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Littleton CRC urges council to review charter-amendment thresholds and fix inconsistent petition rules
Summary
The Charter Review Committee recommended that City Council review Section 8 and related provisions to reconcile inconsistent signature thresholds and voter denominators for charter amendments, initiatives and ordinances, and to consider aligning the difficulty of amending the charter with the ordinance process.
The Littleton City Charter Review Committee voted to send recommendations to City Council calling for a review of how the charter and code treat citizen-initiated changes, after a sustained discussion over Section 8 and related petition provisions.
Committee members said the charter currently contains a patchwork of signature and voting thresholds that can make a permanent charter change easier than passing an ordinance. Reed, the committee's attorney, noted that state law (Title 31) governs much of the petition and election mechanics but…
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