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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-1999-1170 CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DiTULLIO Council Bill No. 23 Ordinance No. 1170 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 UNLIMITED TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE CITY CLERK 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 term limitations for the City Clerk. 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 3.7 of the Charter as follows: Sec. 3.7. Election of city clerk. The city clerk 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 Hislher term of office shall be for two (2) 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 continue during the term for which helshe shall have been elected until hislher successor shall have been elected and duly qualified. THERE SHALL BE NO GED\53027\31405401 LIMITATION UPON THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE TERMS OF THE OFFICE OF CITY CLERK WHICH MAY BE SERVED BY ANY PERSON. 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 NO LIMITATION ON THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE TERMS WHICH MAY BE SERVED BY THE CITY CLERK? 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 September 7, 1999. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of ~ to ~ on this 9th day 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 6 to ~, this 26th day of August , 1999 GED\53027\314054.01 -2- SIGNED by the Mayor on this 30th day of August ATTEST' wa~t~ 1 st Publication: August 13, 1999 2nd Publication: September 3, 1999 Wheat Ridge Transcript Effective Date: September 7, 1999 GED\53027\31405401 , 1999. ." ' (.(/ " J l. '___~../~,'-il- (. i((,(i,,-,,"/~/, I.J. Gretchen Cerveny, Mayor j i, t (J i ~. ) Approved As To Form -3-