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AN ORDINANCE A !ENDING TH E CITY COU NCIL PO LI CY ~1.A.NUAL REGARDING THE
ELECT IO or Tl IE ~1,\ YOR AND MAYO R PRO TEM .
\VI I EREAS , both the Englewood Home Ruic Chan er and th e Rule s of Order and Proced ure
fu r th e Cng!ewood Cuy C oun ci l ccn 1nin pro\'i sion::; for clcc11on of the Mayo r; :md
WI I EllEAS 1 thl! Ku\c; )f 0 1J er and Proccdur '! cont:1 1n:,. a pr O\ is10 11 fo r clt.:cti on of th e Ma yor
11 11d Mayor Pro Tcm but al~o o mtains scc n ·I ba llot lnnguage; and
WI IER.EA S, in I oq \ the Co lorado Suns hmc Act wa s amend ed to or ov ,dc fo r ce rta in
c:i:ccpti ons lO til e general rul e of rncct111 ~s bc111 g open 10 th e puh hc, ;:.nd
WHEREAS, cle cti o:i of the Mayo r and May or Pro Tcm docs no t mee t any of the ex cepti ons;
tl :creforc. 1hc e lection o f1 hc ~tu y c r nm1 Mu yor Pro Tcm lll:lY 11 01 be held 111 ~t n Exccl1ti vc
Session; aP.d
\VJ ICR.EAS , sin ce the amen dm ent to the Colo r.ld o Sun shine Act d ecuon o f the Mayor and
the Mayor Pro Tem of Englewood has 11ot bee n held in Exe cutiv e Se ssio n. and
WllE RJ2.A.S. thi s .:imcnd 1m:nt le, the Rull!s of Order :ind Pro ce dure w ill d iminmc LLc secre t
b,llot provi sion:
NOW , Tl-ffiREFORE, OE IT ORDA INED BY T HE CITY CO UN CIL. F THE C IT Y OF
ENG LEWOOD, CO LORADO , THAT THE C UNCrI. RULES OF OltDl:K AND
PRO CE DURE ARE AMEND ED AS FO LLOWS .
·11,e p1es1 ding om ccr of th e C ity Co un cil sh:ill be the Mayor who shall be clcc 1ccl ~
l,all<I! by the membe rs o f the Ci t )' Co un ci l nt the seee,w ,fiW.l!,ID!E!I meet ing t11 November after
,:a d1 ~c 11 c1c1I 11 1u1111.,i!J iil clc\..l!Oll . 171C' presiding offi ce r sha ll prcs cr,•c s1nc1 order and decoru m :it
al l re gular :md specia l mc ctinl,!S of the Ci ty Coun cil. He/s he sh:-i ll stat e every que stion co mm g
befo re the Cit y Co un cil , ann ou nce the dcc,s ion o f the City Cou11ci l on ,.II subjects, and dcc,d e all
quc s11 ons of ordc ~. subject, lt owc,.c ,, tu an :l i,Jp t:,d of t.hc Cny Co un cil , in wh ich event n maJ rit y
vo le of those Co un cil M emb ers pre sent and vo ting shri ll govern nnd r.onc lu si vc\y cl etcrmi.nc Sl!Ch
questions awa rded . He/s he sha ll vo te on all ques ti ons, hisn1er na me bem g called la st, he/s he
shall sign nil ordin ances adop 1etl by the: City Cvu n..,;il <.h11i11g hi s/her presence .
T he M:iyo, I'm T cm sh all be e lec ted hy--se<lf{H'fl li el bv th e mem bers oi thc Cit v Co Jncli '1l
llll' '•"'-~•1,..;,I ~~g .l.!.h!.!; meeti ng in Nove mbe r aft er c::1ch ge nera l mun 1c1i;nl e lec ti on. rh e Mil yo r
l'IO T i.:111 s hc1 \I serve rs M.i)'O I J111 rng 1hc r1b~c11cc 01 di sability of1h ~ t-.fa yo 1 ~11d 111 l..ase of il
vac:mcy 111 th e n lficc n f the Mayor pend ing a sc:\ec:10 11 o l a ne w s ur.:ct.:~sor
l11t1 ::ic:uced . r(•;1J m fu ll. ,,nd pnt;$C:d on fi1!,I H.::u.1 111 1; 011 the 31d Jay l f Oct,:,bcr, :.0 1 l.
l''lt ,l 1sli ed hv T n l:: a~ a n 111 fr11 · :in Ord 1II/II ILC Ill th e C 1l \'0
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11.:l•li~hi.:d ;1 -; :i lt,11 f1 H° :'Ill 01tl111 :mc,c 0 11 t btCi1y ·s o rli i.:ia l wch i;1tc hcg11111 111g ,m lhc 5th 11:!y ti t'
October. ltJ 11 fv1 thi , ty (30 ) ,lays .
Rend hy 111): .111d pa ssed on fina l ren ding on t'.1c 17th da y ofOctohcr, 20 11
Pl1hl 1~h ed hy 111 le in 1he Cu; ·s offic i :1I news pape r .1s Ordmanc.i: Ne. ~f scncs of :w : I. un
thl. '." I :-.1 J.,y l)( Octubc1. :rn I I.
l'ub lt shed by llt lcon 11c (11 :,,'s uflicia l ucbs llc hcgmn in gc 1n the l:Jt li ll,,y ,,r
Oc1c,hi.:r. 20 I 1 tor th irt y (J(,, ~l.,y~.
I, L.o ucri slu n /\. El li s . C.t1 Clerk o f the C11 y or Englcwoncl. Co lorado. hcrch y ccmfy ,hat the
ab o ve and foregoing isp_}'J.'C cn py of th e Ord inance rasscd 011 linal read ing and pu blished ly
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