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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY April 20, 2021
City Council
STAFF
Elizabeth Blythe, Senior Public Engagement Coordinator
Delynn Coldiron, City Clerk
Ingrid Decker, Legal
SUBJECT
Resolution 2021-043 Ratifying the Appointment of Hongyan Xiang to the Poudre River Public Library District
Board of Trustees.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to recommend ratification of the appointment of Hongyan Xiang to the Poudre River
Library District Board of Trustees. On January 6, 2021, Mr. Je remy Rose submitted a letter of resignation,
effective immediately. Mr. Rose’s term was set to expire on February 28, 2021. The Library Selection
Committee determined that Hongyan Xiang, who submitted an application in January 2021, should be
appointed to fill the vacancy on the Board of Trustees.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
In November 2006, voters approved the formation of the Fort Collins Regional Library District. The name was
changed to the Poudre River Public Library District in February 2009. Council and County Commissioners
established the initial seven-member Board of Trustees for the District.
The intergovernmental agreement between the City, County and District sets out the process for appointing
Trustees. It provides that a committee comprised of two members of Council and two Commissioners will
recommend a candidate for appointment who must be ratified by a two -thirds majority of both the full Council
and the Commissioners.
Jeremy Rose was appointed to the Board of Trustees in February 2020 to a term that was set to expire on
February 28, 2021. On January 6, 2021, Mr. Rose submitted a letter of resignation, effective immediately.
On April 5, 2021, the Library Selection Committee, comprised of Councilmembers Melanie Potyondy and Julie
Pignataro, and Commissioners Kristin Stephens and John Kefalas, met and determined that Hongyan Xiang,
who submitted an application in January 2021, should be appointed to fill the vacancy. This Re solution ratifies
the appointment of Hongyan Xiang for a four-year term to expire on February 28, 2025.
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RESOLUTION 2021-043
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RATIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OF HONGYAN XIANG TO
THE POUDRE RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES
WHEREAS, on November 7, 2006, the voters approved a citizen initiative to establish
and fund the Fort Collins Regional Library District, now called the Poudre River Public Library
District (the “Library District”), pursuant to Sections 24-90-101 to 606 of the Colorado Revised
Statutes (the “Library Law”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Library Law, the City Council and Larimer County
Commissioners each appointed two of their members to a committee (the “Committee”) to fill
seven positions on the initial board of trustees of the Library District; and
WHEREAS, on March 6, 2007, in accordance with the Library Law, the City Council
passed Resolution 2007-026 ratifying the appointment of seven trustees to the Library Board of
Trustees; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Bylaws of the Library District Board of Trustees, a trustee
may serve no more than two consecutive four-year terms, which are staggered so that typically
one or two trustees are appointed or reappointed every year; and
WHEREAS, in February 2020 Mr. Jeremy Rose was appointed as a trustee for a term set
to expire on February 28, 2021; and
WHEREAS, on January 6, 2021, Mr. Rose submitted a letter of resignation, effective
immediately; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that Hongyan Xiang, who submitted an
application in January 2021, should be appointed to fill the vacancy; and
WHEREAS, Section 24-90-108(2)(c) of the Library Law requires that the Committee’s
trustee appointment be ratified by a two-thirds majority vote of the legislative body of each
governmental unit participating in the District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That pursuant to the requirements of the Colorado Library Law, the City
Council, by a two-thirds majority vote of its members, hereby ratifies the Committee’s
appointment of Hongyan Xiang to the Board of Trustees of the Poudre River Public Library
District for a term to expire on February 28, 2025; provided, however, that such action is
contingent upon the Larimer County Commissioners taking similar action.
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Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
20th day of April A.D. 2021.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk