Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Golden Gate Fire Protection District Board of Directors Election 
Election date: May 6, 2008

Terms of office for Golden Gate Fire Protection District Board members expire this May. Therefore, in accordance with the provisions of the Colorado Special District Act and the Uniform Election Code of 1992, a regular biennial Special District election is scheduled for Tuesday, May 6, 2008 to elect three Directors. All three positions are for four-year terms, from May 2008 to May 2012.

Anyone living within the Golden Gate Fire Protection District or owning property within the District wishing to run for one of these Board positions must fill out an Election Self-Nomination and Acceptance form. The form may be obtained by calling the District’s Designated Election Official (DEO), Kammy Tinney of the Clifton CPA firm, 8390 E. Crescent Pkway, Greenwood Village, 80111, phone 303-779-4525. Election Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the DEO by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 29, 2008. You may mail a completed Election Self-Nomination and Acceptance form to:

Kammy Tinney
Clifton CPA
8390 E. Crescent Pkway
Greenwood Village, 80111

A person who misses this deadline but wishes to be a write-in candidate for office shall file an affidavit of intent with the Designated Election Official no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 3, 2008.

According to State law, Special District elections may be cancelled if there are not more candidates than there are vacant seats and no ballot issues are proposed. The two other Golden Gate Fire Protection District Director positions are occupied by Jerry Hans and Mike Czyzewski. Their terms in office expire May 2010.

The Board meets the third Wednesday of each month with additional meetings as required. Responsibilities of the Board members are to be the financial stewards of the tax revenues for the district, manage the firefighter’s pension plan, and oversee the functions of the department under the Fire Chief. The district also has the responsibility to provide fire mitigation education and keep district members informed of district business by holding open meetings, publishing minutes of meetings, and updating the district website. See http://www.goldengatefire.org/board.htm for additional Board responsibilities.

A voting ballot will be mailed to all active voters living within the District or owning property within the District. There will be no polling location on Election Day. All voting is by mail-in ballot.

Ballots will be mail between April 11, 2008 and April 21, 2008

Find documents needed for a special district election at the State of Colorado Department of Local Affairs website: http://dola.colorado.gov/dlg/ta/special_districts/elections/manual.html 
This site includes an Election Self-Nomination and Acceptance form (Form B-9). You will also find disabled voter assistance information and non-English voter assistance information.

Each director, within 30 days after election, shall take an oath of faithful performance. The oath must be files with the Clerk of District Court and the DLG (Division of Local Government.

 

CAMPAIGN & POLITICAL FINANCE COMPLIANCE
M E M O R A N D U M

Date: January 3, 2008

To: All Golden Gate Canyon Fire Protection District Candidates

From: Kammy K. Tinney, Designated Election Official

Regarding: 2008 Regular Special District Election – Candidate’s Campaign and
Political Finance Responsibilities


Pursuant to Secretary of State Campaign Finance Rules 8.1 the designated election official shall provide to the county clerk and recorder of the county in which the district court having jurisdiction over the special district is located, the self-nomination and acceptance forms and affidavits of intent to be a write-in candidate, no later than 60 days before the election (pursuant to CRS 1-5-203(3)). As required, the district will forward your petition for candidacy to the following person:

Jefferson County Clerk & Recorder; CPF Contact Person

Telephone Number: 303-271-8111

You have signed and submitted a self-nomination and acceptance form or an affidavit of intent to be a write-in candidate, and in so doing swore or affirmed that you “are familiar with the provisions of the Colorado Fair Campaign Practices Act (FCPA) as required in CRS 1-45-110 and shall not, in my campaign for this office, receive contributions or make expenditures exceeding twenty dollars ($20) in the aggregate, however, if I do so, I shall file all disclosure reports required under the Fair Campaign Practices Act. I understand that no filing of disclosure reports is required unless and until the twenty dollar ($20) threshold has been met.” [Article XXVIII, Section 2(2), CRS 1-45-108(1), and Secretary of State Rules Concerning Campaign & Political Finance 8.4]

Campaign and Political Finance filings are coordinated with the clerk and recorder as mentioned above. The designated election official of the district has provided you with the contact data for this official. If you have any campaign and political finance questions you must contact the clerk & recorder for further assistance.

Please note that the clerk & recorder coordinates CPF filings for all levels of local, school, municipal, and county governments. Consequently, many of the clerks set up automatic courtesy notifications to go out to all candidates and committees. These notices will remind you of the CPF filing deadlines, reporting periods, and of the $50.00 per day penalty should you fail to file, or if your filing is received late.

However, because you have already sworn that unless and until you have received a contribution toward your candidacy or make an expenditure of personal funds of more than $20.00, in aggregate that you will not be required to file, these notices shall not apply to you. As long as you maintain this status, you may disregard the correspondence that arrives from the county clerk and recorder regarding CPF. If, however, your status changes, and you become required to disclose and file Campaign & Political Finance documents, please contact your campaign finance official (the county clerk & recorder), immediately. They will provide you with instructions on how to proceed.