HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES-12/09/1980-AdjournedDecember 9, 1980
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO
Council -Manager Form of Government
Adjourned Meeting - 10:00 a.m.
An adjourned meeting'of the Council of the City of Fort.Collins was held on
Tuesday, December 9, 1980, at 10:00 a.m. in the Council Chambers in the
City of Fort Collins .City Hall. Roll call was answered by the following
Councilmembers: Bowling, Gray, Reeves, and St. Croix.
Absent: Councilmembers Kross, Wilkinson, and Wilmarth
Staff Members Present: Arnold, Liley, Krajicek, and Lanspery.
Report from City Attorney
on Pending Legal Matters
City Attorney Liley explained that she had initially intended to ask for an
Executive Session to update Council on the City Hall litigation but that
the preliminary report from Clifton, Gunderson, and Company, whom the City
has hired to doan independent audit, did not get in on time for the
special counsel to meet with the other attorneys and prepare a report for
Council. That update will now be scheduled for December 16th.
Choice Care
City Attorney Liley briefed Council on the Choice Care situation. She
reported that the receivership would probably terminate in May and that
50-60% of the outstanding bills will be paid. She asked Council to decide
whether the City should intervene in the Hewlett-Packard lawsuit. She
noted that the City of Loveland had filed their motion to intervene .and
that Judge Dressel had granted their motion but had limited it to the
defendants named in the H-P suit. She again requested three things:
1. that staff be allowed to prepare claims on .behalf of all City
employees involved and submit them to the receiver before Decem-
ber 31.
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2. that we take an assignment from all City employees so that we are
able to assert their claim in the H-P lawsuit.
3. that we file a motion to intervene in the H-P suit before the end
of the year.
She further noted that the total of the dollar amount billed to City
employees by doctors and Poudre Valley Hospital is approximately $10,000.
Councilwoman Reeves made a motion, seconded by Councilman St. Croix, to
direct the City Attorney to take the 3 steps as she had outlined. Yeas:
Councilmembers Bowling, Gray, Reeves, and St. Croix. Nays: None.
THE MOTION CARRIED.
Trio ity (Woodwest) Lawsuit
City Attorney Liley announced that the judge had ruled in the City's favor '
on every count but that the attorneys for the plaintiffs had filed a motion
for a new trial on the basis that Judge Dressel had been a member of the
Planning and Zoning Board at the time some of the phases of the Woodwest
subdivision had been approved. They have asked that he disqualify himself
and set the matter for a new trial.
Census
City Attorney Liley requested direction on whether to pursue the matter
further. She noted that the Census Bureau had refused to open their.
records and to recount. She pointed out that two options were available:
1. to continue the administrative appeal to Washington.
2. a litigation option.
Council consensus was to pursue all avenues and to work with the CML on the
possibility of a joint effort to include all Colorado cities that are
considering separate suits.
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Adjournment
There being no further business to come before the Council, the meeting
adjourned at 10:15 a.m.
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