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Ballot question: simpler way to amend ordinances

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ORD 18-2026 · official title ▾

AN ORDINANCE to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members of Council, or otherwise to take effect and be in force at the earliest period allowed by law, submitting to the electors of the City of Lakewood an amendment to the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood in order to change the manner in which legislation is amended and to remove the requirement that the entire ordinance or resolution be repealed then a new ordinance or resolution be enacted. source

Places a Charter amendment before Lakewood voters that would change how legislation is amended, removing the requirement that an entire ordinance or resolution be repealed and re-enacted to change it. pdf Written by AI from the legislation PDF

introduced ·
02.17
readings ·
03.02
passed ·
07.20

Places a Charter amendment before Lakewood voters that would change how legislation is amended, removing the requirement that an entire ordinance or resolution be repealed and re-enacted to change it. pdf Written by AI from the legislation PDF

Timeline

07.20City CouncilPassedrecap →07.06City CouncilDeferredrecap →03.16City CouncilDeferredrecap →03.16Committee of the WholeOn the agendarecap →03.02City CouncilReadrecap →02.17City CouncilIntroducedrecap →

Changes

Substitute version (S.) on Jul 20.Record

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Latest vote

07.06 · motion to amend by correcting a typo
Deferred 7–0minutes

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