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ORDINANCE NO. 620
Series of 1985
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE INITIATING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, AMENDING SECTION
4.3(B), TERMS OF OFFICE, OF SAID CHARTER TO PROVIDE FOR
STAGGERED FOUR YEAR TERMS OF OFFICE FOR MEMBERS OF CITY
COUNCIL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, THAT:
Section 1. The Charter Amendment proposed in this Ordinance
shall be submitted to a vote of the Registered Electors at the
Regular Municipal Election of November 5, 1985 and if adopted,
shall take effect immediately.
Section 2. If adopted at the regular municipal election of
November 5, 1985, Section 4-3(b) of the Wheat Ridge Home Rule
Charter shall be amended by repealing and reenacting said Section
4.3(b) as follows:
At the general municipal election of November 5, 1985,
the candidate from each Council District receiving the
largest number of votes shall be elected for a four (4)
year term, and the candidate receiving the second largest
number of votes shall be elected for a two (2) year term.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November
of 1987, and thereafter at the general municipal
election, one Council member from each Council District
shall be elected for a four (4) year term.
Section 3. The ballot title to be submitted to the registered
electors of the City on November 5, 1985 shall read as follows:
Shall Section 4-3(b) of the Wheat Ridge Home Rule Charter
be amended to provide for four (4) year terms of office
for Council members, commencing with the election of
November 5, 1985 when one Council member from each
district shall be elected for a four (4) year term and
the other Council member from each district shall be
elected for a two (2) year term, and providing further
that commencing with the general municipal election of
the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November of
1987, and thereafter, all Council members would be
elected for terms of four years.
Section 4. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds,
determines, and declares that this ordinance is promulgated under
the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge, that it is
promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public,
and that this ordinance is necessary for the preservation of
health and safety and for the protection of public convenience
and welfare. The City Council further determines that the
ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative
object sought to be attained.
Section 5. Severability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or
part of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person
or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged by a court of
competent jurisdiction invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair or invalidate the remainder of this ordinance or its
application to other persons or circumstances.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect 15 daysafter final
publication.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 8
to 0 on this 13th day of May , 1985, ordered
published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the
City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final
passage set for June 17 , 1985, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., 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 8 to 0 , this 17th day of June r
1985.
Wanda Sang, City/Clerk
1st Publication: May 16, 1985
2nd Publication: June 20, 1985
Wheat Ridge Sentinel
Effective date: July 5, 1985
Frank Stites, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM BY
CITY ATTORNEY:
Johp E. Hayes,
City Attorney
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