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Englewood councilmember draws scrutiny over attendance, density plan

A petition to recall At Large Englewood Councilmember Cheryl Wink was submitted to the city clerk on June 27.

According to City Clerk Stephanie Carlile, the city’s deadline to determine the validity of the petition is Wednesday, July 5.

“[A total of] 1,426 valid signatures are needed to determine suciency,” Carlile said in an email June 29. If that bar is met and there is no successful protest of the petition, Wink would be subject to a recall election.

Wink, who was elected to o ce in 2017 and reelected in 2021, is one of four councilmembers facing potential recall, including Mayor Othoniel Sierra, District 2 Councilmember Chelsea Nunnenkamp and District 3 Councilmember Joe Anderson.

Earlier in June, recall petitions targeting Nunnenkamp and Sierra cleared the signature bar, with the Nunnenkamp petition needing 342 valid signatures and the Sierra petition needing 458 valid signatures.

Carlile said that as of the morning of June 29, a petition seeking the recall of Anderson had not been submitted.

“ e deadline to submit a petition is ursday, July 6 by 5 p.m. and 583 valid signatures are needed to determine su ciency,” she said in an email regarding the Anderson petition.

e recall e orts toward the four councilmembers began over their consideration of a proposal to allow multifamily residences into singlefamily zoning areas. e multifamily proposal has been shelved as the city prepares to create an a ordable housing task force. Wink is under additional scrutiny for her attendance record at city meetings. e City of Englewood’s Rules and Regulations for Recall Elections states there is a 15-day protest period for petitions, during which any registered elector with the ability to vote for a successor to the o cial can le a written protest statement with the city clerk, which must include clear reasons for the opposition of the recall petition.

“ e City Clerk will promptly mail a copy of the protest to the committee and the o cial, together with a notice of hearing on the protest,” the

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