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
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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
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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
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