HomeMy WebLinkAbout005 - 01/20/2015 - SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO A ORDINANCE NO , 005 , 2015
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE CITY
OF FORT COLLINS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE VIII,
SECTION 4(b) OF THE CITY CHARTER PERTAINING TO THE SUFFICIENCY
OF A NOMINATING PETITION
WHEREAS , Article IV, Section 8 of the Charter of the City of Fort Collins ("Charter")
provides that the Charter may be amended as provided by the laws of the State of Colorado ; and
WHEREAS , Section 31 -2-210, Colorado Revised Statutes, provides that Charter
amendments may be initiated by the adoption of an ordinance by the City Council submitting a
proposed amendment to a vote of the registered electors of the City of Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS , Article VIII, Section 4(b) of the Charter states that if a petition is found to
be signed by more persons than the number of signatures certified by the circulator, the last
signatures in excess of the number certified shall be disregarded; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the Charter to eliminate such provision
from the Charter so that a circulator is not required to certify the number of signatures on the
petition because the number of signatures on the petition is self-evident.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows :
Section 1 . That the following proposed change to Article VIII, Section 4(b) of the
City Charter shall be submitted to the registered electors of the City as "Proposed Charter
Amendment No . " at the regular municipal election to be held on Tuesday, April 7, 2015 :
Section 4. Petitions.
(b) Sufficiency of petition. T'�GleflK sh^ " m A. fecefd. ofthe e�i eot
time at which eaeh nominating petition is filed and shall Fecor-d the names and mailing
^ aa,.ossos of *i. o ^;fe-, lffite fs ^„ a the ^ 1a ; a ,+v Upon receipt of a nominating petition,
tThe City Clerk shall forthwith examine all-the petition and within five (5 )
days after the filing of a the nominating petition, notify the candidate in writing the
eireulators , with a statement eer-664ng of the results of the examination, specifying the
particulars of insufficiency, if any. if a-petition is folffin.d. to be signed by per-sons
than the number- ceftified by the cireulatoF, the signatures shall be aecepted unless void.
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A 1'. er gr-e 1N � C1 TT(� apet1 t10 is T((�� lffin. to l e s gnel by pefsefls fl a fl the 1lmber Af
signatufes certified by the circulator-, the last signatufes in exeess of the number- cer-tifie
shn " L. P., disc-egar- oa Within the regular time for filing petitions, an insufficient petition
may be amended and filed again as a new petition, in which case the time of the first
filing shall be disregarded in determining the validity of signatures thereon, or a different
petition may be filed for the same candidate. The petition for each candidate elected to
office shall be preserved by the City Clerk until the expiration of the terms of office for
such person.
Section 2 . That the following ballot language is hereby adopted for submitting
Proposed Charter Amendment No . to the voters at said election:
CITY-INITIATED
PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT NO.
Shall Article VIII, Section 4(b) of the Fort Collins City Charter be
amended to eliminate provisions from the Charter providing that a
circulator is required to certify the number of signatures on a
petition nominating a candidate for City Council and that the last
signatures in excess of the number certified shall be disregarded
and to simplify the process for the City Clerk's examination of a
nominating petition?
Yes
No
Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 6th day of
January, A.D. 2015, and to be presented for final passage on the 20th day of January, A.D. 2015.
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Passed and adopted on final reading on the 20th day of January, A.D. 2015.
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