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RESOLUTION NO. '-i
(Series of 1997)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
CALLING FOR AND ESTABLISHING A DATE FOR A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE CONDUCTED ON NOVEMBER 4, 1997.
WHEREAS, Section 2.2 of the Aspen Home Rule Charter authorizes City Council to call
special municipal elections by resolution so long as such special elections shall not be held less
than 60 days from the date of the resolution calling for same; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to place before the Aspen electorate certain ballot
questions; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 20 of Article X of the Colorado Constitution, elections
addressing taxes, spending and/or public debt may be conducted "in a state general election,
biennial local district election, or on the fIrst Tuesday in November of odd-numbered years"; and
WHEREAS, the City Council may add such additional questions to the ballot as it may
hereafter deem appropriate,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ASPEN, COLORADO, THAT:
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A special municipal election shall be and is hereby called and established for Tuesday,
November 4, 1997, for the purpose of submitting to the electorate certain questions which the
City Council may hereafter deem appropriate.
Section 2.
Should the City Council determine within its discretion and for any reason to withdraw
the ballot question(s) and cancel the election thereon established for November 4, 1997, it shall
do so no later than twenty-five (25) days prior to said election.
Section 3.
The City Clerk shall give written or printed notice of the special election called for herein
at least ten (10) days prior to said election and shall include in said notice the date of said
election and the hours during which the polls will be open, an identification of all polling places,
the qualifications of persons eligible to vote in the election, and the question or questions to be
voted upon. A copy of such notice shall be published in at least one newspaper having general
circulation within the City of Aspen. If the City Clerk fmds it impractical to make the publication
on the tenth day before the election day, she shall make the same on the earliest possible day
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before the tenth day. Publication in any weekly newspaper shall be in the next to last issue
thereof before the day of the election. A copy of such notice shall also be posted until after the
election in a conspicuous place in the office of the City Clerk.
Section 4.
In the event that the ballot question(s) is (are) covered by Article X, Section 20, of the
Colorado Constitution, the City Clerk shall also coordinate with the Pitkin County Clerk and
Recorder the preparation and mailing of the election notice package as called for in Section
20(3)(b) of Article X of the Colorado Constitution and negotiate a reasonable and fair cost
allocation to be paid by the City of Aspen for the assistance as provided the County Clerk and
Recorder for such services.
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INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Aspen on
the L day of Uu~ ' 1997.
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J~hn S. Bennett, Mayor
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing is
a true and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, at a meeting held on the day hereinabove stated.
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