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Wheat Ridge council agrees to pursue charter amendment to make clerk and treasurer appointed positions
Summary
After discussion prompted by the recent death of the elected city clerk, councilors signaled consensus to refer a charter amendment to voters to eliminate the elected clerk and treasurer roles and transition duties to appointed professional staff, with a recommended transition plan and public education before the ballot.
Wheat Ridge City Council directed staff to prepare a ballot measure that would eliminate the city’s elected clerk and treasurer positions and transfer their duties to appointed professional staff, with a transitional schedule that avoids shortening an incumbent treasurer’s term.
Deputy city leadership and the city attorney outlined options for council to consider: keep the status quo, refer a single ballot question eliminating both offices with staged transition language, or phase out positions separately. City staff and the city attorney advised that, under charter and practice, filling a vacant elected clerk or treasurer post is by council appointment, and that shortening the current treasurer’s term…
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