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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER Edwards
Council Bill No. 11-2000
Ordinance No. 11 g 1
Series of 2000
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the Wheat Ridge City Council desires to alter the membership
and duties of the economic development and revitalization commission as
hereinafter set forth,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE,
COLORADO:
Section 1. Section 25-24 of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws IS hereby
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 25-24. Same - Appointment of members; number.
The commission shall consist of ELEVEN (11) nine (0)
commissioners, two (2) of such commissioners being
from each of the existing, or hereafter altered, city
council district, and THREE (3) one (1) commissionerS to
serve at large. THE AT LARGE MEMBERS SHALL
INCLUDE ONE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. Each
appointment to the commission shall be made by the
mayor subject to approval by majority vote of the entire
city council. The term of office of each commissioner
shall be five (5) years. Any commission member who
shall change his personal residence to an address outside
the city or outside the district he represents shall cease to
be a member of the commission and his seat shall
automatically be deemed vacant as of the date on which
he ceased to be a resident of the city or of the district.
Members whose term has expired shall continue to hold
office until his successor has been appointed and has
qualified. Terms of office shall be staggered so that the
term of at least one (1) commissioner shall expire each
year. THE CITY COUNCIL MAY APPOINT ANY NUMBER
OF EX-OFFICIO NONVOTING MEMBERS OF THE
COMMISSION, TO SERVE FOR TERMS AT THE
PLEASURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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Section 2. 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 3. Severability; Conflictina Ordinances Reoealed. 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 4. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen 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
o on this 77th day of March , 2000, 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 Apri 1 10 ' 2000, 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 8 to 0 ,this 10th day of April , 2000.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this 11 Tl-1
day of
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First Publication: March 31, 2000
Second Publication: April 14, 2000
Wheat Ridge Transcript
Effective Date: April 29, 2000
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