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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/19/2022 - RESOLUTION 2022-040 RATIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OF A Agenda Item 24 Item # 24 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY April 19, 2022 City Clerk STAFF Tammi Pusheck, Privacy & Records Mgr. Anissa Hollingshead, City Clerk Ingrid Decker, Legal SUBJECT Resolution 2022-040 Ratifying the Appointment of Anuja Riles and Randyn Heisserer-Miller to the Poudre River Library District Board of Trustees and Designating Janelle Branzington as an Alternate. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to make appointments to the Poudre River Library District Board of Trustees. Anuja Riles and Randyn Heisserer-Miller will be appointed to a first term, and designating Janelle Branzington as an alternate should a vacancy occur on the Board prior to the next recruitment process. 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 Commission ers will recommend a candidate for appointment who must be ratified by a two -thirds majority of both the full Council and the Commissioners. The Committee, comprised of Mayor Pro Tem Emily Francis and Councilmember Julie Pignataro and Larimer County Commissioners John Kefalas and Kristen Stephens, met on March 29, 2022 to fill two open seats on the Board of Trustees, one for three years remaining of a four -year term, and one for a four-year term. The three members of the Committee present agreed to appoint Anuja Riles and Randyn Heisserer-Miller to fill the two open. Janelle Brazington was also interviewed by the committee on March 29, 2022 and was designated as an alternate. The Committee reconvened on April 13 to finalize the terms of the two new Board members: 1. Anuja Riles will be appointed to the open spot with a term expiring March 2026. 2. Randyn Heisserer-Miller will be appointed to fill the vacancy with a term expiring March 2025. 3. Janelle Brazington was designated as an alternate should the Board need to fill an unexpected vacancy due to a Trustee resigning before the end of their term. -1- RESOLUTION 2022-040 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS RATIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OF ANUJA RILES AND RANDYN HEISSERER-MILLER TO THE POUDRE RIVER LIBRARY DISTRICT BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DESIGNATING JANELLE BRANZINGTON AS AN ALTERNATE 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, the Library District is governed by a board of seven trustees appointed by the City Council and Larimer County Commissioners; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Library Law, the City Council and Larimer Co unty Commissioners have each appointed two of their members to a committee (the “Committee”) to fill open seats on the board of trustees of the Library District; 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, there are two open seats on the Poudre River Library District Board of Trustees, one with three years remaining of a four-year term, and one for a four-year term; and WHEREAS, on March 29, 2022, the Committee met and unanimously agreed to name Anuja Riles and Randyn Heisserer-Miller to fill the two open seats on the Board; and WHEREAS, the Committee also named Janelle Brazington as the backup candidate should someone leave the Board unexpectedly before the next recruitment process; and WHEREAS, on April 13, 2022, the Committee reconvened to finalize the terms of the two new trustees, and decided that Anuja Riles would be appointed for a four-year term and Randyn Heisserer-Miller would be appointed for a three-year term; and WHEREAS, Section 24-90-108(2)(c) of the Library Law requires that the Committee’s trustee appointments 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. -2- 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 Anuja Riles to fill a vacancy with a term expiring March 2026, and Randyn Heisserer-Miller to fill a vacancy on the Board with a term expiring March 2025, and ratifies the designation of Janelle Brazington as an alternate should the Board need to fill a vacancy due to a Trustee resigning before the end of their term and prior to the next Board recruitment process, provided, however, that such action is contingent upon the Larimer County Commissioners taking similar action. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 19th day of April, A.D. 2022. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk