HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991-03-07 EC MINUTESMEMORANDUM
TO: ELECTION COMMISSION MEMBERS
FROM: PAT CROW, CITY CLERK
DATE: MARCH 7, 1991
SUBJECT: UPDATE OF ELECTION MATTERS
Enclosed are several items, which require your review. First, the minutes of
our meeting on January 22nd. Lou will give you a call in a few days to see if
there are any corrections. If not, copies of those minutes will be forwarded
to Council in their next agenda packet.
As you already know, Council approved our recommendation to postpone any
redistricting in the City of Englewood until after the State/
County reapportionment is completed. I am pleased this sailed through so
well. So the current district lines will remain in effect for the November
5th election. A district/precinct map is enclosed for your information.
At the February 19th Council meeting, Council approved on final reading
Ordinance No. 12 (copy enclosed) which limits certain contributions a
candidate for Council can accept. I will be including a copy of this
ordinance as part of the candidate packet with a brief statement explaining
how this ordinance affects the Campaign Reform Act reporting requirements.
Minutes from the February 19, 1991 City Council meeting are enclosed. We will
be sending these to you on a regular basis, just to keep you apprised of
what's going on at the Council level.
Also at Council's meeting on February 19, Council Member Koltay moved to table
the proposed ordinance establishing employee residency requirements. Mr.
Koltay strongly feels this will surface again, probably in the form of
petitions calling for the question to be included on the election ballot in
November. You may wish to review Charter §46 -SUBMISSIONS on page Cll.
According to this section it would require 10% of the electors residing in
Englewood who voted in the preceding gubernatorial vote for a special
municipal election or 5% of the electors residing in Englewood who voted in
the preceding gubernatorial vote for the question to be included on the ballot
of the next regular municipal election. The County estimates there were 8,834
votes cast from Englewood precincts at the November 6, 1990 general election;
therefore, 883 signatures would be required in the one instance and 442 in the
other. So don't be surprised if petitions are circulated. I understand there
is a strong contingency in favor of requiring City employees to also be
residents. Mr. Koltay's proposed ordinance, as drafted, would have affected
permanent and temporary employees hired after January 1, 1992. Until
petitions are circulated, it's impossible to know how the wording or approval
of the question would affect employees.
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March 5, 1991
It appears there will be several Charter amendments on the ballot of the next
regular municipal election. If you have any changes you wish to propose, now
is the time to begin working on them . I am reviewing the Charter as it
relates to "qualified electors" versus "registered electors" and will present
you with a recommendation to see where the Commission stands on this matter.
If you have any other ideas, please let me know.
Our session with Council is scheduled for April 15 at 6:00 p.m., in the
Community Room. This will be a brief meeting, probably no more than an hour
long. The Election Procedures Manual will have been forwarded to Council
prior to the meeting. You may want to review the manual in case questions are
posed.
City of Englewood
February 28, 1991
Ms. Ruth Smith
4650 South Grant Street
Englewood, CO 80110
Dear Ms. Smith:
3400 S . Elati Street
Englewood , Colorado 80110-2 304
Phone (303) 762-2300
(303) 762-2301
FAX (303) 789-1125
On behalf of the Election Commission, I wish to welcome you as a newly
appointed member. City Council approved your appointment at their Regular
Council Meeting on February 4, 1991. The appointment is effective immediately
and continues through February 1, 1992.
I am enclosing several items which pertain to your responsibilities as a
member of the Commission:
Home Rule Charter -Article II pertains to elections in particular
Englewood Municipal Code -§1-8, §2-1, and §3-2 (not in its entirety)
Colorado Municipal Election Code
Colorado Manual of Election Procedures.
The next Regular Municipal Election is November 5, 1991, and it is necessary
for the commission to meet often during an election year. Our meetings are
called as needed based on the election calendar which is established prior to
the Regular Municipal Election.
Give me a call at 762-2407, if you have any questions about your appointment
or the enclosures. I am looking forward to working with you as a member of
the Commission.
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PATRICIA H. CROW, CMC
City Clerk
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ORDINJ\NC I;; NO. ~ ~1
SI::Ril::S OF' 1991
BY Atm-IOR ITY
OlJNCIL BILL NO. J 0 .1
J.N'l'HODUCl:.D UY COUNC.LL
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AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING CANDIDATES FOR ELEX:TION 'IO THE OFFICE OF CITY COUNCIL
FOR THE CITY OF ENGLEWXlD FRCM ACCEPTING PAC (POLITICAL AC'rION CCMMI'lTEE)
CONTRIBUTIONS FRCM INTEfli!:STS LJX:A'l'ED CXJTSIDE OF 'DIE CITY , NIE:NDING ENGLE\'\(()[)
MU NICIPJ\L CODE 1985, TITLE: I , CIIJ\PTER 5 , SEC'l'ION 2 DY ADDING l\ NE.W SUBSECI'ION
12.
WHEREAS, interests located outside the City of Englewood should not be
allowed to influence the vote of Englewood citizens for the Office of City
Council; and
WHEREAS, the existence of a "revolving door" type relationship has been
derronstrated between candidates who, after having accepted PAC carrpaign
contributions and upon having won election, have voted to use City funds to
fund the interest of organizations closely associated with such PACs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council feels that Englewood's elections are properly
influenced solely by Engl~ residents and directly by its businesses;
NCM, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CDUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ENGI.EWX)D, COLORADO, AS FOI..LCmS:
Section 1. The Englewood Municipal Code 1985 §1-5-2 is arrended to add the
follCMing provisions under SUbsection 12:
1-5-2-12 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUI'IONS
A. No candidate or elected official shall accept a rronetary
contribution of any kind fran a person or political carmittee
not residing in Englewood.
B. No candidate or elected official shall accept PAC (Political
Action Ccmnittee) m:::mey from businesses or any other type of
organization, association or chamber of camerce which does not
maintain an off ice or place of business within the City of
Englewood notwithstanding the existence of its custarer base,
nernbership or affiliation with Engl~ citizen(s} and/or
business(es}.
c. Acceptance of any type of resource, financial or otherwise, fran
any citizen group whose rrembership includes citizens who do not
reside or who do not have a physical presence within the City of
Englewood shall constitute a violation of this ordinance.
D. Acceptance of any type of resource, fran any business,
association or chamber of cc:.mlerce which does not maintain an
office or place of business within the City of Englewood shall
constitute a violation of this ordinance.
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Violation of this ordinance shall constitute a penalty
assessment equal to the arrount of the unlawful contribution up
to jurisdictional limits of the rrn.micipal courts lawful ability
to impose.
F'. /\.ny citiz -•n ri hnll h,w r-1t ,1nclin ~1 t· J:rqucr:t Ll1 C.lty l\L tn nir•y lo
brL1g (\ C011tplnint on IJeli nl.C or th~ Cily for vlolLiliull S ur U1u
foregoing in Municipal Court ns provided in §l-7A-l, Engl~
Municipal Code 1985.
G. Nothing .in t h is Code provi sion s h.::ill prevent nny or<:F tr1 iznt.io11,
association, citizen, business or group fran endorsing or
supporting any candidate as long as no rroney or other
contribution is given directly to the candidate or his carrpaign
organization except by individual residents and businesses
located within the City limits of Englev.JOC>d.
Introduced, read in full, and passed on first reading as anended on the
21st day of January, 1991.
Re-read by title, anended and approved as arrended on second reading on the
4th day of February, 1991.
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 7th day of February, 1991.
Read by title and passed on final reading on the 19th day of February,
1991.
Published by title as Ordinance No. IJ,., Series of 1991, on the 21st day
of February, 1991.
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Patricia H. CrCM 1 City Clerk
I _, Patricia H. CrCM, City Clerk of the City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby
certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of the Ordinance passed on
final reading and published as Ordinance No. LfZl, Series of 1991. _
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Patricia H. CrCM