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Home My WebLink About1968-09-30 (Special) Meeting MinutesI I I I COUNCIL · 'CHAMBERS CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO SEPTEMBER 30, 1968 SPECIAL MEETING: The City Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe County, State of Colorado, met in special session Monday, September 30, 1968, at 8:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers, City Hall, Englewood, Colorado. Clerk: The following "Notice of Call" was read by the City September 30, 1968 NOTICE OF CALL BY THE MAYOR FOR SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MONDAY I SEPTEMBER 30 I 1968 --8: 00 p .M.· The City Council of the City of Englewood, Arapahoe County, Colorado, is hereby called to a special meeting in the City Hall, 3400 South Elati Street, for the purpose of receiving and considering petitions filed in the Office of the City Clerk requesting an initiative ordinance increasing salari~s of police officers, and to consider approval of permits from the Colorado Department of Highways and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway for the construction of a storm drain to serve the West Kenyon Avenue - South Santa Fe Lane area. /s/ STANLEY H. DIAL City Manager SHD/ij ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF NOTICE The following persons, all Councilmen of the City of Englewood, Colorado, do hereby acknowledge receipt of Notice of the above special session: /s/ Louis Parkinson /s/ John c. Kreiling /s/ John J. Lay /s/ Elmer E. Schwab /s/ Dallas Dhority /s/ Dick Lone Mayor Schwab, presiding, called the meeting to order and asked for roll call. Upon the call of the roll, the following were present: Schwab. Councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Absent: None. Also present: City Manager Dial, Assistant City Manager Mack, City Attorney Criswell, City Clerk Lyon. The Mayor declared a quorum present. * * * * * * City Council noted receipt by the City Clerk on September 27, 1968, of petitions for an initiative ordinance increasing the salar i es of the members of the Police Department and creating a system of ranking patrolmen for their period of service. It was further noted that approximately 3,000 qualified electors of the City of Englewood had signed the petitions. 269 270 Minutes of the September 30, 1968, special meeting. Director of Finance, Stephen A. Lyon, discussed the placement of the petitions on the November 5, 1968, ballot. City Attorney Criswell reviewed the City Charter pro- visions pertaining to the petitions. In conclusion, Mr. Criswell stated that there were three alternate courses of action open to the City Council: 1. To refer the petitions to an election immediately, thus placing the question upon the November 5th ballot. 2. To pass the initiative ordinance unchanged within thirty days. 3. To submit the initiated ordinance to a vote if not passed by Council after thirty days consideration. Discussion ensued. It was pointed out by City Attorney Criswell that in his opinion the grade and step of the patrolmen would be frozen to that shown on the initiative ordinance if passed by a vote of the electorate. This did not mean, however, that the dollar assignment to each grade and step could not be changed by amending the ordinance which incorporates the City of Englewood's pay scale. Mr. George Mason, 4430 South Pearl of the Englewood Police Benefit Association, appeared before City Council. Mr. Mason indicated that it was not the intent of the police officers to freeze grades in the Police Department but rather their purpose was a change increase in salary. It was also not their intent to be required to go back to the electorate for increases in salary each time an increase was warranted. Councilman Dhority requested that City Attorney Criswell draw up an ordinance effecting the initiated petitions. City Manager Dial and Assistant City Manager Mack dis- cussed the additional costs to the City of Englewood over the 1969 proposed budget if the initiated ordinance should be adopted. Mr. Mason re-appeared with Mr. Loren K. Lee, 2750 South Bannock, and stated that the Englewood Police Benefit Association would prefer that City Council pass the initiated ordinance rather than it be submitted to a vote of the people. Councilman Dhority reiterated his request that the City Attorney prepare an ordinance incorporationg those items called for in the petition. * * * * * * City Manager Dial stated that permits had been received from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the Colorado Department of Highways for all work necessary to complete the West Kenyon Avenue and South Santa Fe Lane storm sewer project. COUNCILMAN PARKINSON MOVED, COUNCILMAN LAY SECONDED, THAT THE MAYOR BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY PERMIT FOR THE WEST KENYON AVENUE AND SOUTH SANTA FE LANE STORM SEWER PROJECT. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhority, Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried. * * * * * * Mr. Mason re-appeared and requested clarification of Council's action on the initiated ordinance. I I I I I I I I Minutes of the September 30, 1968, special meeting. City Attorney Criswell stated that the ordinance which would be submitted to Council would be drawn up exactly as the ordinance submitted on the petition and that it would be presented to City council at its Oc~ober 7, 1968, meeting. * * * * * * COUNCILMAN LAY MOVED, COUNCILMAN KREILING SECONDED, THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED. Upon the call of the roll, the vote resulted as follows: Ayes: councilmen Parkinson, Lone, Lay, Kreiling, Dhorit~ Schwab. Nays: None. Absent: None. The Mayor declared the motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 9:35 P.M. Clerk of the Council 271