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MEMORANDUM
TO: Members of Election Commission
FROM: Pat Crow, City Clerk
DATE: July 12, 1990
SUBJECT: PROPOSED BALLOT QUESTION FOR NOVEMBER 1991 ELECTION
Enclosed for your information is a copy of Council Bill No. 29.1 which was
approved on first reading July 2, 1990. The bill is schduled for second and
reading on July 16, 1990. If approved on second reading, the questions which
appear on page 2 of the bill will be included on the November 1991 election
ballot .
BY AUTHORITY
ORDINANCE NO. ___ _ COUNCIL BILL NO. 29.1
INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL
1'1EMBERS HABENICHT,
HATHAWAY AND CLAYTON
SERIES OF 1990---
A BILL FOR
AN ORDINANCE SlIBMI'ITING TO A VOI'E OF .THE QUALIFIED ELECI'ORS OF THE CITY OF
ENGLE.WX)[) AT THE NEXT SCHEDULED RffiULAR MUNICIPAL ELB:TION PROPOSED AMENIY.1ENT
TO THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF ENGLE\\WD RELATING TO AGE AND RESIDENCY
REQUIREMENTS OF MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF TrlE CITY OF ENGLE.WCX)D, COLORAOO,
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Section _ l. There is hereby submitted to the qualified electors of the
City of Englewood at the next scheduled regular municipal election proposed
arrendrrent to the Charter of the City of Englewood, as follows:
That the qualified electors of the City of Englewood shall choose one of
the following provisions. If either question No.l or No.2 is approved by the
qualified electors, upon certification thereof to the office of the Secretary
of State of the State of Colorado, pursuant to Section 9, Article XX, of the
Colorado Constitution and Section 31-2-210 Colorado Revised Statutes, Article
III of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Englewood shall be amended.
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QUESTION _No._l:
ARTICLE III
LffiISLATIVE BODY
QU?>LIFICATIONS OF OOOtK!IllHi COUNCILPERSONS
No person shall be eligible for the off ice of Counei:l:&aa
COUNCILPERSON unless at the tirre of the election the person is a
citizen of the United States, at least twenty-five (25) years of
age, shall have been · for three ONE years-imnediately preceding such
election a qualified elector of the City. Col:lnsilmen COUNCILPERSOOS
elected by Districts shall also be residents and qualified electors
of their districts. No rrember of the Council shall hold any other
public off ice or erployrrent for which ccrrpensation is paid fran any
municipality.
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QUESTIQN _N0._2:
ARI'ICLE III
LffiISLATIVE BODY
QUALIFICATIONS OF CD::HlZII:MEii COUNCILPERSONS
No person shall be eligible for the office of couacjlm3n
COUNCILPERSON W1less at the tirre of the election the person is a
citizen of the United, States, at least b~ five {25) TWENTY-ONE
( 21) years of age, and shall have been for ~ year1;-
imnediately preceding such election a qualified elector of the City.
Counoil:Hen COUNCILPERSONS elected by Districts shall also be
residents and qualified electors of their districts. No rrember of
the Council shall hold any other public off ice or erployrrent for
which compensation is paid frcm any municipality.
Only if ti~e question is approved by the qualified electors shall the
Article be amended and the Charter as a'Tended certified to the Secretary of
State and appear in the Charter.
Section 2. the voting machines and paper ballots for said election shall
carry the following designation which shall be submission clause:
QUESTIOtL No. _ l:
Should the Charter of the City of Englewood relating to Article III,
"Legislative Body,11 ·establishing the the residency requirement for
City Council rrernbership be changed from three (3) years to one (1)
year irrmediately preceding the election. (A three year residency
requirement has been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court
of Colorado and one (1) year residency requirement is
constitutional. )
Yes ... _ No
Question _ No. _ 2:
Should the Charter of the City of Englewood relating to Article III,
"Legislative Body,11 establishing the age requirement for City
Council membership be changed from twenty-five (25) years of age to
twenty-One (21) years of age.
Yes No
And each elector voting at said election and d=sirous of voting shall
indicate his choice by depressing the appropriate oounter of the voting
machine or by appropriate marking upon paper ballots where used.
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Section _3. The proper officials of the City of Englewood shall give
notice of said regular municipal election, which notice shall be published in
the manner and for the length of tirre 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 2nd day of
July, 1990.
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 5th day of July, 1990.
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Patricia H. Crow, City Clerk
I, Patricia H. Crow, City Clerk of the City of Englewood, Colorado,
hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of a Bill for an
Ordinance, introduced, read in full, and passed on first reading on the 2nd
day of July, 1990. CA &~ ... ' . I . r ~~-£-c&~~
Patricia H. Crow