the term if any Any person appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired term in an elective office shall have the qualifications required of persons to be regularly elected In the case of a vacancy repre- senting a member elected from a district, any person appointed or elected to fill such vacancy shall be from the same district A vacancy shall exist when a member of the Council falls to qualify within thirty (30) days after the commencement of his term or if he dies resigns removes from the City or absents himself from meetings of the Council for sixty (60) days unless excused by resolution thereof or if he is convicted of a felony or is judicially declared a mental incompetent " Referred Charter Amendment No 2 Amend Section 11, Article V of the Charter to read as follows "The cash balance of the City shall be deposited or invested in accordance with the ordinances of the City 11 Referred Charter Amendment No 3 Amend Section 2 Article II of the Charter by deleting therefrom the phrase "at least twenty- five years of age" and by substituting therefor the following phrase "at least twenty-one years of age " Introduced considered favorably on first reading and ordered published this 4th day of February, A D 1975 and to be presented for final passage on the 18th day of February A D 1975 ATTEST Myyb} — - City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading this 18th day of February AD 1975 ATTEST May City Clerk -2-