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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DiTULLIO
Council Bill No. 22
Ordinance No. 1169
Series of 1999
TITLE:
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO
THE WHEAT RIDGE HOME RULE CHARTER TO THE VOTERS
OF THE CITY PURSUANT TO CHARTER SECTION 16.8(b),
CONCERNING FOUR YEAR TERM OF OFFICE FOR THE CITY
TREASURER.
WHEREAS, Section 16.8(b) of the Charter permits the City Council to initiate
charter amendments; and
WHEREAS, the Council wishes to place before the voters at the November,
1999 general election a ballot measure to provide for a four year term of office for
the City Treasurer.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to Charter Section 16.8(b), the following proposed
amendment to the Wheat Ridge City Charter is hereby submitted to the voters of
the City for their consideration at the general election to be held on November 2,
1999:
Amend Section 3.9 of the Charter as follows:
Sec. 3.9. Election of treasurer.
The treasurer shall be elected by a majority vote of
the electors of the City of Wheat Ridge at each general
municipal election, and shall have the same qualifications
as members of the council. COMMENCING WITH THE
GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON THE FIRST
TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER,
1999, hislher term of office shall be for two (2) FOUR (4)
years and shall commence on hislher taking the oath of
office at the ensuing organizational meeting of the city
council held after the election in the year elected and shall
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continue during the term for which helshe shall have been
elected until his/her successor shall have been elected
and duly qualified.
Section 2. Ballot Title. The ballot title for the proposed Charter Amendment
shall read as follows:
SHALL THE HOME RULE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO,
BE AMENDED TO PROVIDE FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM OF OFFICE FOR CITY
TREASURER?
Section 3. Safetv 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 4. Severabilitv. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this
Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstances shall for any
reason be judged 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 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect on September 7,
1999.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of ----L to l
on this 9th of August, 1999, 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 August 23, 1999, at 7:00 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 ~ to ~, this 26th day of All!,;ll"!" , 1999.
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SIGNED by the Mayor on this ~hday of
August
, 1999.
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Approved As To Form
1st Publication: August 13,1999
2nd Publication: September 3, 1999
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: September 7, 1999
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