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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971-012-02/11/1971-SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, THE QUESTION OF AMENDING SECTION 9 RESOLUTION 71 12 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS THE QUESTION OF AMENDING SECTION 9 OF ARTICLE IV SECTIONS 1 and 8 OF ARTICLE XVI SECTION 2 OF ARTICLE II AND SECTION 6 OF ARTICLE IX OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS WHEREAS Section 5 of Article XX of the Constitution of the State of Colorado provides that any City Council may on its own initiative submit any Charter Amendment at any general municipal election held not less than thirty (30) days after the effective date of the Ordinance or Resolution submitting such question to the voters and WHEREAS a general city election will be held on Tuesday the sixth (6th) day of April A D 1971 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 certain sections of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins as more fully set out below NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS 1 That there is hereby submitted to the qualified voters of the City of Fort Collins iat the general election to be held on Tuesday the sixth (6th) day of April A D 1971 the question of whether or not Section 9 of Article IV should be amended to read as follows Section 9 Financial Interest Prohibited No officer or employee of the City shall be financially interested directly or indirectly in the purchase from or sale to the City of any land materials or supplies or of ser- vices except personal services as an officer or employee Any violation of this section with the knowledge express or implied of the person or corporation contracting with the City shall render the contract voidable by the City Manager or the Council 2 There is further hereby submitted to said voters at said election the question of whether or not Article XVI of the Charter of the — City of Fort Collins should be amended by deleting therefrom Section 8 and by amending Section 1 of said Article to read as follows l Section 1 Applicability of State Constitution The Council shall prove e by ordinance for the manner of holding City elections All ordinances regarding elections shall be consistent with the provisions of this Charter and the State Constitution Any matter regarding elections not covered by the State Constitution this Charter or ordinance of the. Council shall be governed by the laws of the State of Colo- rado relating to municipal elections " 3 There is further hereby submitted to said voters at said election the question of whether or not Section 2 of Article II of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins should be amended 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 five years 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 the expiration of one year from the date when he ceased to be a member of the Council 4 There is further hereby submitted to said voters at said election the question of whether or not Section 6 of Article IX of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins should be amended to read as follows Section 6 Municipal Utility Rates and Finances The Council shall by ordinance from time to time fix establish maintain and provide for the collection of such rates fees or charges for water and electricity and for water sewer and electric service furnished by the City as will produce revenues sufficient to pay the cost of operation and maintenance of said utilities in good repair and work- ing order to pay into the general fund in lieu of taxes an amount at least equivalent to City taxes and franchise per- mits if the utility were privately owned to pay the principal of and interest on all bonds of the City payable from the revenues of said utilities-,"to provide and maintain an ade- quate working capital fund for the day-to-day business operations of the utility,-to provide and maintain an adequate fund for the replacement of depreciated and obsolete property and for the extension improvement enlargement and better- ment of said utilities to pay the interest on and principal of any general obligation bonds issued by the City to extend or improve said utilities The provisions hereof shall be subject at all times to the performance by the City of all covenants and agreements made by it in connection with the issuance sale or delivery of any bonds of the City payable out of the revenues derived from the operation of its water electric and other utilities whether such revenue bonds be heretofore or hereafter issued - 2 - All net operating revenues of said water electric and other utilities shall be paid into the Depreciation and Capital Improvements Fund of said utility and such funds shall be expended only for renewals replacements extraordinary repairs extensions improvements enlarge- ments and betterments to such utility 5 This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its pass- age Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this llth day of February A D 1971 .ctitd�ru or ATTEST ti City Cl r'k - 3 -