Voters in four Colorado cities on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed local ballot questions put before them, voting to approve 11 of the 12 ranging from a tax increase to a ban on large grocers providing disposable plastic bags.
Unofficial results from the April 6 election show the latter of those ballot questions, the plastic bag ban, approved by voters in Fort Collins by nearly a 19-point margin. That question, which was referred to voters by Fort Collinsâ city council, also includes a 12-cent fee on paper bags.
Voters in Fort Collins also approved four of the five charter amendments on the ballot, including:
organization of council and the election of the mayor pro tem;
Live coverage: More than 40,000 ballots returned in Fort Collins election Eric Larsen and Jacy Marmaduke, Fort Collins Coloradoan
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It s Election Day 2021 in Fort Collins time to decide on a new mayor, the future of the former Hughes Stadium property and whether paper or plastic will become a relic of past shopping trips.
Between those races and four City Council seats up for grabs, there s plenty to be decided once polls close at 7 p.m. The Coloradoan will have fresh stories once results are posted tonight. Until then, let s wait together.
Kelly Ohlson 67.48%
Jeff Hansen 32.52%
City Charter Amendment 1 (Allows City Council to vote a member as mayor pro tem in case of a resignation or after the swearing in of new council members)
Yes 44.58%
No 55.42%
City Charter Amendment 2 (Repeals ban on political parties, city employees, public service corporations or other groups with interests in city policy from donating to City Council elections)
Yes 44.58%
No 55.42%
City Charter Amendment 3 (Allows the city to pay for expenditures using grants, donations and borrowing if not specifically earmarked for a purpose)
Yes 63.52%
No 36.48%
City Charter Amendment 4 (Extends the deadline for publication of annual audits of the city’s finances from five months after the end of the fiscal year to seven months)
The Fort Collins City Clerk office released the unofficial results from the April 6 election.
Jenni James Arndt won the mayor position, a citywide plastic bag ban won support and the vote determined the old Hughes Stadium site should remain parks and open space.
Official results will be posted on April 16.
Large grocers will soon be prohibited from providing disposable plastic bags after the initiative passed with 58.98% of the vote. Disposable paper bags will still be allowed for a 12-cent fee.
What to do with the former Hughes Stadium site had also been up for debate. The ordinance to keep the land open space and parks passed with 68.61% of the vote. Other proposals had wanted to develop the space into more housing and commercial businesses.
State Rep. Jeni Arndt elected as Fort Collins mayor
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FORT COLLINS, Colo. â Fort Collins voters on Tuesday elected state Rep. Jeni Arndt as the city s new mayor.
Arndt, a Democrat, won 23,778 votes to Molly Skold s 9,541 and Gerry Horak s 4,593. Arndt will replace outgoing Mayor Wade Troxell, who has been in the mayor position since 2015.
Arndt was first elected to represent House District 53 in 2014. She was re-elected to the district in November.
Arndt will leave her position as a state representative at some point this month, according to The Denver Post. A committee will be formed to select a Democrat to fill Arndt s seat for the remainder of her term, the Post reported.