Broomfield Voters:
If Question 2G Passes…
Why no on question 2G?
the broomfield city council is prioritizing increasing the mayor term length two years to four years, doubling the total time the mayor could could be in office.
Question 2G is yet another question that the Broomfield City Council decided to put on the November ballot with the intent of extending the length of time that our elected officials can serve. For this question the Broomfield City Council is asking you to change the length of the Mayor’s term from 2 years to 4 years.
As the Broomfield Mayor can serve up to 3 consecutive terms, if Question 2G is passed, it will double the length that the Mayor could serve from 6 years to 12 years.
Question 2G is very similar to Question 2B in its intention and outcome. The current City Council is fixated on increasing the length of time they can be in office AND increasing their pay to become full-time, full-paid officials. Their end goal is to turn the Broomfield Council into a political career-path while making a living off of the taxpayers for up to 12 years.
Should Question 2G and Question 2B both pass, the Broomfield Mayor and Broomfield Councilmembers could be in office for up to 12 years.
Broomfield’s history has been well served by citizen councilmembers focused on what Broomfield needs, NOT on their own political aspirations or desires. Question 2G unnecessarily increases the Mayor’s term length and effectively doubles the years the mayor could serve and will prioritize the mayor as a career of politician instead of a representative of their neighbors and fellow citizens.
PRotect your vote. Vote no on Question 2G.
what is question 2G (4 year term of office for Mayor)?
“Shall Section 4.3 of the Broomfield Home Rule Charter be amended to provide that the term length for the position of mayor be extended from two (2) years to four (4) years, commencing for the mayor elected at the 2025 November election? “
______ Yes/For ______ No/Against
If Question 2G passes, what language will Change in the broomfield charter?
Question 2G was sent to the November 2024 ballot when the Broomfield Council passed Ordinance 2248 on July 30 2024 (First Reading, Item 7E) and August 13 2024 (Second Reading, Item 7B).
Question 2G was brought by the Broomfield Council on their own; it was not a recommendation made by the Broomfield Charter Review Committee.
If passed by Broomfield voters in November, Question 2G will change Chapter IV (Council and Mayor) Section 4.3 (b) (Terms of Office - Mayor and Councilmembers), adding a statement that the Mayor will be elected to a four year term in the November 2025 election and thereafter.
The revised language for Chapter IV (Council and Mayor) Section 4.3 (b) (Terms of Office - Mayor and Councilmembers) is provided below, the highlighting the language that will removed (red) and added (blue).
Section 4.3 Terms of Office - Mayor and Councilmembers.
(b) On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in the year 1977, the first regular municipal election shall be held under the provisions of this Charter amendment, at which time a Mayor shall be elected from the City at large for a two (2) year term and shall be elected every two years thereafter until November 2025; and two (2) councilmembers shall be elected from each of the five (5) wards of the City as follows: the candidate receiving the highest number of votes within each ward shall be elected for a four (4) year term and the candidate receiving the next highest number of votes within said ward shall be elected for two (2) year term. Thereafter, each councilmember shall be elected for a four year term. Beginning with the election in November 2025 and thereafter, the mayor shall be elected for a four year term.
Source: Ordinance 2248 - Ballot Question Section 4.3_The Length of the Mayor’s Term
Source: August 13, 2024 Public Hearing Charter Ballot Question Ordinances - 2nd Reading (Item 7A)