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ORDINANCE 8639
AN ORDINANCE SUBMITTING TO THE REGISTERED
ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF BOULDER AT THE SPECIAL
MUNICIPAL COORDINATED ELECTION TO BE HELD ON
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2024, THE QUESTION OF
WHETHER TO AMEND SEC. 130 OF THE BOULDER HOME
RULE CHARTER TO AUTHORIZE CITY COUNCIL TO SET
BY ORDINANCE THE TERMS AND CRITERIA OF BOARD
AND COMMISSION MEMBERS AND AMEND THE
LANGUAGE REGARDING REMOVAL OF BOARD AND
COMMISSION MEMBERS; SPECIFYING THE FORM OF THE
BALLOT AND OTHER ELECTION PROCEDURES; AND
SETTING FORTH RELATED DETAILS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BOULDER,
COLORADO:
Section 1. A special municipal coordinated election is called to be held on Tuesday,
November 5, 2024.
Section 2. At that election, a question shall be submitted to the electors of the city of
Boulder entitled by law to vote, that will allow voters to determine whether to amend Sec. 130
authorizing City Council to set the terms and criteria of board and commission members and
amend the language regarding removal of board and commission members. The material to be
removed is shown stricken through with a solid line and the material to be added is shown as
underlined.
Sec. 130. - General provisions concerning advisory commissions.
The council by ordinance may create and provide for such advisory commissions as it may
deem advisable.
(a)Effective January 1, 2025, the council may, by ordinance, establish appointive boards and
commissions. The ordinance establishing such boards and commissions shall:
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(1)prescribe the powers, duties, and operating procedures of the board and commission;
(2)establish the terms of office of the board or commission members, including initial
overlapping terms, if needed;
(3)establish the eligibility criteria of board and commission members; and
(4)state whether the board or commission shall have alternate members authorized to
vote when serving in the absence of regular members.
(b)In the absence of an ordinance specifying the terms set forth in subsection (a) above, each
board and commissionExcept as otherwise specified in this charter, each of the existing
advisory commissions, shall be composed of five city residents. For any advisory
commissions appointed after January 1, 2019, the council shall specify in the ordinance
forming the advisory commission whether the commission shall have five or seven
members, for any advisory commission created by ordinance adopted in March 2018, the
council may, by subsequent ordinance, specify that the commission shall have seven
members. All members of a commission shall be appointed by the council, not all of one
gender identity, who are well known for their ability, probity, public spirit, and particular
fitness to serve on such respective commissions and who are at least eighteen years old, and
who have resided in the city of Boulder for at least one year immediately prior to their
appointment to serve on the commission. All commissions shall hold regular monthly
meetings. When first constituted, the council shall designate the terms for which each
member is appointed so that the term of one commissioner shall expire on December 31 of
each year; and thereafter the council shall by March of each year appoint one member to
serve for a term of five years. The council shall have the power to remove any
commissioner for non-attendance to duties or for cause. All vacancies shall be filled by the
council. When first appointed and annually thereafter following the council's appointment of
the commissioner, each commission shall organize by appointing a chair, a vice-chair, and a
secretary; all commissioners shall serve without compensation, but the secretary of any
commission, if not a member, may receive a salary to be fixed by the council; any
commission shall have power to make rules for the conduct of its business.
(c)All board or commission members shall serve until their successors are appointed.
(d)The council may remove members for nonattendance to duties, conduct unbecoming a
member, and any other reason not prohibited by law. Any vacancy during the unexpired
term of any member shall be filled by the council for the remainder of the term. Each board
and commission shall choose its own officers from among its members. The council may
change any or all of the powers, duties, and procedures of any board or commission not set
by this Charter and may abolish any board or commission which is not required by this
Charter or law.
Special meetings may be called at any time upon due notice by a majority of the members.
A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of at least a
majority of the members shall be necessary to authorize any action by the commission.
All commissions shall keep accounts and records of their respective transactions, and at the
end of each quarter or more often, if requested by the council, and at the end of each fiscal year
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shall furnish to the council a detailed report of receipts and expenditures and a statement of other
business transacted.
The chair of a commission shall preside at the meetings thereof and sign, execute,
acknowledge, and deliver for the commission all contracts and writings of every kind required or
authorized to be signed or delivered by the commission. The signature of the chair shall be
attested by the secretary.
The commissions shall have the right to the floor of the council to speak on plans and
expenditures proposed or to appeal for a decision in a failure to agree with another commission
or the manager.
Wherever there shall be suitable accommodations in the city building, the offices of the
commissions shall be maintained there.
Section 3. The official ballot shall contain the following ballot title, which shall also
be the designation and submission clause for the measure:
Ballot Question No. ____
Shall Sec. 130 of the Boulder Home Rule Charter be amended to
authorize City Council to set the terms and criteria of board and
commission members and amend the language regarding removal of
board and commission members as more specifically provided in
Ordinance 8639?
For the Measure ____ Against the Measure ____
Section 4. This Ordinance is necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare
of the residents of the city, and covers matters of local concern.
Section 5. The City Council deems it appropriate that this Ordinance be published by
title only and orders that copies of this Ordinance be made available in the office of the city clerk
for public inspection and acquisition.
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INTRODUCED, READ ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY
TITLE ONLY this 1st day of August 2024.
____________________________________
Aaron Brockett,
Mayor
Attest:
_________________________________
City Clerk
READ ON SECOND READING, AMENDED AND PASSED, this 15th day of
August 2024.
____________________________________
Aaron Brockett,
Mayor
Attest:
_______________________________
City Clerk
READ ON THIRD READING AND ADOPTED this 5th day of September 2024.
____________________________________
Aaron Brockett,
Mayor
Attest:
______________________________
City Clerk