City of Colorado Springs - File #: 18-0483

• File #: 18-0483
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Mayor's Office
• File created: 9/17/2018
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 10/23/2018
• Final action: 10/23/2018
• Title: Ordinance No. 18-102 amending Section 315 (Delegation of Authority During Temporary or Short Term Absences) of Part 3 (Powers and Duties of the Mayor) of Article 2 (Officers of the City) of Chapter 1 (Administration, Personnel, and Finance) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to the delegation of Mayoral appointment authority for temporary replacement members on the Title Board Presenter: Marc Smith, Corporate Division Chief, Office of the City Attorney Don Knight, City Councilmember

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/23/2018	1	City Council	finally passed	Pass
10/9/2018	1	City Council	approved on first reading	Pass
9/24/2018	1	Council Work Session	referred

Title
Ordinance No. 18-102 amending Section 315 (Delegation of Authority During Temporary or Short Term Absences) of Part 3 (Powers and Duties of the Mayor) of Article 2 (Officers of the City) of Chapter 1 (Administration, Personnel, and Finance) of the Code of the City of Colorado Springs 2001, as amended, pertaining to the delegation of Mayoral appointment authority for temporary replacement members on the Title Board


Presenter:
Marc Smith, Corporate Division Chief, Office of the City Attorney
Don Knight, City Councilmember

Body
Summary:
During the pre-petition process for elections, the Initiative Review Committee reviews and provides final drafts of initiative proposals. Upon proposing a final draft, the Title Board is required to convene within ten (10) business days to fix a petition title. The Title Board consists of the City Clerk, City Attorney and the Presiding Judge of the Municipal Court. In cases in which a Title Board member is not permitted to serve, the Mayor has appointment authority for temporary replacement members. The proposed change to City Code ? 1.2.315 (E) provides for a prohibition of the Mayor's ability to delegate to a member of the administrative staff the authority to appoint temporary replacement Title Board members. This City Code amendment requires that the Mayor make the appointment. This proposal also removes the Mayor's inability to appoint a member of staff to act in the Mayor's capacity at Board of Directors meetings for Colorado Springs Utilities.

Previous Council Action:
On August 22, 2018, the City Council passed an emergency ordinance amending City Code ? 5.1.407 which authorizes the Mayor to appoint temporary replacement members to the Title Board in cases of an inability for any member to serve on a specific matter. At that special meeting, Councilmember Knight requested an amendment to City Code ? 1.2.315 related to delegation authority for the Mayor in cases of temporary Title Board member appoint...