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RESOLUTION No. ~
Series of 1992
TITLE:
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A POSSIBLE BALLOT QUESTION CHANGING
THE NUMBER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge, Colorado, is located within
the confines of Jefferson County; and
WHEREAS, residents of Wheat Ridge pay real estate and other
taxes to Jefferson County, which are allocated in the county budget;
and
WHEREAS, the present board of County Commissioners consists of
three representatives, elected at large; and
made by
majority
WHEREAS, significant decisions,
as few as two of the three
of the board; and
pOlicies and
commissioners,
budgets may be
representing a
WHEREAS, the population of Jefferson County is approximately
438,000 (1990 Census); and
WHEREAS, the land area of Jefferson County is approximately
780 square miles; and
WHEREAS, the county budget is approximately $211 million,
including an open space budget of $37 million; and
WHEREAS,
Jefferson County
responsibility is
Commissioners; and
in light of the size,
government, that an
found to exist for
complexity and
unreasonable
the present
diversity of
burden and
three County
WHEREAS, PRO-5 has initiated and is carrying on a petition
drive to put the following question to the voters of Jefferson County:
"Shall the membership of the Board of County Commissioners of
Jefferson County, Colorado, be increased from three (3) to five (5)
members, each of whom shall be required to be a resident of the
district from which that member runs for election and each of whom
shall be elected only by the voters residing in that district?"
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, in pursuance of and in
support of the PRO-5 petition drive, the City Council of Wheat Ridge,
Colorado, endorses said proposal as a positive improvement in Jefferson
County Government, and encourages the Board of Commissioners of
Jefferson County to submit the referendum question to the voters of
Jefferson County.
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