Four-Year Terms and a Two-Term Limit for Broomfield's Mayor
Government structureTerm limits
Gives future Broomfield mayors 4-year terms, limited to two consecutive terms, from the 2027 municipal election.
City and County of Broomfield
Kim's Recommendation
NO
Vote No on Broomfield Proposed Charter Amendment No. 1C
The citywide race for mayor every two years is the most direct hold Broomfield residents have on that office. Charter Amendment 1C stretches the gap between those races to four years, beginning in 2027. The attorney's memo records the opponents' point: a mistake or a controversial decision may stand for years before residents can answer it at an election. I favor giving voters more chances to judge an officeholder, not fewer.
Charter Amendment 1C pairs the longer term with a two-term limit. The limit caps how many terms a mayor may serve; it does not give residents back the elections the four-year term removes.
I recommend a no vote on Broomfield Proposed Charter Amendment No. 1C.
Kim Monson
Host, The Kim Monson Show · President, Colorado Union of Taxpayers · Colorado Voter's Guide 2026
Certified ballot question
(4-year term of office with two term limits for Future Mayors)
Currently, the mayor serves a 2-year term and is limited to three consecutive terms. Shall Section 4.3 of the Broomfield Home Rule Charter be amended so future mayors will serve a 4-year term and be limited to two consecutive terms starting at the general municipal election to be held in 2027?
A yes vote means
From the 2027 municipal election, Broomfield's mayor would serve a 4-year term and be limited to two consecutive terms.
A no vote means
The mayor would keep serving 2-year terms, limited to three consecutive terms.
The Mayor's Term and Term Limit01
Broomfield's mayor now serves a two-year term and may serve three consecutive terms, as the ballot states: "Currently, the mayor serves a 2-year term and is limited to three consecutive terms." Proposed Charter Amendment No. 1C amends Section 4.3 of the Broomfield Home Rule Charter so that future mayors serve a four-year term and are limited to two consecutive terms, starting at the general municipal election in 2027.
The City Council set the new wording in Ordinance No. 2309, approved on second reading on July 14, 2026. The two-year mayoral election continues "until November 2027," and from that election on "the mayor shall be elected for a four year term." The mayor gets a separate limit: "No Mayor shall serve more than two consecutive partial or full terms of office." Councilmembers keep four-year terms and a limit of three consecutive terms. Section 4.3(d) provides that a partial term means at least 50% of the regular term, terms count as consecutive unless they are at least four years apart, and mayor and councilmember are different offices.
The Earlier Four-Year Term Question02
In August 2024 the council approved Ballot Question 2G, which the city and county attorney's memo describes as extending future mayors' terms from two years to four years starting with the mayor elected in November 2025. On November 5, 2024, 2G failed, 41.86% for and 58.14% against, and the mayor's term stayed at two years with a limit of three consecutive terms.
Councilmember Cohen asked for a discussion at the council's February 9, 2026, focus session, and the council then directed staff to draft the question. Broomfield's Charter Review Committee had recommended a four-year mayoral term in its final report of November 14, 2023.
The Arguments Before the Council03
The attorney's memo lists arguments on both sides. For the change: two-year terms date from 1961, when Broomfield was a city of approximately 6,500 residents; council terms moved to four years in 1977 while the mayor's did not; and a four-year term "facilitates the planning, execution, and oversight of significant long-term projects," and a two-year term "may limit" continuity on regional bodies such as the Denver Regional Council of Governments. Against it: shorter terms "provide stronger accountability," and "policy mistakes or controversial decisions may continue for years before residents have the opportunity to respond through an election." The memo states the change will not affect the city and county's election costs or the cost of administrative support for the mayor's office.
Broomfield Ordinance No. 2309 (second reading approved July 14, 2026) refers to the November 3, 2026 election a charter amendment giving future mayors 4-year terms limited to two consecutive terms starting with the 2027 election.
The Broomfield City Council's July 14, 2026 meeting packet contains item 7A, the City and County Attorney's memo and Ordinance No. 2309 (second reading) referring to the November 3.
Broomfield City Council minutes of July 14, 2026 record the 9-1 passage on second reading of Ordinance No. 2309, referring to the November 3, 2026 ballot a Charter Section 4.3 amendment on the term of office for future mayors.
