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Home My WebLink About16114 City Clerk's Office Item # M9 Background Paper for Proposed Resolution COUNCIL MEETING DATE: September 8, 2025 TO: President Mark Aliff and Members of City Council CC: Mayor Heather Graham VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk FROM: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE CITY CLERK AS THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 4, 2025, AND RATIFYING THE CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION OF THE CONTENT OF THE BALLOT FOR SAID ELECTION SUMMARY: This Resolution appoints the City Clerk as the Designated Election Official for the November 4, 2025, Regular Municipal Election. This Resolution also directs the City Clerk to certify the content of the ballot for said election. PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: On August 11, 2025, by Ordinance No. 11020, City Council directed that the November 4, 2025, Regular Municipal Election be conducted as part of a Coordinated Election with Pueblo County. BACKGROUND: C.R.S. 1-5-203 (3)(a) requires that the Designated Election Official of each political subdivision participating in a Coordinated Election to certify the order of the ballot and ballot content. Such certification is to be delivered to the County Clerk and Recorder no later than sixty (60) days before the Coordinated Election. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: The City shall pay to the County Clerk the City's share of the actual cost of materials and Election. Funding for the costs associated with conducting this Regular Municipal Ele BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable to this Resolution. STAKEHOLDER PROCESS: Not applicable to this Resolution. ALTERNATIVES: If this Resolution is not adopted, the City will be unable to proceed with the November 4, 2025, Regular Municipal Election. RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the Resolution. ATTACHMENTS: None RESOLUTION NO.16114 A RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE CITY CLERK AS THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 4, 2025, AND RATIFYING THE CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATION OF THE CONTENT OF THE BALLOT FOR SAID ELECTION BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that SECTION 1. The City Clerk shall be and hereby is appointed as the Designated Election Official for the November 4, 2025, Regular Municipal Election. SECTION 2. The content of the ballot for the City's Regular Municipal Election to be held on November 4, 2025, shall be as follows: QUESTION NO. 2A - CITY OF PUEBLO SALES AND USE TAX INCREASE FOR THE GENERAL FUND CITY OF PUEBLO SALES AND USE TAX INCREASE FOR THE GENERAL FUND SHALL THE CITY OF PUEBLO SALES AND USE TAX BE INCREASED AN ESTIMATED $26,142,985.56 ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING ON JANUARY 1, 2026, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY TH SALES AND USE TAX RATE FROM 3.7% TO 4.7%, BY ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 11000, AND SUCH ADDITIONAL 1% IN SALES AND USE TAX REVENUE TO BE COLLECTED RETAINED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE OR EXPENDITURE LIMIT CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION, OR ANY OTHER LAW? ______ YES/FOR ______ NO/AGAINST QUESTION NO. 2B - EXTENSION OF THE ONE-HALF CENT SALES TAX FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT RAISING ADDITIONAL TAXES, SHALL THE EXISTING ONE-HALF PERCENT CITY SALES AND USE TAX RATE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BE EXTENDED FOR A FIVE- YEAR PERIOD FROM ITS CURRENT EXPIRATION OF DECEMBER 31, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2031 BY ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 11001, AND THE REVENUES THEREFROM TO BE SPENT TOGETHER WITH ALL INVESTMENT INCOME THEREON AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND AN EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITS WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE APPLY PURSUANT TO ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW, AND BY CONTINUING TO DEDICATE THE REVENUES FROM THE ONE-HALF PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX RATE FOR PRIMARY JOBS, CREATING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY AND THE PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT BOUNDARIES, CREATING A SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DEPOSIT OF SUCH REVENUES, AND BY CONTINUING TO DEPOSIT REVENUES FROM THE ONE-HALF PERCENT SALES AND USE TAX RATE INTO A SPECIAL FUND FOR THE DEPOSIT OF SUCH REVENUES TO BE USED CONSISTENT WITH THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED FOR USE OF SUCH FUNDS, AND FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH REVENUES ARE PUBLIC PURPOSES AND MUNICIPAL FUNCTIONS? ______ YES/FOR ______ NO/AGAINST Ballot Question No. 2C - Charter Amendment - Change Form of Government to Council-Manager Shall the Charter of the City of Pueblo be amended to change the form of government from a Council-Mayor government to a Council-Manager government, and in connection therewith: requiring that the City Council - City Manager form of government not be changed except by Charter Convention upon majority vote of qualified voters; eliminating the office of City Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Chief of Staff and establishing the office of City Manager to be selected by City Council, in which all executive and administrative powers of the City shall be vested; giving City Council the power to appoint all City Boards and Commissions whose members will be limited to four-year terms; removing the prohibition against City Council interfering in the removal of members of City Boards and Commissions; recognizing the President of the City Council as head of City government for all ceremonial purposes and authorizing the President of the City Council to execute and authenticate legal documents as may be required; giving the City Council the right to enforce its own ordinances; giving City Council the power to appoint the City Clerk and Municipal Court Judges; allowing current and former members of the City Council to become City Manager or City Employees after the first year following the expiration of their terms of office; authorizing City Council to direct the City Attorney to institute lawsuits; allowing the functions of the Department of Aviation be determined by Resolution; mandating that the City Council - City Manager form of government take effect immediately upon approval of this Charter Amendment by the registered Electors of the City of Pueblo and providing that the City Council shall appoint an Interim City Manager. ______ YES/FOR ______ NO/AGAINST Ballot Question No. 2D - Charter Amendment - Require Binding Interest Arbitration instead of vote of the people for the other Classified Employee Bargaining Unit Shall the Charter of the City of Pueblo relating to collective bargaining for the other classified employees bargaining unit be amended to require all unresolved issues relating to wages and other terms and conditions of employment be decided by binding arbitration instead of by vote of the qualified electors of the City of Pueblo, and to provide that the arbitrator shall choose either the final offer of the City or the final offer of the Employee Bargaining Agent on each such issue? ______ YES/FOR ______ NO/AGAINST Ballot Question No. 2E - Charter Amendment - Municipal Officer Salary Increase Shall Section 2-1 of the Charter of the City of Pueblo be amended to allow Municipal Officer salary increases take effect immediately? ______ YES/FOR ______ NO/AGAINST Ballot Question No. 2F - Charter Amendment - Making it easier for City Employees to run for Public Office Shall Section 8-9 of the Charter of the City of Pueblo be amended to remove the requirement that city employees within the classified service must take a leave of absence in order to run for public office? ______ YES/FOR ______ NO/AGAINST NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS City Council - District 1 4-year term expiring December 31, 2029 (Vote for One) Tiffany Estrada Kassidy Hall Dianne Danti Elvis R. Martinez City Council - District 3 4-year term expiring December 31, 2029 (Vote for One) Joseph Perko Ted Hernandez City Council - At Large 4 year term expiring December 31, 2029 (Vote for Two) Regina Maestri Colleen Grahek-Clark Brett Boston Evans Auden Gonzales Garcia Tom Croshal Nathan Harper Selena Ruiz Gomez Member Pueblo Board of Water Board 6-Year Term Expiring December 31, 2031 (Vote for Two) Michael A. Cafasso Chris Woodka Philip J Reynolds IV Dave DeCenzo Civil Service Commissioner 6-Year Term Expiring December 31, 2031 Erick B Javaneau Steven Rodriguez SECTION 3. The City Clerk's certification of the content of the ballot for the November 4, 2025, Regular Municipal Election is hereby ratified in accordance with applicable law. SECTION 4. The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform any and all acts consistent with this Resolution to implement the policies and procedures described herein. SECTION 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon final passage and approval. INTRODUCED: September 8, 2025 BY: Brett Boston MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL APPROVED: __________________________ PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL ATTESTED BY: ________________________ CITY CLERK