C.R.S. Section 31-4-301
Mayor

  • board of trustees
  • election
  • compensation

(1)

The legislative and corporate authority of towns shall be vested in a board of trustees, consisting of one mayor and six trustees, who shall be registered electors who have resided within the limits of the town for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the date of the election; except that, in case of annexation, any person who has resided within the annexed territory for the time prescribed in this subsection (1) shall be deemed to have met the residence requirements for the town to which the territory was annexed.

(2)

At the regular election, there shall be elected a mayor for a term of two years and six trustees for terms of two years. Such election shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the “Colorado Municipal Election Code of 1965”.

(3)

All officers elected under this section shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and have complied with section 31-4-401, and four members of said board of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(4)

The mayor and members of the board of trustees shall receive such compensation as fixed by ordinance.

(5)

The board of trustees may provide by ordinance for four-year overlapping terms of office for trustees. The ordinance may also provide for four-year terms for the mayor and any officers elected pursuant to section 31-4-304. The board of trustees may reinstate the two-year terms provided for in subsection (2) of this section by ordinance. Any ordinance passed pursuant to this subsection (5) shall be enacted at least one hundred eighty days before the next regular election and is subject, notwithstanding an emergency declaration, to referendum if the referendum is brought pursuant to section 31-11-105 or pursuant to an applicable municipal ordinance enacted in accordance with section 1 of article V of the state constitution. No ordinance enacted pursuant to this subsection (5) shall extend or reduce the term for which any person was elected. If any vacancy occurs in an office for which a four-year term is in effect pursuant to this subsection (5), the board of trustees shall fill such vacancy, as provided in section 31-4-303. If the office in which the vacancy occurs is not an office for which a successor would otherwise have been elected at the next regular election, the term of office of the successor elected at that regular election shall be shortened so that the following regular election for the office is held at the time at which it would have been held if no vacancy had occurred.

Source: Section 31-4-301 — Mayor - board of trustees - election - compensation, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-31.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

31‑4‑101
Corporate authority vested 31‑4‑102
Mayor - qualifications and duties 31‑4‑103
Mayor - vacancy - appointment - mayor pro tem 31‑4‑104
Wards 31‑4‑105
Election of officers - terms 31‑4‑106
Councilman - residence - vacancies 31‑4‑107
Appointment of officers - terms 31‑4‑108
Expulsion from city council - vacancies in other offices 31‑4‑109
Compensation and fees of officers 31‑4‑110
City clerk - duties - city seal 31‑4‑111
City treasurer - powers and duties 31‑4‑112
Marshal or chief of police - duties 31‑4‑113
Terms of officers end upon adoption of charter 31‑4‑201
Authority to reorganize - rights and powers 31‑4‑202
Petition - election 31‑4‑203
Majority vote carries - when effective 31‑4‑204
Prior laws applicable - rights and liabilities continue 31‑4‑205
Council members - vacancies 31‑4‑206
Council members - nomination - election - compensation 31‑4‑207
Mayor - selection 31‑4‑207.5
Mayor - powers and duties 31‑4‑208
City attorney - municipal judge 31‑4‑209
Rules - business - journal 31‑4‑210
City manager - qualifications - removal 31‑4‑211
City manager - powers and responsibility 31‑4‑212
Council not to interfere 31‑4‑213
Duties of city manager 31‑4‑214
City manager sits in council - no vote 31‑4‑215
Administrative plan 31‑4‑216
Accounts of utilities 31‑4‑217
Publicity of records 31‑4‑218
Pay of officers and employees 31‑4‑219
Official bonds - waiver 31‑4‑301
Mayor - board of trustees - election - compensation 31‑4‑301.5
Change in number of trustees 31‑4‑302
Mayor - powers 31‑4‑303
Trustees to fill vacancy - mayor pro tem - clerk pro tem 31‑4‑304
Appointment of officers - compensation 31‑4‑305
Clerk - duties 31‑4‑306
Marshal or chief of police - powers and duties 31‑4‑307
Removal of officers - causes - notice 31‑4‑401
Oath or affirmation of officers - bonds - waiver - declaring office vacant 31‑4‑402
New bond 31‑4‑403
Lawful pay only for governing bodies 31‑4‑404
Not to be appointed to office 31‑4‑405
Emoluments not to be increased 31‑4‑406
Territorial corporations - compensation fixed by electors 31‑4‑407
Penalty for receiving illegal compensation 31‑4‑501
Officers subject to recall 31‑4‑502
Procedure - petition - signatures 31‑4‑503
Petition in sections - signing - affidavit - review - tampering with petition 31‑4‑504
Resignation - vacancy filled - election - ballot - nomination 31‑4‑504.5
Incumbent not recalled - reimbursement 31‑4‑505
Recall after six months - second petition 31‑4‑507
Powers of clerk and deputy
Green check means up to date. Up to date

Current through Fall 2024

§ 31-4-301’s source at colorado​.gov