HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1815 - Boards and CommissionsCITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOPPE
Council Bill No. 02
Ordinance No. 1815
Series 2025
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-53 OF THE WHEAT RIDGE
CODE OF LAWS CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP OF BOARDS AND
COMMISSIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge (the “City”) is a home rule municipality having all powers conferred by Article XX of the Colorado Constitution; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule authority and C.R.S. § 31-15-201, the City, acting through its City Council (the “Council”), is authorized to adopt ordinances for
the appointment, term of office, removal, powers, duties, and compensation of all
officers; and
WHEREAS, the Council is authorized by the home rule charter to create boards
and commissions and to provide for the membership thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds it necessary to amend Code Sections 2-53(e) to
clarify procedures concerning board and commission membership.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT
RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. Section 2-53(e) of the Code is amended to read as follows:
(1) Any board or commission member may resign their term of office at will.
Any board or commission member may be removed from office by the city
council, after a public hearing before the council, by majority vote, at the council’s discretion. A member may also be removed by the council for
violation of a council adopted code of ethics.
(2) Any time a member of a board or commission accrues two unexcused
absences from meetings held by the board or commission within any three hundred and sixty-five (365) day period, such member shall automatically
cease to be a member of the board or commission, unless absences are
determined as excused absences and are voted upon by a majority of
remaining members of the board or commission. Any board or commission
member who is unable to attend a meeting shall notify the chairperson and staff liaison at least seven (7) days in advance of said meeting, except for in
the case of an illness, emergency, or force majeure. all other unnotified
absences shall be considered unexcused. In addition, any time a member of
a board or commission is absent a sufficient number of times to cause the
chairman of the board or commission to believe that such absences are impairing the proper functioning of the board or commission, the chairman
of the board or commission shall notify the city council, which shall hold a hearing to determine if such member shall be removed for neglect of duty.
(3) A board or commission member WHO SHALL CHANGE THEIR PERSONAL RESIDENCE TO ANOTHER COUNCIL DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY SHALL
CONTINUE TO BE A MEMBER REPRESENTING THE DISTRICT FOR WHICH THEY WERE APPOINTED UNTIL THE END OF THE TERM FOR WHICH THEY
WERE APPOINTED. who is not a resident within their represented district, as
permitted by section 2-53(c), may be removed and the vacancy thereby created, filled only in the event one of the foregoing conditions applies.
Other than as permitted by section 2-53(c). Any board or commission
member who shall change their personal residence to an address outside
the city or the district he represents shall cease to be a member of the board
or commission, and their seat shall automatically be deemed vacated as of the date on which THEY ceased to be a resident of the city.
(4) Vacancies on any board or commission, whether resulting from resignation,
removal by the council or other cause, SHALL may be filled by a new appointment by the city council. Such an appointment shall be for that
portion of time remaining in the term which the new member has been appointed to fill.
Section 2. Severability, Conflicting Ordinances Repealed. If any section, subsection,
or clause of this Ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid,
the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of
this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after final
publication, as provided by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8 to 0 on this 13th
day of January, 2025, ordered published by title and in full on the City’s website as
provided by the Home Rule Charter, and Public Hearing and consideration on final
passage set for Monday, January 27, 2025, at 6:30 p.m., as a virtual meeting and in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado.
READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a
vote of 7 to 0, this 27th day of January 2025.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 28th day of January 2025.
ATTEST:
Margy Greer, Senior Deputy City Clerk
Bud Starker, Mayor
Approved as to Form:
Gerald E. Dahl, City Attorney
First Publication: January 14, 2025 Second Publication: January 28, 2025
Effective Date: February 12, 2025
Published: Jeffco Transcript and www.ci.wheatridge.co.us