HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 07/20/1999 - RESOLUTION 99-91 APPROVING THE REQUEST FOR NON-GOV AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY ITEM NUMBER: 21
DATE: July 20, 1999
• FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF:
Ken Mannon
SUBJECT :
Resolution 99-91 Approving the Request for Non-Government, Regular Colorado License Plates
on City Vehicles Assigned to the Chief of Police and the City Manager.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The State and the County now require that the governing body of a municipality approve of the
issuance of regular,non-governmental license plates for City vehicles. This Resolution is intended
to satisfy this requirement so that the City vehicles assigned to the Chief of Police and the City
Manager can obtain such license plates. There is no additional charge for these plates.
BACKGROUND:
The City vehicles assigned to the Chief of Police and the City Manager have, until last year, been
issued non-government,regular license plates by the Larimer County Motor Vehicle Office without
formal approval of Council. However,as of last year,the County required such approval before new
plates of this type could be issued. The non-government,regular license plates do not specifically
state on their face that the vehicle is a City-owned vehicle. However, the registration records do
state that the City is the owner. These types of plates are not to be confused with "undercover"
plates which would be registered in a fictitious name. Because the vehicles assigned to the Chief
of Police and the City Manager are for both business and personal uses, the explicit identification
of the vehicles as "city vehicles" on the license plates could lead to the public's misunderstanding
as to the proper uses to which the vehicles are being put. The Resolution is intended to communicate
City Council's approval of this type of plate on the City vehicles assigned to the City Manager and
the Chief of Police. Because the County requires that the vehicles be specifically identified, the
Resolution also authorizes the Mayor to inform the County Motor Vehicle Office of Council's
approval along with the designation of the specific vehicles to be assigned to the City Manager and
the Chief of Police. Each year or upon the change of vehicles, Fleet Services will prepare a letter
to the County Motor Vehicle Office for the Mayor's signature which will authorize the non-
government, regular license plates per this Resolution and designate the vehicles for the City
Manager and the Chief of Police.
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RESOLUTION 99-91
• OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING NON-GOVERNMENT, REGULAR
COLORADO LICENSE PLATES ON CITY VEHICLES ASSIGNED
TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE CITY MANAGER
WHEREAS,there exists a need to display regular,non-government license plates upon the
City of Fort Collins vehicles assigned to the Chief of Police and the City Manager; and
WHEREAS,the Larimer County Motor Vehicle Office and the State of Colorado require that
the governing body of a municipality approve of the request for such vehicle license plates.
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS,COLORADO that non-government,regular license plates for the City vehicles assigned
to the Chief of Police and the City Manager are hereby authorized and approved. The Mayor is
hereby authorized to advise the Latimer County Motor Vehicle Office and the State of Colorado of
such authorization and approval concerning the vehicles specifically assigned to the City Manager
and the Chief of Police.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this
20th day of July, A.D. 1999.
•
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk