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ORDINANCE N0.
(SERIES OF 2008)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CTTY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
AMENDING THE CITY OF ASPEN HOME RULE CHARTER BY AMENDING
SECTION 2.2 CHANGING THE DATE FOR GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
FROM MAY TO NNE BIENNIALLY.
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Section 2.2 of the City of Aspen Home
Rule Charter to change the date of the general municipal election from the first Tuesday after the
first Monday of May to the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June 2009, and biennially
thereafter; and
WHEREAS, Section 13.10 of the Home Rule Charter authorizes the City Council to
propose amendments to the City Charter in accordance with the State Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the State Constitution requires Home Rule Charter amendments to be made
by the adoption of an ordinance and thereafter approved by a majority of the voters voting
thereon.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF ASPEN CITY COUNCIL AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1•
That Section 2.2 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Aspen shall be and hereby is amended
to read as follows:
2.2. Municipal elections. A general municipal election shall be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in June of 2009, and biennially thereafter. Any special
election maybe called by resolution or ordinance of the council at least sixty (60) days in
advance of such election. The resolution or ordinance calling a special municipal election
shall set forth the purpose or purposes of such election. Polling places for all municipal
elections shall be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on election day.
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Section 2•
This ordinance shall not affect any existing litigation and shall not operate as an abatement of any
action or proceeding now pending under or by virtue of the ordinances repealed or amended as
herein provided, and the same shall be conducted and concluded under such prior ordinances.
Section 3:
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is for any reason
held invalid or unconstitutional in a court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct and independent provision and shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions thereof.
Section 4•
That this ordinance shall become effective only upon approval of the electorate of the City of Aspen
at the special municipal election to be held on November 4, 2008, pursuant to Section 13.10 of the
Home Rule Charter of the City of Aspen.
A public hearing on this ordinance shall be held on the day of , 2008, at a
meeting of the Aspen City Council commencing at 5:00 p.m. in the City Counci] Chambers, Aspen
City Hall, Aspen, Colorado
INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED PUBLISHED as provided by law, by the City Council
of the City of Aspen on the day of , 2008.
Attest:
Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk
Michael C. Ireland, Mayor
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FINALLY, adopted as
2008.
Attest:
Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk
amended, passed
aad approved this
Michael C. Ireland, Mayor
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