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Council adopts urban-forest plan, removes write-in candidacies; consent calendar approved
Summary
Fort Collins City Council approved an urban forest strategic plan and an ordinance eliminating write-in candidate affidavits, and passed the consent calendar. Both ordinances passed 5–1; the consent calendar passed 6–0.
Fort Collins City Council on second reading adopted the Rooted in Community: Fort Collins Urban Forest Strategic Plan and approved an ordinance removing the city code provision for write-in candidates; the council also approved the consent calendar (items 1–19).
The council voted 5–1 to adopt the urban forest strategic plan after a brief exchange; Council member Wilson said she opposed the measure on process grounds despite thanking staff for work on a tree-replacement memo. The vote to amend the municipal code to remove write-in candidate filing also passed 5–1 after an extended discussion about how the city’s election procedures will display write-in lines under the city’s ranked‑choice voting system. The consent calendar (items 1–19) passed 6–0 with one member absent.
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