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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/17/2012 - RESOLUTION 2012-026 MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE FDATE: April 17, 2012 STAFF: Rita Harris AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 17 SUBJECT Resolution 2012-026 Making an Appointment to the Fort Collins Housing Authority Board of Commissioners. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Councilmember Lisa Poppaw’s term on the Fort Collins Housing Authority expires on May 1, 2012. Councilmember Poppaw has expressed a desire to be reappointed. This Resolution will reappoint Councilmember Poppaw to the Fort Collins Housing Authority Board of Commissioners until May 1, 2017. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION Section 2-247 of the City Code provides that the Housing Authority shall consist of commissioners selected by the City Council in a manner provided by the State Statute. Section 29-4-205(3)(b) C.R.S. provides that the initial terms of the appointed commissioners shall be staggered from the date of their appointments so that, to the extent possible, the terms of an equal number of commissioners end each year and, thereafter, the term of the commissioners shall be for five years. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution. RESOLUTION 2012-026 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS MAKING AN APPOINTMENT TO THE FORT COLLINS HOUSING AUTHORITY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS WHEREAS, Section 2-247 of the City Code provides that the Housing Authority shall consist of commissioners selected by the City Council in the manner provided by state statute; and WHEREAS, the manner of selection specified in the statutes and in Section 2-247 permits the Council to either appoint its own members to serve ex-officio as the commissioners of the Authority or, in the alternative, to appoint no more than nine commissioners, one of whom may be a City official; and WHEREAS, Section 29-4-205(3)(b) C.R.S. provides that the initial terms of the appointed commissioners shall be staggered from the date of their appointments so that, to the extent possible, the terms of an equal number of commissioners end each year and, thereafter, the term of the commissioners shall be for five years; and WHEREAS, Councilmember Lisa Poppaw was appointed by the Council on May 1, 2007 to serve a five-year term on the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners (the “Board”); and WHEREAS, Councilmember Lisa Poppaw’s term on the Board will expire on May 1, 2012 and she has expressed a desire to be reappointed; and WHEREAS, the Council wishes to fill the vacancy on the Board. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that Councilmember Lisa Poppaw is hereby appointed as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Fort Collins Housing Authority, for a five-year term to begin on May 2, 2012 and expire on May 1, 2017. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 17th day of April A.D. 2012. Mayor ATTEST: Interim City Clerk