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HomeMy WebLinkAbout008 - 02/09/1967 - SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY THE QUESTION OF AMENDING SECTION 1, ARTICLE IV AND ORDINANCE NO. 89 1967 BEING AN ORDINANCE SUMMING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS THE QUESTION OF AMENDING SECTION 19 ARTICLE IV and ARTICLE IX OF THE CITY CHARTER AID DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, Section 5 of Article XX of the constitution of the State of Colorado provides that the City Council may on its own initiative submit any charter amendment at any general municipal election held not less than thirty days after the effective date of the ordinance submitting such question to the voters, and WHEREAS, a general city election will be held on Tuesday, the a day of April, A D., 1967, and WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the City Council that there should be submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Fort Collins the matter of amending Section 1 of Article IV and Article IX of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins. NOW, THMEFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS Section 1 That there is submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Fort Collins at the general election to be held on Tuesday, the a day of April, A D , 1967, the question of whether or not Section 1, Article IV of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins should be amended by inserting after the words "a Board of Zoning Appeals" the words "a Water Board" and whether or not Article IX of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins should be amended by adding thereto the following Section "Section 7 Water Board. There shall be a Water Board which shall consist of such number of members as set by the City Council not to exceed ten. All members of the Water Board shall serve without compensation and shall be appointed by the City Council The City Manager shall serve as an ex officio voting member of such board. The term of the appointed members of the board shall be four years except that the initial appointment shall specify the term of office of each individual in order to achieve overlapping of terms. All members shall be subject to removal by the Council and any vacancy during the unexpired term of any member shall be filled by the Council for the remainder of the term. The duties and functions of the Water Board shall be A. To advise the Council on all matters pertaining to the acquisition, control and disposition of water rights. B. To advise the Council in all matters pertaining to the municipal water works system. C. To perform such other duties and functions and have such other powers as may be provided by ordinance of the City Council" Section 2. In the opinion of the City Council an emergency exists for the actual preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property and this ordinance shall take effect upon its passage under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article II of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins Introduced, read at length and adopted by the unanimous vote of all members of the City of Fort Collins City Council at a regular meeting held this 91 day of February, A D., 1967 r ATTEST City C1 k -2- STATE OF COLORADO) ) ss COUNTY OF LARIMER) I, MILES F HOUSE, City Clerk of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby certify and declare that the aforesaid Ordinance, consisting of two sections, was duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 9th day of February, A D. 1967, and was duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper and official newspaper of the City of Fort Collins, by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council, as an Emergency Ordinance, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 and 7 of Article n of the City Charter, and thereafter and on, to-wit the 14th day of FebroalT , A. D 1967, said Ordinance No 8 was duly published in the Fort Collins Coloradoan, a daily newspaper published in the City of Fort Collins, Colorado IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City, this lath day of February , A D 1967 City Clerk