HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 40, 2021CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO RESOLUTION NO. 40 SERIES of 2021
TITLE: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATE CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AN “INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT” BY AND BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO, AND THE CITY OF
WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO, REGARDING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DUTIES CONCERNING THE CONDUCT OF THE COORDINATED ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 2, 2021
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 1-7-116(2), C.R.S., as amended, the
Jefferson County Clerk (“County Clerk”) and the City of Wheat Ridge (“City”) shall enter into an agreement for the administration of their respective duties concerning the conduct of the coordinated election to be held on November 2, 2021 (“Election”): and
WHEREAS, the County Clerk and the City Clerk of the City of Wheat Ridge (the
“City Clerk”) are authorized to conduct elections as provided by law; and WHEREAS, the County Clerk will conduct the Election as a “coordinated mail ballot election” as such term is defined in the Uniform Election Code of 1992, C.R.S.
Title 1, as amended (“Code”) and the Current Rules and Regulations Governing Election Procedures adopted by the Secretary of State, as amended (“Rules”); and WHEREAS, the County Clerk and the City Clerk have determined that it is in the County’s and City’s best interests to cooperate in connection with the Election upon the
terms and conditions contained in the Intergovernmental Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge:
Section 1. The appropriate City Officials are hereby authorized to execute the Intergovernmental Agreement by and between the City of Wheat Ridge and the County of Jefferson regarding the administration of the County’s and City’s respective duties concerning the conduct of the coordinated election to be held on November 2, 2021 (“IGA”), attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Section 2. For the purposes of the November 2, 2021 election and to carry out the directive of the IGA, the City shall utilize the provisions of the Uniform Election Code of 1992.
DONE AND RESOLVED on this 9th day of August 2021.
Bud Starker, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________ Stephen Kirkpatrick, City Clerk