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ORDINANCE 8640
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 REPEAL AND REPLACE SEC. 7 OF THE
BOULDER HOME RULE CHARTER TO INCREASE THE
AMOUNT OF MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER
COMPENSATION; 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 repeal and replace
Sec. 7 of the Boulder Home Rule Charter to increase the compensation of the mayor and council
members as set forth below. The material to be removed is shown stricken through with a solid
line and the material to be added is shown as underlined.
Sec. 7. - Compensation.
Council members and the mayor shall receive as compensation $100.00 per meeting for
fifty-two meetings per calendar year, plus an annual escalation each January 1 in a percentage
equivalent to any increase over the past year in the Consumer Price Index (All Items) for the
statistical area which includes the city maintained by the United States Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics; this amendment shall become effective January 1, 1990. Council
members serving on January 1, 2022 and thereafter, and the mayor elected in November 2023
and thereafter, may elect to receive benefits under the same terms and conditions that are
available to full-time city employees including without limitation participation in city health,
vision, dental, and life insurance plans. This compensation shall be averaged over the calendar
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year and paid on the same schedule as city employees, or such other schedule as determined by
the City Manager.
For the purpose of this section, Area Median Income means the Area Median Income
reported annually for a single person household by the United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development, or by any successor United States Government department, agency, or
instrumentality, for the metropolitan statistical area which includes the city of Boulder,
Colorado.
(a)Commencing upon the swearing in date of council members in December 2026,
compensation for members of the city shall be as follows:
(1)For the mayor: fifty percent of Area Median Income.
(2)For all other council members: forty percent of Area Median Income.
(b)Council compensation shall be adjusted annually beginning January 1, 2028, based on the
Area Median Income calculation for the previous year and averaged over the calendar
year. Compensation shall be paid on the same schedule as city employees, or such other
schedule as determined by the city manager.
(c)Although members of the City Council are generally not considered city employees,
council members may elect to receive benefits under the same terms and conditions that
are available to full-time city employees including without limitation participation in city
health, vision, dental, and life insurance plans.
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. 7 of the Boulder Home Rule Charter be repealed and
replaced to set compensation for City Council members at 40% of
the Area Median Income and 50% of the Area Median Income for
Mayor, commencing on the swearing-in date of the newly elected
City Council in December of 2026, as more specifically provided in
Ordinance 8640?
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
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for public inspection and acquisition.
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, PASSED AND CONTINUED, this 15th day of
August 2024.
____________________________________
Aaron Brockett,
Mayor
Attest:
_________________________________
City Clerk
READ ON CONTINUED SECOND READING AND ADOPTED this 5th day of
September 2024.
____________________________________
Aaron Brockett,
Mayor
Attest:
_________________________________
City Clerk