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ORDINANCE NO. 21
(SERIES OF 2010)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
AMENDING THE CITY OF ASPEN HOME RULE CHARTER BY REPEALING
SECTION 2.7, AND AMENDING SECTIONS 3.2, AND 3.3, TO ELIMINATE ALL RUN -
OFF PROCEDURES FOR THE OFFICES OF MEMBER OF COUNCIL AND MAYOR
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the City of Aspen Home Rule Charter to
eliminate all types of run -off elections for the offices of Mayor and members of Council, and;
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the City of Aspen City Charter to amend
the requisite votes needed to be elected to the office of Mayor and members of Council; and
WHEREAS, Article XX, Section 10 of the Colorado Constitution authorizes home rule
municipalities to amend their home rule charters through such procedures as may be enacted by
the state general assembly; and
WHEREAS, the state legislature has enacted Section 31 -2 -210, C.R.S., which section sets
forth the procedures for amending a city's home rule charter requiring the adoption of an
ordinance, including a ballot title for the proposed amendment, and submission of the proposed
amendments to the electorate; and,
WHEREAS, Section 13.10 of the City of Aspen Home Rule Charter authorizes
amendments to the City Charter in the manner prescribed by the state constitution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF ASPEN CITY COUNCIL
THAT:
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Section 1:
Section 2.7 of Article II of the Home Rule Charter of the City of Aspen is hereby deleted in its
entirety.
Section 2•
Section 3.2 of the Home Rule Charter shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 3.2 Terms of office for members of Council.
The term of office for members of Council shall be for four (4) years. At all municipal
elections, the two (2) candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected
for a four year term. Each voter shall be allowed to vote for two candidates for the office
of member of Council.
Section 3•
Section 3.3 of the City of Aspen Home Rule Charter shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 3.3 Mayor
The mayor shall be elected at large from the entire city for a term of two (2) years.
The candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected mayor.
The mayor shall preside at meetings of the Council and shall exercise such powers
and perform such other duties as are or may be conferred and imposed upon him or her by
this Charter or the ordinances of the City. He or she shall have all of the powers, rights,
privileges and obligations of a member of Council. He or she shall be recognized as the head
of the government for all ceremonial and legal purposes and he or she shall execute and
authenticate legal instruments requiring his or her signature as such official.
Section 4•
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 5•
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
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separate, distinct and independent provision and shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions thereof.
Section 6•
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 2, 2010, of a ballot question that reads
substantially as follows::
CITY OF ASPEN REFERENDUM NO.
AMENDMENT TO CITY CHARTER — REPLACE IRV WITH WINNER TAKE
ALL VOTING PROCEDURES.
Shall Ordinance No. 21, Series of 2010, be approved? Ordinance No. 21, Series of
2010, if approved, would repeal Section 2.7 of the City of Aspen Home Rule Charter to
eliminate all run -off voting procedures (including instant run -off voting procedures) for
the election of mayor and members of Council; and to amend Sections 3.2 and 3.3 of
the City of Aspen Home Rule Charter to declare the candidates receiving the highest
number of votes to be the winners of their respective election races.
There are two ballot questions seeking to amend the City Charter to replace instant
run -off voting procedures with alternative voting procedures. You may vote in
favor of one or both questions. If more than one ballot question receives a majority
of the votes cast, the question receiving the highest affirmative votes shall be
deemed approved.
Yes [ ]
No [ ]
A public hearing on this ordinance shall be held on the_, at a meeting of the Aspen City Council
commencing at 5:00 p.m. in the City Council 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 2010.
Attest:
Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk Michael C. Ireland, Mayor
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FINALLY adopted, passed and approved this day of 2010.
Attest:
Kathryn S. Koch, City Clerk Michael C. Ireland, Mayor
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