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CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DiTullio
Council Bill No. 23 - 2002
Ordinance No. 1260
Series of 2002
TITLE: AN ORDINANCE ABOLISHING THE PERSONNEL
COMMISSION AND AMENDING ALL REFERENCES TO THE
COMMISSION IN THE CODE OF LAWS OF THE CITY
WHEAT RIDGE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.2 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of
Wheat Ridge ("Charter"), the Wheat Ridge City Council ("City Council") has the
authority to create boards and commissions; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to this authority, the City Council previously created
the personnel commission; and
WHEREAS, the power to create conferred upon the City Council by the
Charter necessarily includes the power to abolish; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the Wheat Ridge
personnel commission is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was
created; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to abolish the Wheat Ridge personnel
commission and amend all references thereto within the Code of Laws of the City
of Wheat Ridge.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO:
Section 1. The personnel commiSSion established under Section 2-52 of
the Code of Laws is abolished.
Section 2. Section 2-52 of the Code of Laws IS amended to read In its
entirety as follows:
The following boards and commiSSions of the city are hereby
established: Personnel eOffiffiission, aAnimal control commission, parks
and recreation commission, arborist board, building code advisory
board, planning commission, and board of adjustment.
Section 3. Section 2-55 of the Code of Laws is repealed in its entirety.
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Section 4. Subsection 2-28(4) of the Code of Laws is deleted in its entirety
and subsection (5) thereof is renumbered as (4).
SeetieA 5. The City ^ttorney i3 directed to prepare on ordinance making
neeessory oorreetions to Q)(isting references to the former personnel commission
throu!'jhout the Code of Laws.
SeetieA 6. Pondinfj tho adoption and offeeti\fe dato of tho oorrootion
ordinanoe refereneed in Soetion (3 of this Ordinanoe, all CJ)(isting referenees to "the
personnel eommission" throughout the Code of La'Ns are amended to road "the
City Manager or his or her deGignee. "
Section 7. 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 8. Severabilitv: Conflictina 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 9. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after
final publication, as provided by Section 5.11 of the Charter.
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INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 7 to
o on this 22nd day of July , 2002, 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 12 , 2002, 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 12th day of August , 2002.
SIGNED by the Mayor on this
ATTEST:
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Wanda Sang, City Clerk
Approved As To Form:
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Gerald E. Dahl, City Attorney
First Publication:
Second Publication:
Wheat Ridge Transcript:
Effective Date: August
July 25, 2002
August 15, 2002
30, 2002
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