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• SPRING 2001 (ems City of Louisville www.ci.louisville.co.us ommunl•t Update lir CI"t Co`ua ' CITY BEGINS HOME RULE PROCESS y Mayor Tom Davidson At its February 6 meeting,the City Council passed Ordinance No. 1355, Series 2001 (303) 666-8573 initiating the adoption of a home rule charter for the City of Louisville. This ordinance davidst @ci.louisville.co.us provides for the election of charter commission members who will write a proposed Mayor Pro-Tern Chuck Sisk charter. (303) 665-6889 In general,municipal home rule is based upon the theory that the citizens of a municipality rushtnsisk @aol.com should have the right to decide how their local government is to be organized and how Don Brown their local problems should be solved.A Home Rule Charter is the central document (303) 673-0648 governing a home rule municipality. It is akin to the U.S. constitution. brownd @ci.louisville.co.us Some typical charter topics include: Kevin Howard .City Council Duties &Procedures City Administration (303) 673-0978 .Board& Commissions .Legal&Judiciary Rules kvin @massively.net .Elections .Finance&Budget Proceedings John Keany .Taxation .Borrowing (303) 665-4818 kean ci.louisville.co.us .Improvement Districts .Utilities,Franchises &Permits YJ @ Arnold Levihn .Initiative, Referendum&Recall Procedures (303) 665-2024 Some specific examples of how home rule government could apply to Louisville are: levihna @ci.louisville.co.us .Land Use -greater flexibility in PUD/zoning/subdivision criteria and procedures Torn Mayer .Land Use-greater flexibility to streamline review procedures and delegate (303) 665-5415 decision-making mayert @ci.louisville.co.us .Property- simplify procedures for the acquisition of open space City Administrator .Public Projects - clarify which projects and contracts are or are not subject to William Simmons the public bidding process (303)666-6565,ext. 350 .Borrowing-more power to create and finance improvement districts simmonw(dci.louisville.co.us .Improvements -ability to better define improvement district purposes and procedures po�0-c Meetings ee Finance - self-collection of sales tax �! 11- - .Finance -ability to broaden or narrow scope of revenue sources with voter approval )>Finance -ability to adopt new revenue sources, such as admission or lodging taxes, City Council: with voter approval The first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7:00 PM, The ordinance initiating home rule specifies that the eleven charter commission members City Hall, 749 Main Street shall be elected at-large. Candidates for the charter commission must be registered electors of the City of Louisville,i.e., registered to vote,and must have resided within the City for at Planning Commission: least 30 days. The second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM, If you are interested in being a commission member,petitions for nomination are available City Hall, 749 Main Street a the City Clerk's office in City Hall, 749 Main Street. The petition must be signed by at least 25 registered electors of the City.The nomination must be filed with the City Clerk by Insi,� �� dlltllOfl March 26,2001,and must be accompanied by a statement from the nominated candidate �e of his or her consent to serve if elected. Sales Tax p. 2 A Home Rule Forum is scheduled for March 15,2001, at the Louisville Recreation Information Center from 7:00—8:00 PM to discuss the charter process along with the general duties of Public Works News P. 3 those elected to the commission. Library News pp.4-5 The election to form the charter commission and select commission members is scheduled Spring Clean Up Day P. 6 for early May.The charter commission is required to submit a final proposed charter to the Public Meeting Dates p. 7 City Council within 120 days after the election. The City Council will then call an election on the approval of the proposed charter.