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For Immediate Release •
September 11, 2009
Staff Contact: Valeria Skitt, Longmont City Clerk, 303-651-8650
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September 11, 2009 - City of Longmont registered electors have until 5 p.m. Friday, September 18, 2009, to turn in written comments on a ballot issue which will appear on the November 3 regular municipal election ballot. The comments will be summarized and included in an information packet that will be mailed to registered voters' homes prior to the election.
The comments must be written and labeled clearly as either pro or con statements. Electors submitting comments must include their name and address in order for their comments to be included. Written comments are being accepted at the Longmont City Clerk's office, 350 Kimbark Street.
While there are four Longmont ballot items—extension of the ¾ cent sales and use tax for street maintenance and improvements; authorization to issue $21,130,000 of wastewater revenue bonds for capital improvements; authorization to allow the City of Longmont to provide telecommunications services, advanced services and cable television service; and retention of the Municipal Judge—pro and con comments will be accepted only for the extension of the sales and use tax for street maintenance and improvements in accordance with State Constitution requirements for TABOR issues.
The full text of the ballot issue and all other municipal questions on the November 3 ballot are available at the City Clerk's office, 350 Kimbark Street, 651-8649, or on the City of Longmont’s website at http://www.ci.longmont.co.us/city_clerk/election/ballot.htm.
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