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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1965-09-30 (Special) Meeting Minutes126 COUNCIL CHAMBERS CITY OP ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO S•PTDIBER 30, 1965 SPECIAL MEETING: The City Council of the City of Englewood, County of Arapahoe, State of Colo- rado, met in special session on 'l'haraday, September 30, 1965 at 5:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, City Hall. The following Notice of Call was read by the City Clerk: NOTICE OP CALL BY THE MAYOR POR SPECIAL SESSION OP THE CI'l'r COUNCIL 'nlURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1965 -5:00 P.M. to discuss Charter Review Committee recollll\endationa and to take any action deemed aeceaaary in this regard. llotice and call is hereby given of a Special Session of the City Council to be held on Thuraday, September 30, 1965, at 5100 PM for the express purpose of dia- cuaaing and taking any action deemed necessary in regard to Charter Review Committee recomaendationa. I•/ Stanley H. Dial by C.D.M •• City Manager ADJQJOWLEDGBMERT OP RECEIPT OP NOTICE The following persona, all Councilmen of the City of Englewood, Colorado, do hereby acknowledge receipt of notice of the above special session. /a/ H. R. Braun /a/ Tymer Rice /a/ Donald G. Fullerton /a/ Geo. H. Allen /s/ John c. Kreiling The Mayor Pro Tem asked for roll call. Upon the call of the roll, the following persona were present: Councilmen Allen, Fullerton, Kreiling, Rice, Braun. Also Present: Acting City Manager Malone, City Attorney Criswell, City Clerk Chase. Absent: Councilmen Hanson, Love. The Mayor Pro Tem declared a quorum present. The City Clerk read the following re•olution: RESOLUTION (Resolution copied in full in official minutes, regarding charter revisions) See follow~~· coble IJ(A1f MOVED, COUBCIUIAlf RICE SECONDED, THAT THE RESOLUTION AS SualIT'l'BD BY THE CI'l'r A'l'TOJUIBY U APPROVED ARD PUBLISHED TWICE IN THE ENGLEWOOD llBRALD AID> E11TBRPRISB. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Allen, Fullerton, Kreiling, Rice, Braun. Haya: Hone. Absent: Councilmen Hanson, Love. The Mayor Pro Tem declared the motion carried. COUHCIUilAN PULLERTOlf MOVED, COUBCIIllAN RICE SECONDED, THAT THE MEETING BE ADJ:- OURllBD. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Allen, Fullerton, Kreilin9, Rice, Braun. Haya: Hone. Absent: Councilmen Hanson, Love. The Mayor Pro Tem declared the meeting adjourned at 5:30 P.M. /s/ Ray Chase, City Clerk-Treasurer Clerk of the Council The minutes of the meeting of the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, held on the 30th day of September A.D. 1965, stand approved as written this 4th day of October A.D., 1965. I I I I I I I I Minutes of September 30, 1965 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Englewood, Colorado, has heretofore appointed a citizens advisory conaittee to review the present provisions of the Charter of the city of Engle'#OOd, and to make reconanendations concerning desirable amendments thereto: and WHEREAS, said conmittee baa made its report to City Council recommending certain amendment• to said Charter and City Council has duly considered the same; HOW, 'ftlBREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, !'hat there shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Englewood, Colorado, at the next general municipal election to be held on Tuesday, November 2, 1965, pursuant to the provisions of Article XX, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Colorado, the following amendment, or amendments, to the Charter of the City of Englewood, Colorado, to-wit: "The following articles and sections of the Charter of the City of Englewood, Colorado, are hereby amended to read as follows: Section 6. Section 7. ARTICLE I GENERAL PROVISIONS Detachment from the City -No tract or parcel of land within the boundary of the City shall be detached by any owner or owners from the City except upon majority vote of the taxpaying electors voting upon the question at a special election. The question of detachment from the City shall be submitted to said vote, as provided in Sections 14(1) and 14(3) of this Charter, upon deposit by said owner or owners with the City Treasurer of the expense of said election as determined by the Treasurer. Definitions -- 'Agency' -Any organizational unit of the City. 'Appropriation' -The authorized amount of funds set aside for expenditure during a specified time for a specific purpose. 'Candidate' -A person seeking nomination or election to a City office. 'City' -The City of Englewood, Colorado, a municipal corporation. •council' -The City council of the City. 'Elector' or 'Qualified Elector• -Any person who is entitled to register to vote at a particular time. See Section 13. 'Emergency' -An existing condition actually arising from unforeseen contingencies which inaediately endangers public property, health, peace or safety. 'Emergency Ordinance' -An ordinance, the immediate passage of which shall be necessary for the preservation or pro- tection of public property, health, peace or safety. 'Employee' -Any compensated person in municipal service who is not an officer. 'Franchise' -A special privilege granted by the city permitting the continuing use of public property, such as city streets, and usually involving the elements of monopoly and regulation. 'Majority Vote' -The greatest number of votes received by any candidate or issue. 