VOLUME 60 | ISSUE 9
WEEK OF OCTOBER 5, 2023
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Officials reject letting citizens fill city council vacancies BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Thornton City Councilmember Kathy Henson tried to resolve what she says is a simmering issue, but was voted down. She moved to put a question on the 2024 ballot that would decide who fills future city council vacancies: the members of the council or voters. Currently, it is the council that decides such matters. And, the council voted in late September against putting Henson’s idea to voters. The issue is linked to the removal and appointment of council members last year.. In February 2022, five of Thornton’s council members voted to vacate the Ward 1 council seat held by Jacque Phillips, saying she no longer met residency requirements. Phillips, a special education attorney, accepted a job as executive director of the Alamosa’s San Luis Valley Board of Cooperative Educational Services. She owns homes in Thornton and Alamosa. SEE PROPOSAL, P12
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