Ballot Issue 2G - City-Initiated Proposed Charter Amendment No. 6

Shall the Charter of the City of Fort Collins be amended to revise Section 1 and Section 18 of Article II to update the process for filling a vacant district Councilmember or Mayoral office and to clarify how existing term limits apply to partial terms to fill a vacancy, by: * Adding a new subsection (e) to Section 1 of Article II providing that if a person serves a total of more than one-half a term in office, this will count as a term when determining term limits; and * Revising Section 18 of Article II to: ** Add procedural steps including public announcement of a vacancy and acceptance of applications to the process for filling vacancies; ** Require Council to appoint a replacement to fill a District Councilmember vacancy within 35 business days; ** Retain the provision that if the Mayor office is vacated, the Mayor Pro Tem becomes the Acting Mayor and Council selects a new Mayor Pro Tem during the time there is an Acting Mayor; ** Require the Council to fill the District Councilmember seat that is vacant for the time the Mayor Pro Tem serves as Acting Mayor using the vacancy filling process; ** Provide that any vacated office will appear on the next regular municipal election ballot for which process requirements can be met; and ** State that if there is no qualified candidate for an elected office on a municipal election ballot, the Council organized after the election will then appoint a qualified person to fill the resulting vacancy?