'Officer' -An elected member of the City Government. •overlapping Terms' -Terms of office are such that only a portion of the members will be appointed or elected at any one time, sometimes referred to as 'staggered terms.• 'Park' -Landa dedicated for park purposes. 'Statutes' -Applicable laws of the State of Colorado as they now exist and as they may be amended, changed, re- pealed or otherwise modified by legal procedure. Minutes of September 30, 1965 Section 8. 'Taxpayinq Elector' or 'Qualified Taxpaying Elector' - Any elector who, in the calendar year last precedinq the time, election, or other date, shall have paid a tax upon real or peraonal property situated within the City and owned by and assessed to him on the assessment rolls. Amendinq the Charter -Amendments to this Charter may be framed and submitted to the electors throuqh petition- inq the Council, or framed and submitted to the electors by Council on its own initiative, in accordance· with the provisions of Article XX of the Constitution of the State of Colorado and Section 14 of this Charter. Nothinq here- in contained shall be construed as preventing the sub- mission to the electors of more than one Charter amend- ment at any one election. ARTICLE II ELECTIONS Section 10. General -All municipal elections shall be governed by the provisions of the Colorado Municipal Election Laws, and as hereafter amended or modified, except as otherwise provided in this Charter. The Council may adopt by ordinance such rules and regulations in respect to elections including by reference any laws of the state of Colorado not inconsistent with the provisions of this Charter or the State Constitution, as may be recommended by the Election Commission. Section 13. Registration -Eliqibility to vote and reqistration shall be as required or prescribed by the Colorado Municipal Election Laws. Qualified electors may register at the off ice of the County Clerk and Recorder or at the off ice of the City Clerk at such times and on such dates as may be provided by statute. The registration books or lists of the County Clerk and Recorder shall be the reqistration books or lists of the City. Qualified electors, who are unable to register as provided above, may register as provided by statute for absentee registration if eligible to do so. Section 14. Special Elections - (1) General Provisions -Subject to the limitations imposed by this Charter, Council may call special elections as necessary either by resolution or by ordinance. Notice of such special elections shall be published and shall cite the section of this Charter which governs the prop- osition to be submitted to the electors. No special ele- ction shall be held within forty-five (45) days before or after a qeneral municipal or state election. General state elections may be used for submission of city pro- peaitions, except as limited by this Charter, and shall not be considered as special elections for city purposes. Any proposal, question or proposition may be submitted at any general or special municipal election except as hereinafter limited. The ballot for all elections, ex- cept election of officers, shall state briefly the nature of the proposition and shall provide appropriate means to vote for or aqainst the proposition. (2) Number, Limited - A. Not more than one special election shall be held, under provisions of Section 46 of this Charter, during any twelve month period: provided, however, that proposed initiated ordinances, ques- tions or measures may be submitted at any general municipal or state election, or at special elections called under provision of other sections of this Charter as limited in Section 14(3) hereof. B. Any proposition submitted under Section 77 of this Charter shall not aqain be submitted under Section 77 for one year thereafter. (3) Subject, Limited -Elections held under pro- visions of Section 6, Section 77 and Section 104 of this Charter shall be held separate and apart from all other elections and shall be limited to submission of only one proposition in any one election. I I I I I I I I Minutes of September 30, 1965 Absentee Voting -In accordance with Colorado Muni- cipal Election Laws, an absent voter must file with the City Clerk an application which may be in the form of a letter for an absent voter's ballot not earlier than ninety days before and not later than the close of bus- iness on Friday immediately preceding any municipal ele- ction. The manner of casting such absentee ballot shall be in accordance with Colorado Municipal Election Laws. Such ballot must be in the hands of the City Clerk not later than five P.M. on the day of the election. ARTICLE III LEGISLATIVE BODY Section 27. Council Meeting• -Council shall meet regularly at the City Hall, at least twice each month, at a day and hour to be fixed from time to time by the rules and procedures of each Council: however, Council may, upon appropriate prior published notice hold any regular or special meet- ing at such other appropriate public place in the City as they may designate. Council shall by ordinance prescribe the rules of procedure governing meetings. All meetings for the transaction of business shall be open to the public. Special meeting• of Council may be called in the manner and at the time provided for by the rules of procedure of Council. Five members of Council shall constitute a quorum. Section 31. Clerk of the Council -The City Manager shall appoint a City Clerk who shall be Clerk of the Council. The City Clerk shall receive petition• and other documents in the name of the Council, keep a journal of Council proceed- ings, authenticate by hi• signature and record all ordin- ances and resolutions in full and shall perform such other duties aa required by this Charter or by the City Manager. ARTICLE IV RB CALL Section 34. Procedures ~ To remove an elected officer frCDm off~ce, a petition shall be circulated requesting the recall of said officer and setting forth the reasons for his recall. The petition, when signed by qualified electors equal in number to twenty-five per cent (25") of the number of votes cast for the off ice he holds in the area he repre- sents in the last general municipal election, is to be .filed with the City Clerk, who will set a date for a recall election to be held within ninety (90) days following the filing of the petition, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 14 of this Charter. The elected officer to be recalled may either resign or file with the City Clerk a notice of his intention to be a cand- idate in the recall election. Other candidates for the off ice held by the elected officer to be recalled will make their intentions known in the manner prescribed in this Charter for nominating candidates. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes in the election shall be declared holder of the office in question. If the successful candidate is the elected officer whose recall is requested, he shall continue in office until the expiration of his term: if the successful candidate is someone other than the recalled officer, he shall fill out the unexpired term of the recalled officer. I ARTICLE V ORDINANCES Section 41. Emergency Ordinances -Emergency ordinances necessary for the inmediate preservation of public property, health, peace, or safety may be introduced, read and unanimously approved by a quorum present, at any meeting of the Council. The facts showing such urgency and need shall be specifically stated in the ordinance. No ordinance shall receive final passage on the same date it is int- roduced: however, emergency ordinances may receive final passage by Council on the following day. Emergency ordinances shall take effect inmediately upon final Minutes of September 30, 1965 passage and shall be publiahed within seven days thereof. No ordinance making a grant of any special privilege, lev- ying taxes, incurring indebtedne•s, authorizing borrow- ing money or fixing rate• charged by any city owned ut- ility shall ever be paased as an emergency measure. ARTICLE VI INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM Section 46. Submissions -If the petition accompanying the proposed ordinance is signed by qualified electors equal in number to ten percent (10%) of the preceding gubernatorial vote in the city, with a reque•t for a special election, the council shall either pass said ordinance without alterations within thirty days after the petition is filed, subject to the referendum, or call a special municipal election, unless a general or •pecial municipal election is to occur within ninety days thereafter. At such special or general municipal election the Council shall submit said ordinance to a vote of the electors of the City. If the petition is siqned by qualified electors equal in number to at least five per cent (5%) of the preceding gubernatorial vote in the city, and is filed with the City Clerk at least sixty (60) days before any municipal or general state election, the Council •hall pass said proposed ordinance without alterations within thirty (30) days, or shall •ubmit same to a vote of the electors at the next general municipal or •tate election. If the pet- ition is not filed with the City Clerk at least sixty (60) days before the next general municipal or state election, it shall be null and void. An initiated ordinance shall be published in the same manner as other ordinances. The ballot upon which such proposed ordinance is submitted shall comply with the requirements set forth in Section 14 of this Charter. If a majority of the electors voting thereon shall vote in favor thereof, the same shall thereupon, without further publication, become an ordinance of the City inanediately. Any number of propo•ed ordinances may be submitted at the same election. The number of special elections shall be limited as provided in Section 14 of this Charter. Section 47. Referendum -The referendum shall apply to all ordinances passed by Council, except ordinances making the tax levy, the annual appropriation ordinance, or the ordering of improvement• initiated by petition and to be paid for in whole or part by special assessments. If at any time within thirty (30) days after the final passage of an ordinance to which the referendum is app- licable a petition signed by qualified electors equal in number to at lea•t ten per cent (l°") of the preceding gubernatorial vote in the City, is presented to the council protesting any ordinance going into effect, it shall recon•ider such ordinance. If the ordinance is not entirely repealed, Council shall submit it to a vote of the electors of the City as provided in the Initiative and Section 14 of this Charter, at the next general mun- icipal election or at a special election. Such ordinance shall then go into effect without further publication if a majority of the electors voting thereon vote in favor of it. The council, on it• own motion, shall have the power to submit any proposed ordinance to a vote of the electors at a general or special election as provided and limited in this Charter. No provision of this Charter shall be construed as limiting the right of Council to refer any ordinance subject to referendum. If provisions of t'#O or more proposed ordinances adopted or approved at the same election conflict, the ordinance receiving the highest affirmative vote shall become effective. Section 48. Amendments -An ordinance adopted or rejected by elect- oral vote under either the initiative or referendum, cannot be revised, repealed, or amended except by elect- oral vote: but the Council shall have the power to submit a proposition without a petition therefor, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 14 of this Charter. I I I I I I • I I Minutes of September 30, 1965 ARTICLE VIII BOARDS AND CCl4MISSIONS Section 62. Planning -The Water and Sewer Board shall plan for the continued adequacy of the domestic water supply and system and sanitary sewer systems as indicated by the projected needs of the City. The Board, in cooperation with the City Manager, shall submit annually to Council a capital expenditure budget: such budget may provide for a con- tingency fund never to exceed two per cent (2%) of the gross receipts of the domestic water and sanitary sewer systems for the previous year. Expenditures from said fund shall be upon authorization of the Water and Sewer Board. Section 63. Powers -The water and Sewer Board shall have such powers as may be delegated to it by ordinance or resolution and shall have the power to protect the domestic water, water rights, and water supply of the City from injury and poll- ution and shall have the right and duty to exercise power over the stream or source from which such water is taken and with the approval of the City Council to initiate in the name of the City of Englewood and carry on all liti- gation necessary for the prevention of stream pollution of any and every type. The Water and Sewer Board shall determine the necessity for the purchase and acquisition of water rights for municipal supply and rights-of-way and lands in connection therewith. It being provided, how- ever, that in the purchase of such water rights, lands in connection therewith may be purchased to acquire said rights either within or beyond the corporate limits of the City, and in such cases the water acquired by such purchase may be severed from the land for municipal use and such lands may be sold or otherwise disposed of as the Council may in its discretion deem proper and advis- able • ARTICLE IX LEGAL DEPARTMENT PART II -MUNICIPAL COORT Section 68. Establishment -Beginning at the general municipal elec- tion in November 1959, there shall be elected for a term of four years, a Municipal Judge, who shall preside over the Englewood Municipal Court. Such Judge shall serve until his successor is duly qualified. He shall hear and determine all causes arising under this Charter and the ordinances of the City and shall have such other jurisdiction as may be conferred upon him by the Council and the Statutes and Constitution of this State. If in the discretion of Council more than one Municipal Judge is necessary or desirable, Council shall provide for his election under this section. If vacancy occurs, whether caused by death, resignation or otherwise, Council shall appoint a successor to fill the vacancy. Such appointee shall serve until the first Monday after January 1 of the year following that in which the next general municipal election is held. At such general municipal election, a municipal judge shall be elected to take off ice for a four year term beginning on the first Monday after January 1 of the following year. council may appoint one or more associate judges, who shall sit at such times and upon such causes as shall be determined by the presiding municipal judge. When act- ually performing judicial duties, such associate judge shall have all the jurisdiction and power of a municipal judge and his orders and judgments shall be those of the municipal Court. The associate judge shall have the same qualifications as the municipal judge. His salary shall be determined by Council. Section 70. Duties -The Municipal Judge shall establish rules of court and the Council shall, upon recommendation of the Judge, provide him with the necessary courtroom facilit- ies, supplies, and clerical assistants. Minutes of September 30, 1965 PART III -MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL PROVISIONS Section 72. Restrictions on Sales and Leases of Land and ·other Real Property -Lands granted to or purchased by the City for park purposes, and so dedicated, shall not be sold or conveyed without majority vote of the elect- ors voting thereon at any general or special election, subject to the limitations contained in Section 14 hereof. Nothing in this provision shall be so construed as to prevent the City from selling or conveying, as hereinafter provided, lands purchased for purposes other than parks and not so dedicated, even though such lands may be used for park purposes. Real property of the City may be sold, subject to the restrictions contained in Sections 72 and 121 of this Charter without a vote of the electors, but only by ordinance, enacted, not using the emergency provision. Real property of the City may be leased, provided that no lease of any real property shall exceed a period of twenty (20) years, except leases to other municipalities or governmental agencies, or leases app- roved by a vote of the electors at any general or spe- cial election, subject to the limitations contained in Section 14 hereof. Section 77. Right to Combine, Consolidate, or Merge -Council may combine, consolidate, or merge the City with any other contiguous municipality or municipalities upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem necessary and expedient, subject, however, to ratification by the electors, at a special election in accordance with the provisions of Se ction 14 of this Charter. ARTICLE X FINANCE AI»IINISTRATION Section 91. Revised Allotments -If at any time during the fiscal year the City Manager shall ascertain that the cash receipt• for the year, plus general fund cash surplus from the preceding year, will be less than the total appropriation, he shall reconsider the anticipated further expenditures to be made by each of the sever- al departments, offices and agencies, and shall take such other action as may be reasonably calculated to forestall the incurring of a deficit. PART III -BONDED INDEBTEDNESS Section 104. General Obligation Bonds -Indebtedness and obliga- tions of the City shall be incurred and limited as provided in Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Colorado applicable to towns and cities except as otherwise provided in this Charter. Council shall have power to issue general obligation bonds of the City for any public capital purpose, upon majority vote of the taxpaying electors of the City voting thereon at a spec- ial election, provided, however, that water extension and water improvement bonds may be issued without an election upon a determination to that effect by Council. The total outstanding general obligation indebtedness of the City, other than for water bonds, shall not at any time exceed three per cent (3%) of the assessed valuation of the taxable property within the City as shown by the last preceding assessment for tax purposes. Maturity dates and terms of the bonds, other than water bonds, shall be as provided in the proposition submitted to the taxpaying electors. Water bonds shall mature and be payable as provided by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of said bonds. PART IV -PURCHASES AND SALES Section 113. Competitive Bidding -Before the purchasing officer makes any purchase of supplies, materials or equipment, in ex- cess of $1,000.00, he shall give ample opportunity for sealed competitive bidding, with such general exceptions as the Council may prescribe .by ordinance. Council shall not exempt any individual contract, purchase or sale from the requirement of competitive bidding. No officer, appointee or employee of the City shall be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale of any land, materials, supplies, or services to the City, I I I I Minutes of September 30, 1965 except in case of purchases submitted to competitive bidding or not exceeding an aggregrate of $100. 00 in ·· ariy one year. The lowest and best bid shall be accepted or all bids will be rejected. If the lowest bid is not acc- epted as being the best, such rejection must be approved bP council. Provisions in this Section shall not apply to professional or technical services, or services of regulated public utilities. All invitations to bid shall require bidders to meet the requirements of State Stat- utes regarding preference of State products. ARTICLE XIII CITY OWNED UTILITIES Section 121. Authority and Powers -The City shall have and exercise with regard to City owned utilities, including water and water rights and the acquisition thereof, and bonded in- debtedness in connection therewith, all of the authority and powers now provided by the Statute• of the State of Colorado, including those hereafter established by act of the General Assembly. In addition, the City shall have the power to exchange water rights owned by it for other water rights owned by other persona, associations, corpor- ations, municipalities, or quasi-municipal bodies, upon such terms and conditions, and in such proportions as the City Council shall determine to be for the benefit of the inhabitants of the City. No water rights, or physical assets of the water works and distribution system or sewer plant and collection system shall be sold without a maj- ority vote of the taxpaying electors voting thereon at a special election held in accordance with the provisions and limitations of this Charter. The City shall have the power to enter into agreement with other persons, associations, corporations, municipalities, or quasi- municipal bodies, for joint acquisition of water rights, for development of water rights or for development of sew- age facilities upon such terms as may be agreed upon. Such agreements shall be authorized b y ordinance, enacted not using the emergency provision, and such ordinance shall be subject to the referendum as provided in Sec- tion 47 of this Charter. Section 124. Sale of water or Water Services -Council shall have the power to enter into contracts for sale of water or water se r vices, both in and outside the City, whenever it deter- min e s that the water supply available exceeds that necess- ary for the present needs of the inhabitants of the City, said contracts for wate·r and water services, to be sub- ject to the present and future needs and requirements of the City and its inhabitants. Section 125. Sale of Sewer Services -Council shall have the power to enter into contracts for sale of sewer services, both in and outside the City. Contracts for sewer services shall be subject to periodic renegotiation as to rates and char- ges and upon such terms and conditions as to assure cap- acity of the sewage treatment plant for the use of the in habitants of the City." .• BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the question which shall be submitted at said election, which shall describe the aforesaid proposed Charter amendments, and which shall appear upon the ballot at said election, shall read as follows: "Shall there be adopted certain amendments to the Charter of the City of Englewood, Colorado, amending the present provisions of Sections 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 27, 31, 34, 41, 46, 47, 48, 62, 63, 68, 70, 72, 77, 91, 104, 113, 121, 124 and 125 thereof, which amendments would establish specific procedures for the submission of questions of detachment, charter amendments, recall, initiated or referred measures, sale or lease of real property and water rights, combination, consolidation or merger, or I I I the issuance of general obligation bonds to a vote at a general or special state or municipal election: would prohibit the holding of any special election within forty- five (45) days before or after a general state or municipal election: would limit the number of special elections upon initiated measures to one per year: would adopt the procedure contained within the Colorado Municipal Election Laws for the registration of voters for City elections and would authorize registration thereof by the County I Clerk and Recorder: would reduce the number of signatures needed upon recall petitions to a number equal to twenty-five per cent (25%) of the votes cast for the office in-·~ · volved at the preceding election and, upon initiative and referendum petitions, to a number equal to five per cent (5%), on initiative petitions, or either ten per cent (l°"), or five per cent (5%), in the case of referendum petitions, of the number of votes cast for governor at the last general state election, and compel initiative petitions to be filed at least sixty (60) days prior to a general municipal or state election: would authorize City Council to sell any municipal real estate, except lands dedicated and used as parka, without a vote of the electors: would authorize City Council, without a vote of the •lectors, to lease municipal real estate to other I I I Minutes of September 30, 1965 municipalities or governmental agencies or to private parties, provided that no lease to a private party could exceed the term of twenty (20) years, unless the same is approved by a vote of the electors: would authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds containing such term• and maturity dates a• may be approved by a vote of taxpaying electors: would authorize City Council, in event of a vacancy in the office of Municipal Judge, to appoint a aucceaaor to aerve until the first Monday in January of the year next after the next general municipal election, at which election a new Municipal Judge '4«>uld be elected, and would authorize City council to appoint one or more Associate Judges to serve in the abaence of the Municipal Judge: would authorize City Council to hold meetings at appropriate public place•, other than City Hall, upon appropriate publi•hed notice being given: would authorize City Council, in the event of an emer- gency and upon unanimoua vote of a quorum preaent, to adopt ordinances to become effect- ive inaediately, without the nece••ity of prior publication: would appoint the City Clerk as the Clerk of City Council and would authorize him to receive all documents on City Council'• behalf: would authorize the purchaaing officer to purchase supplies, materials or equipment, not in exceas of One 'l'houaand Dollars ($1,000.00), without the neceasity of competitive bidding: would direct the City Manager to review the fiscal position of the City during the fiscal year and to take such action as may be reasonably calculated to forestall the incurring of a deficit: would express more clearly that the authority of the Water and Sewer Board relates solely to the City's domestic water supply aystems and sanitary sewer ayatems only: would authorize the Water and Sewer Board to enter into agreements for the joint acquisition and develop- ment of water rights and sewage facilities and would allow the Board to enter into agreements for the sale of water or water services for terms in excess of one year: and would authorize the provisions of agreement• for sewer aervices to be renegotiable only in regard to the rates and charges therefor aet forth in said agreements?" BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Election Conai••ion and the City Clerk-Treasurer are hereby authorized and directed to give such notice aa ia prescribed by law to the qualified electors of the City of Engle'MOod that the question of the adoption of the aforesaid Charter amendment• shall be voted upon at the next general municipal elect- ion to be held on Tueaday, November 2, 1965, and to take, or cause to be taken, such other, further and additional action in regard thereto as is prescribed by law to arrange for and to conduct the vote upon said queation. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, in addition to any and all other notice which may by law be prescribed therefor, the City Clerk-Treaaurer is hereby authorized and dir- ected to cause to have a copy of this resolution, including the full text of the proposed Charter amendments contained herein, published on at least two occasions prior to said election in the City's official newspaper. Mayor ATTEST: