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1. Charter
2. Title 1 General Administration
3. Title 2 Government Organization
1. »Chapter 2-1 City Council
2. Chapter 2-2 General Administration
3. Chapter 2-2.5 Civil Emergencies and Disasters
4. Chapter 2-3 Boards and Commissions
5. Chapter 2-4 Police Administration
6. Chapter 2-5 Fire Department
7. Chapter 2-6 Courts and Confinements
8. Chapter 2-7 Code of Conduct
9. Chapter 2-8 Purchasing Procedures
10. Chapter 2-9 Police and Fire Pensions
11. Chapter 2-10 Investment of City Funds
12. Chapter 2 Appendix Council Procedure
4. Title 3 Revenue and Taxation
5. Title 4 Licenses and Permits
6. Title 5 General Offenses
7. Title 6 Health, Safety and Sanitation
8. Title 7 Regulation of Vehicles, Pedestrians, and Parking
9. Title 8 Parks, Open Space, Streets, and Public Ways
10. Title 9 Land Use Regulation
11. Title 10 Structures
12. Title 11 Utilities and Airport
13. Title 12 Human Rights
14. Title 13 Elections and Campaign Disclosures and Activities
15. Title 14 Arts
16. Index
17. Ordinances Pending Codification

Page Contents

• Section 2-1-1 Legislative Intent
• Section 2-1-2 Council Meetings
• Section 2-1-3 Council Member Benefits

Chapter 2-1: City Council¹

2-1-1 Legislative Intent.

The purpose of this chapter is to prescribe the procedures and duties of the city council of the City of Boulder, Colorado.

2-1-2 Council Meetings.

The city council shall hold two regular meetings in each calendar month of each year on the first and third Tuesdays of each month commencing at 6:00 p.m. in the city council chambers of the Municipal Building, 1777 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado. The council may by motion prescribe a different date, time, or place for such regular meetings in any month, but no such motion affects the time, date, or place for regularly scheduled meetings of the council in any other month.

(Ordinance No. 4816 (1984))

2-1-3 Council Member Benefits.

(a) The city council finds:

(1) Section 7 of the charter of the City of Boulder, as amended in 1990, sets the level of "compensation" for council members as "$100.00 per meeting at which a quorum of city council is present, not to exceed four meetings per calendar month, plus an annual escalation"; and

(2) Ambiguities inherent in the term, "compensation," require that the council interpret Section 7 in a way that will best fulfill the charter's intent and purposes.

(b) Under charter 7:

(1) "Compensation" includes only salaries, as that was the focus of charter section 7 before 1990 and the focus of analysis preceding the 1990 amendment; and

(2) Council members must receive at least the salary specified in section 7 per meeting, but may receive other benefits.

(c) In addition to the salary specified in charter section 7, the council shall receive the following other benefits:

(1) Coverage under City of Boulder health and dental group benefit plans, with premiums paid entirely by council members electing such coverage; and

(2) Other benefits and amenities, except salary, available to the City of Boulder officers and employees, as the council may specify by motion, after considering a city manager's report and recommendation on such other benefits and amenities.

Ordinance Nos. 7753 (2010); 7782 (2010)

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¹ Adopted by Ordinance No. 4662. Derived from Ordinance No. 3345.

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