HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 10/23/2012 - RESOLUTION 2012-097 RATIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OF MDATE: October 23, 2012
STAFF: Wendy Williams
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 4
SUBJECT
Resolution 2012-097 Ratifying the Appointment of Maddy Wawro to the Poudre River Public Library District Board of
Trustees.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On February 20, 2012, the Library Trustee Selection Committee, comprised of Mayor Karen Weitkunat and
Councilmember Lisa Poppaw and Larimer County Commissioners Lew Gaiter and Steve Johnson, unanimously
recommends the appointment of Kipp Lyons for a four-year term. On September 26, 2012, Mr. Lyons resubmitted
a letter of resignation, effective October 15, 2012.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
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 Councilmembers 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 Mayor Karen Weitkunat and Councilmember Lisa Poppaw and Commissioners Lew
Gaiter and Steve Johnson, met on February 20, 2012. The Committee, in part, unanimously recommended to the
Council and the Commissioners that Kipp Lyons be appointed for a four-year term, as provided in the Board’s bylaws.
At that same meeting, the Committee determined that, should another vacancy occur, applicant Maddy Wawro would
be the Committee’s next recommended appointee. That selection has been reconfirmed with the Committee, and this
Resolution ratifies the appointment of Maddy Wawro for a term to expire in March 2016.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
RESOLUTION 2012-097
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RATIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OF MADDY WAWRO 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, on March 6, 2007, in accordance with the Library Law, the City Council passed
Resolution 2007-026 ratifying the appointment of seven trustees to the Library Board of Trustees;
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, on February 20, 2012, the Committee met and decided, in part, to appoint Kipp
Lyons to a four-year term expiring in March 2016; and
WHEREAS, on September 26, 2012, Mr. Lyons submitted a letter of resignation, effective
October 15, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that Maddy Wawro, who submitted an
application in January 2012, should be appointed to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of
Kipp Lyons; 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 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 Maddy
Wawro to complete the remainder of the four year term held by Kipp Lyons, to expire in March
2016, to the Board of Trustees of the Poudre River Public Library District; provided, however, that
such action is contingent upon the Larimer County Commissioners taking similar action.
Passed and adopted at an adjourned meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
23th day of October, A.D. 2012.
Mayor
ATTEST:
Interim City Clerk