Ballot Issue 2C - City-Initiated Proposed Charter Amendment No. 2

Shall the Charter of the City of Fort Collins be amended to modernize and update it by reformatting and updating language usage for ease of reading and clarity, and eliminating inapplicable and invalid provisions, without undoing any substantive Charter amendments approved by the voters at the Tuesday, November 4, 2025, municipal election, by: · Changing the words "shall" to "will," "must" or "may," or other words to improve clarity; and · Making the language more inclusive by taking out words "he" and "she" and related word forms; and · Dividing sections into subsections and adding titles to subsections to make them easier to read and understand; and · Eliminating transitional provisions that: · Address residency requirements for City department heads appointed prior to March 6, 1985 (Section 3 of Article IV); and · Set a mill levy cap on Council's adoption of taxes (Section 6 of Article IV), which Council must now adopt only with voter approval; and · Provide for transition from the prior Charter when the Charter was adopted (Article XIV); and · Renumbering and updating section cross-references throughout the Charter?