The Pueblo Chieftain
City Council is scheduled to have a two-hour briefing and discussion Monday evening on three far-reaching state ballot initiatives that would require sharp cuts in the property taxes that support public schools while also curtailing the ability of state and local governments to issue bonds for capital construction projects.
Sen. Abel Tapia’s proposal that seeks to make it more difficult for citizens to run ballot initiatives that would change the Colorado Constitution was harshly criticized during testimony, but it narrowly passed a Senate committee on Wednesday. Tapia, D-Pueblo, said Senate Concurrent Resolution 3 aims to keep reasonable the amount of issues that confront voters on the statewide ballot.
Roughly five weeks away from the Nov. 3 election, City Council will finalize city ballot questions at its regular meeting tonight, including setting the ballot title for the initiative to create a “strong mayor” form of city government. Council’s regular meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall. The agenda for the pre-meeting work session calls for an executive session to discuss negotiations.