City of Boulder 2I – Deadline for Planning Dept Budget Recommendations

This ballot measure would change the 60-day period to a 30-day period in the city charter’s Section 78 (c): “Submit annually to the city manager, not less than sixty days prior to the date for submission of the city manager’s proposed budget to city council, a list of recommended capital improvements to be undertaken during the forthcoming six-year period.”

Timeline for the city’s budget
  Oct 1 – Deadline for city manager to submit a budget (Charter, Section 93). The first public hearing on the proposed city budget is usually in early October.
  Dec 1 – Deadline for city council to pass an annual appropriation ordinance (Charter, Section 95)
  January 1 – city’s new fiscal year

This ballot measure was submitted by the city council’s charter committee.

Recommendation: leaning for the measure

Putting the above city council and city manager deadlines in the city charter makes more sense than putting a Planning Department deadline in the city charter. A better ballot question would have taken out “not less than sixty days prior to the date for submission of the city manager’s proposed budget to city council” and let the Planning Department and the city manager work out the deadlines outside of the city charter. The 60-day deadline was added to the charter, presumably by the voters, at some date after the city manager and city council deadlines were enshrined in the charter.

Website for the Yes Side
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Website for the No Side
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Approved Ballot Language

City of Boulder Ballot Question 2I – Charter Amendment for Planning Department Budget Recommendations

Shall Section 78 of the Charter be amended pursuant to Ordinance 8270 to change the time for the Planning Department to submit its recommendations for public improvements from sixty days to thirty days before the submission of the budget to be consistent with the city’s budgeting process?

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See Ordinance No. 8270 to put Question 2I to the voters
https://bouldercolorado.gov/central-records/document-archive then click on Browse City Council Records > Ordinances > 2018 > 8270