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(Series of 2001)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
AMENDING SECTION 8.2 OF THE CITY OF ASPEN HOME RULE CHARTER TO
CHANGE THE DURATIONAL RESIDENCY QUALIFICATION FOR CITY BOARD AND
COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM TWO YEARS TO ONE.
WHEREAS, The City Council desires to amend the Aspen City Home Rule Charter to
change the durational residency qualification for board and commission members from two years
to one.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
Section 1.
That Section 8.2 of the Aspen Home Rule Charter shall be and hereby is amended to read as
follows:
Section 8.2 Composition of boards and commissions.
No member of the city council, the mayor, any city employee, nor any appointed
city official shall serve on any permanent board or commission heretofore established or
hereafter established by council during his or her tenure as councilman, mayor, city
employee or appointed official. Every member of a permanent board or commission
established by this Charter and appointed by council shall be a resident of the City of
Aspen for at least one (1) year and shall be a qualified elector, with the exception of the
board of appeals and examiners which shall be composed of members who are either
residents of the City of Aspen or of Pitkin County for at least two (2) years. Terms of
appointment to such boards and commissions shall not exceed four (4) years. There shall
be no limitation on the number of terms a member may serve on any permanent board or
commission.
Section 2.
This ordinance shall become effective on January 1, 2002, provided that the electors of the City
approve the same at the special municipal election on November 6, 2001.
Section 3.
That 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 not have any effect on existing litigation and shall not operate as an
abatemem of any action or proceeding now pending under or by virtue of the ordinances
amended as herein provided, and the same shall be construed and concluded under such prior
ordinances.
A public hearing on the ordinance shall be held on the,~--i~day o~ 2001,
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 _//~,g~f~ , 2001.
ATTEST:
Kathryn S. J~/och, City Clerk
FINALLY adopted, passed and approved this c.~t'~ day of
ATTEST::
Kathryn S.t~.o'ch, City Clerk
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