HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010 Resolution No. 077• RE OL TIO NO . 22
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A RESO L T IO, A DOPT ING A LE GAL PU B LIC,\ 1'1 0 1 PR UL'I:. S rQ ALLO \\' T H E
i'UB LI CATION OF COUNCIL BILLS, IN TH E LEG A L N EW SPA PER. IJY T IT LE ON L Y
WI-IIL CO T l r U ING TO PUBL!Sl-1 TH EM IN FU LL ON T l IE CIT Y OF ENG i Ell'OOD'S
OFF IC IA L WEB SIT E.
\VH EREAS. the Englewood Ci1 y Co unc il unde rstands thnt mor e and mon.: citi1c ns arc
rccc i\'in g infonmui on ·hrou gh 1hc Wor ld Wi dc \Vcb : and
WI-IEREAS . th e pro vi sions of 1hi s Rcso\u 1ion provide fo r the grea test di sse minat1o n of
info nnation reg ardi ng malt crs of pu bli c concern to the ci tizen s of Englc,,ood. Co lor:1do:
\VI-IEREAS. Ordina nce o. 24, Sciics of :WOS pro,·idCs th at wh enev er publi cai ion sha ll be
req uired by the hartcr. th e Colomd o St a1u tcs . or orcl in.mcc s. such pu bli cati on shall be made by
pub li shing on the Ci ty's offi cial websit e or by pu bli cn tion in the new spaper dcsigmucd by th e
City Co un cil as the Ci ty's officia l new spape r.
NO W. T HEREFO RE. BE IT RESOL VED BY T l IE CIT Y CO UNC IL OF TII E CIT Y O F
ENG LE \\' OD. COLO RA DO. T II AT :
Se ctio n I. The City Cou ncil 0f the Ci ty of En glewood. CP lora cl o hereb y npp nw es a lega l
pub li cat ion procc~s to allnw thc public :u,on ofCounc1l 13 111 s. in the lega l 11C W!->p11pcr . by 111 k· Dill y
whil e co nt11 1Uing 10 pub li sh in full 0111hc Cit y o f En~l,,.,,·0od 's offi ci al websi te.
ADOP !'El) ,\ND APPR OV ED thi s 211th day of' 'cptcmhc r. 20 10.
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COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
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Date : 1 Agenda Item: Subject:
Se ptemb er :'U, ?,)I :_~j I I c 1 P.•snl11 11on Allowing Publtca11011 oi Council Bills In
th e LP &a l Newspaper b)1 Ti tl e Only
Initiat ed By: I Staff Source :
Finan ce and Administrati ve Se rv ices D epartment Frank Gryglewicz , Director of Finan ce and
Ad minis tra ti ve Serv ices
City Clerk's Office Loucrishia Ellis, City Cl erk
COUNCI L GOAL AND PRE VIOUS COUNC IL ACT ION
On Janua ry 5, 1998 City Counci l des igna ted the Englewood /-l erald as the lega l newsp,,p er fo r th e
City of Eng lewood un til mod ifi ed by th e Ci ty.
Al th e February 4, 2008 City Counci l Study Session , Co un ci l discussed the issue of all owing
publicali 11 of lega l notices by publishing on th e Ci ty's officia l webs it e o r pub lishin g in th e
newspa per de ig na t d by Ci ty Council as th e Cit y's otficial news pap er.
On Jun e 16, 2008. Ordinan ce No. 24 , Ser ies of 2008 was approved ame ndin g th e Englewood
M uni cipa l ode 2000 10 all ow th e publ i atio n of leg al notices by eith er publ ishin g o n th e City of
Engl ewood's offici al webs ite or pub lishin g 111 th e news pap er desig na ted by Ci t)' Co un cil as th e ity 's
offi cial newspaper.
Al th e Augttsl 16, 20 I O City Co un cil Stu dy Sess ion, th is was discuss ed and ity ouncil ga ve
tenta tiv e approva l to all ow publi ca ti on of co un ci l bi ll s in th e lega l news pap er by titl e onl )'.
RECOMMENDED ACT ION
Recorrnnenda ti on 10 adop t a resolu tion apprm ing a lega l publi cati on pro cess to all ow th e
publi ca ti on of co un cil hills in the Ci tv's legal newspap er b\ titl e on lv.
Th e En gle\\ oo d H ome Rule Chart er Artt tle I ~ 40 slates th at "up on 1111roclt1 t li o11 , th e bill shJII !,e
pub lish ed by referenc e or in tull os Council ma y det ermin eu.
BACKGROUND , ANALY SIS, AND AI.TERN ATIVES IDE NT IFIED
Due to th ity's current budp Pt situation , we are see kin g permi ssion to publish oun d l bills in th e
Englewood I·/ r,tld by titl e on l).
O ur cur ren t prac ti ce is to publish coun ci l bills in their entirety unl ess we have a lar ge att acl ;ment. In
tha t inst ance, th e council bill indica tes that, pursuan t to the harter, a copy of th e all ac hm en t shall
not be publi shed beca use of it s size and a co py is avai labl e in th e Ci ty Clerk's Office. We will
continu e th at pra ctice for all lega ls publi shed on th e ity's offi ci al websi te.
FINANCIAL IMP ACT
$2 5,000 reduc ti on in the City Clerk 's 20 11 Budg et.
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
Pr oposed Resolut ion
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