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ORDINANCE O. 3 ---SERIES OF 198 1
BY AUT HORITY
COUNCIL BILL NO. 3
I NTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
MEMBER KEENA
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING TO A VOTE OF THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF
THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD MARCH 24, 1981, PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER OF THE
CITY OF ENG LEWOOD AS FOLLOWS: BY ALLOW'ING THE IDENTIFICATION OF
CITY VEHICL ES IN A NONCONSPICUOUS MANNER BY ANNUAL NOTIFICATION
TO CITY COU NCIL, AMENDING SECTION 115 OF ARTICLE X OF THE HOME
RULE CHARTER .
BE IT ORDAI NED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD,
COLORADO:
Section 1. There is hereby submitted to the qualified electors
ol the city of Englewood at a special election to be held on
March 24, 1 981 proposed amendment to the Charter of the City
of Englewood, as follows:
That e ffective immediately upon approval of the qua!ified
electors of the City of Englewood and the certification thereof
to the office of the Secretary of State of Colorado, pursuant
to Section 9, Article xx, of the Colorado Constitution, the
Ch a rter of the City of Englewood, and Section 31-2-210, Colorado
Revised Statutes of 1973, as a mended, Article X, Section 115,
of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Enqlewood is hereby
amended to read as follows:
115: PROPERTY IDENTIFICATION
The purchasing officer shall require all nonexpendable
City p roperty to be marked with identification or number
to pre vent misuse thereof and shall cause all automobiles,
trucks and movable road and street machinery to be marked
by EITHER A conspicuous OR NONCONSPICUOUS MARKING means
with t he term "City of Englewood". FOR IDENTIFICATION
PURPO SES, A SMALL PLATE WITH THE CITY'S VEHICLE UNIT
NUMBER WILL BE INSTALLED ON THE DOOR JAMB OF ALL INCON-
SPICUOU S VEHICLES. TH E CITY MANAGER SHALL ANNUALLY
INFORM THE COUNCIL AS TO WHICH VEHICLES HAVE BEEN IDENTI-
FIED IN AN INCONSPICUOUS MANNER. It shall be unlawful
for any unauthorized p erson to have City property in his
posses sion at any time; the use of City property for
unauthori z ed pr i vate p urposes is hereby prohibited •
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Section 2 . The voting mach i nes and paper ballots for said
election shall carry the following designation which shall be
the submission clause:
FOR AMENDMENT NO. 7 AGAINST
Shall the Home Rule Charter for the City of Englewood
be ame nded to allow the nonconspicuous identification
of City vehicles with annual notification to City
Counci l of such identification amending Section 115
of Article X?
And each elector voting at said election and desirous of voting
f o r or against said amendment shall indicate his choice by
depressing t he appropriate counter of the voting machine which
indicates t he word "For" or "Against" or by the appropriate
marking upon paper ballots, where used.
Section 3 . A special election is called to consider the fore-
going amen dment to the Charter of the City of Englewood along
with other p roposed Charter amendments for the 24th day of
March, 1981 . It is expressly understood that only one special
election is called to consider multiple questions •
Section 4. The proper officials of the City of Englewood shall
give notice of said general municipal election, which notice
s hall be p ublished in the manner and for the length of time
required by law, and the ballots cast at such election shall be
canvassed and the result ascertained, determined, and certified
as required by law.
Introduced, read in full and passed on first reading on
the 5th day of January, 1981.
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 7th day of
January, 1 981.
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 19th day
of January , 1981.
Published by title as Ordinance No.
on the 21st day of January, 1981.
3 , Series of 1981,
Attest:
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I, Gary R. Higbee, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer of the
City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify that the foregoing
is a true, accur a te and complete copy of the Ordinance passed
on final reading and p ublished by title as Ordinance No. 3 ,
Series of 1981 •
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