Agenda Date: 05/20/2025
Subject:
Title
Motion to approve Council recommended appointments to the 2025-2026 Charter Review Committee
Body
From:
James L. Becklenberg, City Manager
Prepared by:
Colleen L. Norton, City Clerk
Presentations:
N/A
PURPOSE:
Does council support formal appointment of members to the Charter Review Committee (CRC)?
LONG-TERM OUTCOME(S) SERVED:
High-Quality Governance
DISCUSSION:
The Littleton City Charter, Sec. 124, directs that council shall periodically appoint/convene a Charter Review Committee to perform a comprehensive review of all charter sections and make recommendations to council for amendments and deletions; it has been more than 10 years since a Charter Review Committee was convened.
BACKGROUND:
Creation of the 2025-2026 Charter Review Committee (CRC) was formally adopted by Resolution 39-2025. Staff has requested that each council member provide the names of not-less-than two City of Littleton residents to form the CRC, which shall serve in an advisory capacity to council, reviewing existing charter sections and making recommendations to council on revisions based on best practices in similar municipalities, any adopted legislation that now makes a section(s) contradictory, or other clean-up as needed. Each council member provided names of citizens, ensuring there is ample support from all districts, as well as at-large.
Prior Actions or Discussions
April 8, 2025, study session: Council was provided background on the last CRC convened in 2013/2014. Council provided direction to staff to bring forward a resolution to convene a new CRC.
April 15, 2025, regular meeting: Council approved Resolution 39-2025, approving the creation of a Charter Review Committee.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
While there are no direct costs associated with the creation of the CRC, some recommendations from the committee may require community outreach and education for which there would costs associated with that process. Any recommended changes to the ...
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