HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 01/04/2000 - RESOLUTION 2000-7 DESIGNATING THE PLACE FOR POSTIN AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 28
DATE: January 4, 2000
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Steve Roy
Wanda Krajicek
SUBJECT :
Resolution 2000-7 Designating the Place for Posting Notices of Certain Public Meetings.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The state Sunshine Law requires that, at its first regular meeting of each year, the City Council
designate the place for the posting of notices of meetings to be held by the Council, City boards and
commissions or any committees of the same.
OACKGROUND:
The adoption of this Resolution is being recommended by City staff to comply with the provisions
of the state's Sunshine Law, even though the City has adopted its own open meetings laws. Both
the state Sunshine Law and the City Code require that full and timely notice be given of meetings
at which any formal action could occur or at which a majority of the members are expected to be in
attendance. One of the requirements of the state law is that the City Council, at its first regular
meeting of each calendar year, designate the public place or places for the posting of such notices.
That place is already designated in Section 2-34 and 2-74 of the City Code as the Information Desk
bulletin board in the lobby of City Hall West. These provisions in the Code probably satisfy the
intent of the state law. (Many municipalities may not have such code provisions if they do not have
local open meetings laws.) However, since there is no conflict on this point between the
requirements of the state law and the requirements of the City Code,staff is recommending that this
Resolution be adopted. The adoption of the Resolution should not be construed, however, as a
waiver of the City's ability,as a home rule municipality,to abide solely by the provisions of its local
open meetings laws if a situation arises in which there is a conflict between the state and local laws.
. RESOLUTION 2000-7
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
DESIGNATING THE PLACE FOR POSTING NOTICES OF
CERTAIN PUBLIC MEETINGS
WHEREAS,the state legislature has enacted Section 24-6-401 et seq.(the"Sunshine Law"),
which governs the meetings of"local public bodies"as defined therein; and
WHEREAS,Section 24-6-402(2)(c)ofthe Sunshine Law states that a local public body shall,
at its first regular meeting of each calendar year,designate the public place or places for posting full
and timely notice of any meetings of local public bodies at which the adoption of any proposed
policy,position resolution,rule,regulation or formal action occurs,or at which a majority or quorum
of the body is in attendance, or is expected to be in attendance; and
WHEREAS,the City of Fort Collins,as a home rule municipality,has adopted its own laws
pertaining to meetings of the City Council, City boards and commissions and the committees of
each; and
WHEREAS, through the adoption of Section 2-34 and 2-74 of the City Code, the City
Council has permanently designated the place for the posting of notice of meetings of these bodies
as required by the Sunshine Law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes,nonetheless,to comply with the requirements of the
Sunshine Law to the extent that such requirements are not in conflict with the City's own open
meetings laws.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Information Desk bulletin board in the lobby of City Hall West, 300 LaPorte
Avenue,shall be, and the same hereby is,designated as the proper place for the posting of notice of
any meetings of the City Council or City, boards and commissions, or meetings of the committees
of such bodies,for which public notice is required by law to be given.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 4th day of January,
A.D. 2000.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk