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Englewood advisory committee votes to forward chronic-nuisance recommendation to council

Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee · March 19, 2026

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Summary

The Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee voted March 8 to forward a draft chronic-nuisance recommendation letter to City Council after debate over tone and process; Council liaison Rita said she has forwarded the item to the mayor and city manager and will raise it at the next council meeting.

The Englewood Code Enforcement Advisory Committee voted to forward a draft follow-up letter on a proposed chronic-nuisance ordinance to the City Council.

The motion "that we proceed and send the letter forward" was moved by a committee member and seconded; the chair put the motion and it passed after members debated whether the letter should be more general or more prescriptive. A member who supported forwarding the letter said the committee's role is advisory and that it should use its voice to prompt council consideration.

The committee's discussion focused on process: some members urged rewording the letter to make it less definitive and to include a cover letter explaining the path the recommendation had followed; others argued the committee should be explicit in pressing council to act. One member noted the committee had previously voted to move the chronic-nuisance ordinance forward as a recommendation and that council can amend language if needed.

Rita, the committee's City Council liaison, told the committee she had forwarded the committee's letter to the mayor and the city manager and planned to bring the matter up at an upcoming council meeting. "I forwarded the actual letter to the mayor and to the city manager," Rita said, and added that she would raise the topic at Monday's council meeting to ensure the committee receives updates.

Staff clarified the procedural route for advisory letters: when the committee votes to send a recommendation, the council liaison or staff forwards it through the executive chain for council consideration. The chair said she would forward the committee-approved letter with a signature since no amendments were offered at the meeting.

The committee did not record a roll-call tally of individual votes in the transcript beyond the voice votes taken at the meeting. The immediate next step is for the liaison and staff to place the letter into the council packet and for council to determine whether to schedule the ordinance or request revisions.