Englewood Police Benefit Ass'n, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 22 v. City of Englewood

Opinion by

Chief Judge STERNBERG.

In this appeal from the summary judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, En-glewood Police Benefit Association (EPBA), the determinative issue is whether defendant City of Englewood (Englewood) may hold a special election on the same day as a municipal general election. The trial court held that Englewood’s home rule charter prevented Englewood from holding the two types of elections on the same day. We reverse.

Englewood is a home rule city organized pursuant to Colo. Const, art. XX, § 6, and operating under a charter adopted by its citizens. The EPBA is a…