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ORDINANCE NO. 5343
AN ORDINANCE REFERRING ORDINANCE NO. 5314
RELATING TO SALES AND USE TAX TO A VOTE OF THE
QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO AT
THE GENERAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 4,
1986 PROVIDING FOR ELECTION PROCEDURES AND
OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, COLORADO, that:
SECTION 1.
A special municipal election is hereby called under Article
18 of the Charter of the City of Pueblo, relating to the
referendum, for Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to be held in
conjunction with and at the same time and in the same manner as
the General Election to be held on that date.
SECTION 2.
There is hereby submitted to a vote of the qualified
registered electors of the City of Pueblo at the special municipal
election proposed Ordinance No. 5314, a copy of which is attached
hereto and incorporated herein as if set out herein in full. The
ballot proposal submitted to a vote of the qualified registered
electors shall be in substantially the following form:
" SALES AND USE TAX
Shall Ordinance No. 5314 amending the City's
sales and use tax ordinances to increase the
sales and use tax rate by one -half percent from
three percent to three and one -half percent for
a period of five years and pledging the revenues
from such sales and use tax increase for capital
improvement purposes at Pueblo Memorial Airport
be adopted ?"
(any qualified elector of the City of Pueblo
desiring to vote on the above proposal shall
indicate his or her vote by punching the ballot
card where indicated "FOR THE ORDINANCE" or
"AGAINST THE ORDINANCE ")
SECTION 3
The special municipal election hereby called shall be held
and conducted during the same hours, at the same polling places,
and in the same manner as the General Election. The special
municipal election shall be conducted by the same election
officials who act in like capacity and perform like functions for
the General Election. The City Clerk and Board of Elections shall
cooperate with the County Clerk and Recorder of Pueblo County,
Colorado and the election officials for the General Election and
shall perform such functions and duties relating to the holding
and conduct of the special municipal election as may be required
of them by the Charter of the City of Pueblo. The City Clerk
shall make publication and give notice in respect to the
submission of the proposal to the electors at the special
municipal election at the same time and in the same manner as a
general municipal election.
SECTION 4
The City Council does hereby designate and appoint and does
hereby authorize and direct the City Clerk and the Board of
Elections to designate and appoint as judges and clerks for the
special municipal election be be held November 4, 1986, the same
persons designated and appointed by the County Clerk and Recorder
of Pueblo County, Colorado as judges and clerks for the General
Election to be held on November 4, 1986.
SECTION 5
(a) A qualified elector of the City may register in the
office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 1 City Hall Place, Pueblo,
Colorado, during normal business hours from October 11, 1986, the
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twenty- fourth day before the special City election to be held on
November 4, 1986, through October 21, 1986, the fourteenth day
before the special City election. A qualified elector who so
registers shall be called a "late registered elector ".
(b) There is hereby established for the special City
election to be held November 4, 1986, a City -wide polling place
for late registered electors at City Hall, 1 City Hall Place,
Pueblo, Colorado. All late registered electors shall vote at the
City -wide polling place by paper ballot. The conduct of the
election at such polling place shall be in the same manner
pursuant to the same procedures as a general municipal election
except as modified or amended by this Ordinance. The votes cast
by late registered electors at the City -wide polling place shall
be tabulated and the returns thereof shall be made and certified
by the City Clerk to the County Clerk and be incorporated and
included with the returns and tabulations of votes cast at the
special City election and included in the canvass thereof. The
City Clerk shall appoint judges for the City -wide polling place
and prepare all election material therefor including paper ballots
and absent voters' ballots.
(c) A late registered elector may file an application for an
absent voter's ballot with the City Clerk not later than the close
of business on October 31, 1986, and such absentee ballots must be
in the hands of the City Clerk not later than 7:00 o'clock p.m. on
the date of the election. The City Clerk and Board of Elections
are hereby authorized and empowered to adopt rules and procedures
not inconsistent herewith to effectuate and implement the intent
and purpose of this Ordinance. Qualified absentee voters and
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qualified handicapped voters may vote in person as provided in the
Colorado Election Code of 1980, except those qualified absentee
voters and qualified handicapped voters who are late registered
electors must vote at the City -wide polling place as provided in
the Pueblo Election Code.
SECTION 6.
The City Council does hereby adopt the optional registration
plan provided for in Section 17 -9 of the Charter and as set forth
in the City's Municipal Election Code and hereby determines and
declares that voting machines are not available and all votes at
the special municipal election shall be taken, recorded and
tabulated by use of an electronic voting system except the vote of
late registered electors which shall be taken, recorded and
tabulated by use of paper ballot.
SECTION 7.
All ordinances, including the Pueblo Election Code,
resolutions, rules, regulations or bylaws, or parts thereof,
inconsistent with this Ordinance or any provision hereof are
superseded and suspended by the conflicting provisions of this
Ordinance for and during the time the special municipal election
called hereby is held and conducted.
SECTION 8.
This Ordinance shall become effective upon final passage.
INTRODUCED: August 25 r 1986
By PAUL JONES
Councilman
ATTEST: APPROV D:
Cit C er President of the Cit�you�ncil
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