M | Consideration and Adoption of Ordinance No. 2023-18: An ordinance of the City Council of the City of Flagstaff, amending the Flagstaff City Code, Title 1 Administrative, Chapter 1-16, City Elections, to provide for the manner of conducting elections for initiative and referendum measures, providing for severability, authority for clerical corrections, and establishing an effective date | ||||||
Ms. Saltzburg addressed Council and stated that the ordinance would amend the city code to clarify that initiative and referendum measures could be held at special elections. State law allowed for local initiative and referendum measures to be held at special elections so long as the City Council adopted an ordinance granting that authority. Due to the infrequent nature of initiatives and referendums, a special election had not been needed for that purpose because the timing of prior initiatives and referendums had aligned with the regular election cycle. Staff would like to update the city code to provide Council the ability to call a special election, if desired, for the purpose of an initiative or referendum. The change does not obligate the city to hold an initiative or referendum measure at a special election, it only provides the ability to do so if desired by Council. |
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Moved by Councilmember Deborah Harris, seconded by Councilmember Miranda Sweet to read Ordinance No. 2023-18 by title only for the first time. | |||||||
Vote: 7 - 0 - Unanimously | |||||||
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FLAGSTAFF, AMENDING THE FLAGSTAFF CITY CODE, TITLE 1 ADMINISTRATIVE, CHAPTER 1-16 CITY ELECTIONS, TO PROVIDE FOR THE MANNER OF CONDUCTING ELECTIONS FOR INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM MEASURES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AUTHORITY FOR CLERICAL CORRECTIONS, AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE | |||||||