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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWater Board - Minutes - 02/15/1965• MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE WATER BOARD HELD &ARUARY 15, 1965 AT 4:00 O'CLOCK P. M. IN THE OFFICES OF FISCHER, FISCHER & BEATTY Present: Ward Fischer, Frank Ghent, John Bartel, Fred Feit members of the Water Board also Adam Fischer City Engineer and J. T. Banner Consulting Engineer. The City Council approved and referred the matter of purchasing North Poudre Water at $500.00 per share to the water Board, the Board also approves and recommends that all North Poudre Water available be purchaed athis price. The following charter Amenendment was read at length: CHARTER AMENDMENT Article Section 1. There is hereby continued and created a Water Board, which Board sh+ consist of six members to be appointed by the City Council. Member; of said Board shall serve for four years or until their successors are appointed. The initial membership of said board shall be ap- pointed pursuant to Ordinance No. 32, 1963, and appointments made thereunder are confirmed. All members shall be subject to removal by the City Council. The members of said Board shall serve without • compensation. Section 2. The said Water Board shall elect a President, Vice President and Secretary from their membership annually whose duties shall be such as may be prescribed by the by-laws, rules and regulations to be adopted by said Water board, which said by-laws, rules and regulati( shall not be inconsistearwith the Charter and Ordinances of the City of Fort Collins. A Copy of said rules immediately after adopti shall be filed with the City Clerk for the use of the Council. Meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the Chairman and at such other times as such Board may determine. The Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings and it shall keep records of its other official actions. Section 3. Duties and Powers: a) It shall be the duty of said Water Board to advise the City Council in all matters pertaining to the acquisition, control and dispositic of water rights and in all other matters concerning the municipal water system. b) Upon the advice and recommendation of the Water Board the City Counc may, anything in the Charter to the contrary notwhithstanding, issue bonds to finance the improvement, extension or acquisition of water, water works or water distribution systems to be owned or operated • by the City, porvided said bonds shall be payable solely out of the revenue to be derived therefrom. c) The Water Board Shall make recommendations to the Council for exPepd#ures under each current annual budget and it shall also submit long range plans, and recommend same to the Council. ' 0 • • d) Within its budget appropriation the Water Board shall have the power to employ engineers, legal and other professional consultants of its choosing for such services as the Board may require, on an annual retainer basis or otherwise; and within such appropriation shall have the power to acquire, develop and protect the waters, water works or distribution systems of the City of Fort Collins; provided however, that the Council is empowered to stipulate for what purpose the whole or any part of the budget appropriation may be used. e) The Council may authorize the Water Board to exercise the function of the Council in the leasing of surplus waters under Article Up Section 4 of the Charter. f) The Council may, from thime to time, authorize the Water Board to adopt rules and regulations concerning the acquistion, conservation control and usage of the waters, water rights, water works, or dis- tribution system of the City of Fort Collins, and may provide penal for violation thereof. g) The Water Board shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the City Council shall from time to time provide. Section 4. A Majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum and all action is by the Board shall taken by a majority of the whole Board. Section 5. Any and all parts of the Charter in conflict herwith are hereby repealed. After some discussion, motion was made by Frank Ghent seconded by Fred Feit that this be referred to the eity Manager and the members of the Council for study and to be passe upon in order to be placed on the Ballot for the April 6th, 1965 General Election. The Board also Recommended'_the purchasd of the 100 Acre foot units of Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District Water offered by J. Wyle and Clara M. Kennedy and 75 Acre foot units offered by Lee Walker at the present market price of 4100.00 per unit.