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THIS IS t h e first of a series of di ~russi<ins of proposed I l
changes in the Englewoo d City Charier to be yotc<l on No\'. ,
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· A s explained previous I}, the>e ~uggesced changes, while I
quite important in some rt.-.;pects. are · in rnnsiderable detail , r
and the purpose of this i, w !xii i <lown the issues with the ,, l
hopes o f in forming our readers and s:i,·ing them time. <
The charter h as not been changed since it was adopted 1
eight years ago a nd these recommendations. made after a I 1
study b y a cit izens committee, are being submitted to the I w~n . I
Mose of the amendments are of che so-called house-I (
keeping variety and do not change cite broad principles of ·
the charter.
One propo sal would require that detachment of land
( deannencion) fr om tlie city be rnted on at a special elec-
tion. The purpose of the ch:mge i~ to keep such an issue
from being involved in a general election campaign and also
concludes that if an area wants out chat it should pay for
the election.
AN AMEND(.lHtf to Section 8 simply include, In 1
the electi o n regul a tions the refrrence to the city charter.!;
As it is n o w onlr the scare statute is mentioned. I'
An amen<ln;ent to Section 1.3 t --~rely formally recog· :
?izes somct?ing _chat is being done n(, ,,. in registration. That :
is cross-reg1str a n o n between the counn' courthouse and the '
city h a l~ pro,·id ing chat regi::.t.rati c!n at· either pl~ce ma~es a j1
voter eli g ible to cast a ballot m either state or citv elccttom.
An amendment, Section 13. puts a new sccti~n number !
on the provisions for absentee registration and is needed I
because o f changes in the election provisions to be discussed I
l.iter.
A n e w di,isi o n, Section 14 , wirh SC\ era! part ~, has been I·
proposed in an effort co clcar up confusion which resulted
in law suits due co uncertain terms in the charter .
. A ~E\V . 14. l would nnke a ch a nge .:oncerning special :
e.lemons .. s apng t h ey rn~r be held as p .trt of general elec· 1
ttons ( wtth so m e exceptions) and sh :t l I not be rnuntcd as ·
special el ec tions .
You nuy r ec a ll that there ''as a court suit o\·er the '
P.la ci.ng o f certa in issues on <he ballot 111 the 1964 general
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h111c the l'1l}' w1tl1 another nty r.11 1 be ~ub111iu c J o n l}· o m ~
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SLCTION l ·i..\ proposed. v.o u lJ limit ch..-rnting o '
~c1a·r.d obligation b o nd s ro s p e ci .il e le ctio ns, th u s not p er ·
111itli11~ ~ulrn1i ~:-ion at a g encr.d l'lc.-c ion .
l'xccpt for chi s the b o.n d {H O \ j,i o n~ :i re mu ch a s t he-.
arc in the present clurter, whid1 p n mi ts the ci1,· rnun cil t ;
appr ll\ r extensi o n o f sewer :i nd w .t1er ho11d s wi1 .!wut .l 'u t•:
ot rhe people.··-·----------··
Section 17. proposed , cuts d ,,..,n from 5 .ttu r JJr n o o:
preceding an electio n to cl o se of btr si ne ss of Fr id J\.' (pri or
lo ;rn election) a s the d eadline fo r cJ;ting a b;enc t'1!. ballo b .
Section 27, proposed, permits the cit\' co uncil to rne c r
el,e whcre than in the City iull. ·
. In the Cinderella City tase. o n e public heJr [n g on r e ·
zomng was held at che hi <>h scho o l Ju<litorium J t ter hun <l ·
reds showed up at City IDll and co t1ld 11 't gee in.
!h.e district judge ruled this m o ' e of sice was illegJ I
and IC 1s co m :i ke su ch meet ings k g Jl cha t this is propose d .
H-1 THIS provision , h o wever,· i s .1 restrictio n that :i m
meetings to be held other th a n in che city hall m u~c be pub ·
licized legall y seven day s prio r 10 the ;nee1i c (!.
Section 31, p ropo sed, d oes l itcle m ore than cbrify th e
duties of the city clerk.
There . is a law suit on file n o ~ which chJrges tha t
the clerk 1s not the du!~· name:.! re p re sentative t0 receiY e
documents in the council's name .
This change would spell out ch JC he is ..
Section 34, proposed, co:-i cerns red l l o f cic,· co u ncilme n .
The basic change in this fr om c:-i e ch a rce; n o w is th a '
the recall petition must have signature; of 25 per cent of t h e
number of rhose voting in the clen iu n o f the cou r.cilm a n.
As it is now 25 per cent of t ho .;e registered (not th o sl·
'lll·ho voted) is required .
This would effectively r educe in most ca ses t h e num be r
<>f signatures required to· force a re c "lt electio n.
There are a lot more of the se to b e on ch e NoY . ~
ballot and they will be discussed ll ter.-J.J.
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