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Ordinance No. 21-08 submitting a Charter amendment to the registered qualified electors of the City of Colorado Springs, Colorado at the general municipal election conducted by mail ballot to be held on April 6, 2021, amending section 7-90 (c) of the City Charter eliminating a thirty (30) word limitation on ballot titles for tax or bonded debt increases, providing for the form of the ballot title, providing for certain matters with respect to the election, and providing the effective date of this ordinance
Presenter:
Wayne Williams, City Councilmember
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Summary:
At its December 23, 2020 special work session meeting, the City Council directed staff to draft an ordinance submitting to the April 6, 2021 general municipal election a Charter amendment eliminating the thirty (30) word limitation on ballot titles for tax or bonded debt increases.
Background:
At its December 23, 2020 special work session meeting, the City Council directed staff to draft an ordinance submitting to the April 6, 2021 general municipal election a Charter amendment eliminating the thirty (30) word limitation on ballot titles for tax or bonded debt increases. If referred by the Council and passed by the voters, City Charter section 7-90 (c) would be amended to permit ballot titles for tax or bonded debt increases requiring a "TABOR" election to exceed thirty (30) words at future elections.
Attached following the referral ordinance is an example of ballot language submitted to the voters in 2004 for passage of the Pikes Peak Rural Transportation Authority ("PPRTA") formation and tax. The 2004 PPRTA question is an example of TABOR ballot language that is not limited to thirty (30) words.
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Alternatives:
Council could choose not to adopt the ordinance submitting the question to the voters.
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