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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: March 24, 2009
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Ginny Sawyer
SUBJECT
Resolution 2009-031 Ratifying the Appointment of Linda Gabel to the Poudre River Public Library
District Board of Trustees.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Council ratified the initial appointments to the Library Board of Trustees on March 6,2007 pursuant
to Resolution 2007-026. Seven Trustees were appointed to the Board with initial terms ranging from
I to 5 years. This appointment is for two years and completes the remainder of the four year term
vacated in December 2008 by Trustee Robert Viscount. The appointment expires in March 2011.
The Library Trustee Selection Committee,comprised of Councilmembers Manvel and Poppaw and
Commissioners Rennels and Johnson, unanimously recommends the appointment of Linda Gabel
to the Library Board of Trustees.
BACKGROUND
In November 2006, voters approved the formation of the Fort Collins Regional Library District.
This name was changed to the Poudre River Public Library District in February 2009. The City
Council and County Commissioners formed a Library District Trustee Selection Committee,
comprised of two Council members and two Commissioners. The Committee interviewed numerous
candidates for the Board of Trustees and recommended seven candidates to the full Council and to
the Commissioners for ratification. The candidates were ratified unanimously by both the Council
and the Commissioners.
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.
The Committee, comprised of Councilmembers Ben Manvel and Lisa Poppaw and Commissioners
Kathay Rennels and Steve Johnson, met and completed interviews on March 12, 2009. Upon due
consideration,the Committee unanimously recommends to the Council and the Commissioners that
Linda Gabel be appointed to the Fort Collins Regional Library Board of Trustees to complete the
term of Robert Viscount.
RESOLUTION 2009-031
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RATIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OF LINDA GABEL 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, also in accordance with the Library Law, the City Council ratified the
appointment of seven trustees to the Library Board of Trustees on March 6, 2007, pursuant to
Resolution 2007-026; and
WHEREAS, in December, 2008 trustee Robert Viscount resigned from the Library Board
of Trustees, having served almost two years of a four-year term; and
WHEREAS, the Committee advertised for applicants and held interviews to select a new
trustee; and
WHEREAS,the Committee has appointed Linda Gabel to serve out the remainder of Robert
Viscount's four year term; and
WHEREAS, Section 24-90-108(2)(b) 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 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 Linda Gabel
to the Board of Trustees of the Poudre River Public Library District for a four year term; 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 24th
day of March, A.D. 2009.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk