Denver City Council members are considering introducing a ballot initiative that would reduce the length of time the city’s elected officials could stay in office
No resolution has been filed yet. Council members say they’re just in the listening stage.Denver residents are invited to share their thoughts through an online survey.
If approved by voters, it would reduce the maximum time the mayor, city council members, the clerk and recorder, and the city auditor could stay in office from 12 years to eight years . But the amendment also gave local voters the power to change this in their community as they deemed it necessary. She said if plans for the ballot initiative move forward, this committee would be tasked with examining all sides of the issue.
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