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■ City of Louisville AUTUMN 2001 www.ci.louisville.co.us Community tio) 1 CI`ty Coundi HOME RULE CHARTER UPDATE Mayor Tom Davidson At the May 1 election, residents approved the formation of a Home Rule Charter 303-666-8573 Commission and elected eleven people to serve on that Commission. The Commission davidst @ci.louisville.co.us began meeting May 7. Commission members include Annette Anderson, Chair;Melanie Mayor Pro-Tem Chuck Sisk Muckle,Vice-Chair;Alicia Mahoney, Secretary;Don Brown; Cindy Buchenroth-Martin; 303-665-6889 Annelise Cummings;Tom Davidson;Ty Gee;Bill McDermott; Charles Sisk; and charlesisk @aol.com Barbara Taylor. The Charter Commission is required to submit a proposed home rule Don Brown charter to the City Council by August 29, 2001. The City Council will then present the 303-673-0648 charter, as drafted by the Commission, for approval by the voters. The election is brownd @ci.louisville.co.us scheduled for November 6, 2001,in coordination with the regularly scheduled election. Kevin Howard If approved by the voters in November, the charter will be adopted. If electors reject 303-673-0978 the proposed charter,the commission must then prepare and submit a revised kvin@massively.net proposed charter to the City Council for approval by the voters. John Jay Keany Highlights of the articles drafted to date include the following: 303-665-4818 keanyj @ci.louisville.co.us Articles 1&2:Definitions & General Provisions Arnold Levihn • Defines words and phrases used throughout the Charter. 303-665-2024 • Contains a summary statement of the Charter's purposes. levihna @ci.louisville.co.us • Describes home rule powers of the City. Tom Mayer • Provides for a Council-Manager form of government. 303-665-5415 • Provides the procedure for amending the Charter. mayert@ci.louisville.co.us Article 3: City Council- Provides for the organization and qualification of the City Administrator City Council. William Simmons Article 4: Council Procedures 303-666-6565,ext. 350 • Establishes procedures for the Council. simmonw @ci.louisville.co.us es meeting p • Establishes procedures for adopting regular and emergency ordinances. Public n eetQn 1 s Article 5: Open Government&Ethics �_�%� (�Q� • Establishes ethical standards for members of the City Council,boards, commissions, task forces and committees,and for City employees. City Council: • Establishes requirements for executive sessions. The first and third Tuesdays of • Establishes oli for ublic access to Ci records. each month at 7:00 PM, p cy p ty City Hall, 749 Main Street Article 6:Elections -Contains current municipal election laws. Article 7:Initiative, Referendum &Recall-Reserves to the voters the power to Planning Commission: initiate proposed ordinances and the power to require adopted ordinances be The second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM, referred to a public vote. City Hall, 749 Main Street Article 8: City Manager-Establishes the qualification and functions of the City Manager. ,& fl'1 e m b(r Article 9:Legal&Judiciary-Provides for the qualifications of the City Attorney and the Municipal Court. City offices will be closed on Article 10:Boards & Commissions -Provides for the appointment of boards and Monday, September 3rd in commissions. honor of Article 11:Finance, Budget&Audit- Establishes procedures for the adoption of the /∎; l c i 1r annual budget. Please see Home Rule Charter Commission on page 2