Departments of Finance and Budget & Innovation and Offices of the City Clerk and City Attorney
Reference: Articles 2 and 3 Code Clean Up
To: Mayor Gregory Mills and Members of City Council
Through: Michael P. Martinez, City Manager
Prepared By: Catrina Asher, Director of Finance
Yasmina Gibbons, Deputy City Attorney
Date Prepared: July 15, 2026
PURPOSE
To propose updates to the Brighton Municipal Code (the "Code") related to: (a) the deadline to cure defects in petitions of nomination and affidavits; (b) successive ordinances; (c) budget carryover for non-lapsing capital appropriations; (d) the advertisement procedure for the procurement of construction services (e) and the procurement solicitation protest procedure.
BACKGROUND
Proposed Amendments to Article 2-4 - City Council
* A proposed amendment to Section 2-4-10(c)(1) related to the deadline to cure defects in petitions of nomination and affidavits. Currently, the Code allows for defects to be cured no later than 18 days before the day of the election. In order to align the deadlines of Article 2-4 with the deadlines for coordinated elections set out in Title 1 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, staff recommends that this deadline be changed to 64 days before the election. This proposed change will create harmony between the Code and State statutes during a coordinated election.
* A proposed amendment to Section 2-4-10(c)(10) relating to the computation of time is intended to provide clarity as to which deadlines are applicable, depending on whether the subject election is a coordinated election or not.
* Finally, staff is proposing the addition of a new Section 2-4-90 related to successive ordinances. Specifically, this section would prohibit same or similar ordinances which have previously been denied from being brought before Council for consideration for one year from the date of denial. The proposed Code section creates a pathway for Council to direct a denied ordinance to be brought back for c...
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