HomeMy WebLinkAbout1972-031-04/06/1972-SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY THE QUESTION OF AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ARTICLE II OF RESOLUTION 7a -31
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 2 OF ARTICLE II 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 the City Council may on its own initiative sub
mit any Charter amendment at any general municipal election held not less
than 30 days after the effective date of the ordinance or resolution sub
matting such question to the voters and
WHEREAS a general city election will be held on Tuesday the 3rd
day of April 1973 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 2 of Article II 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 at the general election to be held on Tuesday the 3rd
day of April 1973 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 Qualification of Members No person shall be
eligible to office as councilman unless at the time of his
election (or appointment if appointed pursuant to this
Charter to fill an existing vacancy) he be a citizen of the
United States at least 21 years of-age and shall have been
for two years immediately preceeding such election (or appoint
ment) a resident of the City of Fort Collins and at the time
of his election (or appointment) he shall be a registered
elector of the City duly registered to vote in elections in
the City In addition any person elected (or appointed)
after the general municipal election in 1973 shall in order
to be eligible to the office as councilman have voted in
the last prior general or special municipal election in the
City Any person meeting the foregoing requirements on the
date of election shall be eligible to the office of council
man of the City of Fort Collins and if this amendment is
adopted by the voters of the City of Fort Collins at the
general municipal election on April 3 1973 any person who
meets the applicable qualifications set forth herein on the
date of said election shall be eligible to the office of
councilman even though such person may not have met the
qualifications required By this section prior to the adoption
of this amendment
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held
this �n day of 1972
Cam,
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ATTEST
City Clerk
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