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ORDINANCE NO . :iJ
SERIES OF 2009 --
BY AUT HORJTY
COUNC IL BILL NO. 30
INTRODUCED BY COUNC IL
MEMBER McCAS LIN
AN ORnlNANCE SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE REGISTERED ELECTORS OF THE
CITY OF ENGLEWOOD AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED MUNICIPAL ELECTION A
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ART IC LE III, SECT ION 22, "TERMS'", OF THE
EN GLEWOOD HOME RULE CHARTER .
WHEREAS, the founding fathers set forth the principal of se rvice to governme nt by
citizen representatives ; and
WHEREAS , the City of Englewood 's Home Rule Charter currentl y sets forth that "no
member of City Council shall serve more than two consecutive terms in such office"; and
WHEREAS , th e Englewood City Council reviewed wheth er allowing an additional term
would create an entrenched bureaucracy, which would be incon sis tent with thi s phil oso phy; and
WHEREAS , after due consideration the Englewood City Council ba s detennined ~'lat it is
more beneficial to retain an experienced Council memb er for one more tenn if the ci ti ze ns wi sh to
reelect that memb er.
NO W, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNC IL OF THE CITY OF
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Sec tion I . There is hereby submitted to the re gistered electors of the Cit y of Eng,ewood at the
ne xt scheduled municipal election on November 3, 2009, a proposed amendment to the Home Ruic
Cha rt er of th e C it y of Englewood , Arti cle ill, Sec ti on 22, to rea d as follows :
Questi on No.
Shall th e Home Ruic Charte r of the Cit y of Englewood , Article ill, Section 22, be amended to
read as follows :
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22: Terms.
ARTICLE ill
LEGISLATIVE BODY
Tenns of Councilpersons shal l begin at 8:00 P.M. on the day of L'.e next regularly
scheduled City Counci l meeting following the election . Seven Co<1ncil persons shall
be elected at the regular City election to be held on the fir,t Tuesday after the first
Monday in November, 1959. The candidate receiving the highe•· .Jmber of votes
from District 1 and the candidate receiving the highest n1,mli or , ' ates from Distri ct
3 shall hold office for four years, and the candidate rece i ,j1•& ;lie ;-u ghest number of
votes from District 2 and the candidate receiving the hi _ ,.,s! number of votes from
District 4 shall hold office for two years. The two candidates at large receiving th e
highest number of votes shall serve for four years, and the candidate at large
receiving the third highest number of votes shal l serve for two years . Thereafter, all
candidates elected shall serve a term of four years, and a general municipal election
shall be held at two-year intervals.
(!) In order to broaden the opportunities for public service and to guard
against excessive concentrations of power, no member of City Council
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shal l serve more than !We ~consecutive tenns in such office. This •
limitati or on the number oftenns shall apply to Llhilll terms of office
beginning on or after November~ ...llW!2..-Any person who
succ eeds to the office of City Council member or is appointed or elected to
fill a vacancy and who serves at least one-h alf of a term of office , shall be
considered to have served a full term in that office for purposes of this
sub secti on. Tenns are con sidered con secutive unlc.c:!-they are at leas t ~our
years apart .
Yes No
Section 2. This Amendn,ent may be modified in form only to comply with the ballot
requirements of th "lovember 3, 2009 Coordinated Election.
Section 3. Each registered elector voling at said election and desirous of voling shall indicate
!tis/her choice by depressing the appropriate counter of th e voling machine or by th e appropriate
marking upon paper ballots where used .
Section 4. The proper officia ls of01e City of En glewood sha ll give notice of said next
scheduled murticipal election , such notice sha ll be published in the manner and for the length of
time required by law, and th e ball ots cast at such election shall be canvassed and th e result
ascertained, determined, and certified as required by law.
Section 5. Only if the question is approved by the registered electors of the City of •
Englewood shall the Section be amended and the Charter, as amended, certified to the Secretary
of State.
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Section 6 . Any City o f Englewood registered el ector desiring to protest a proposed ballot titl e
and/or submission clause for any iniliatcd or referred mea sure may file a written pro t st in the
offi ce of the City Clerk. Said noti ce of protest shall be filed no later that 5 :00 p.m. on the Friday
immediately preceding the date upon whi ch the City Council will consider the ordinance, on
final reading, setting the ballot title and/or submi ss ion cl ause. The notice of protest shall set
forth with particularity the ground s of the protest. Such protest sha ll be heard. oonsidered , and
resolved by the City Council prior to the adop ti on of said ordinance .
Section 7. If any section, paragraph , clause , or other portion of this Ordi, !u1cc iJ for any
reason held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or uneoforceabili t)' shall not affect any
of the remaining portions of this Ordinance .
Introduced, read in full, and pas sed on first reading on the 6th day of July ~l){,Q
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance in the City's official newspaper on the 10th day of July, 2009.
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the City's official website beginning on the 8th day o.
July, 2009 for thirty (30) days.
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 20th day of July, 2009 .
Publishe.d by title in the City 's official newspaper as Ordinance No~ Series of 2009 , on
the 24 th da} C-f July, 2009 .
I, Loucrishia A. Ellis , City Clerk of the City ofEnglewood, Colorado , ·,ereby certify that the
above and foregoing is,t..,true copy of the Or<iinance passed on fi reading and published by
title as Ordinance No~ Series of 2009 .
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