HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 11/06/2012 - RESOLUTION 2012-104 ACCEPTING ADVISORY OPINION ANDDATE: November 6, 2012
STAFF: Steve Roy
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 37
SUBJECT
Resolution 2012-104 Accepting Advisory Opinion and Recommendation No. 2012-2 of the Ethics Review Board.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Under City Code Section 2-569, City Councilmembers may present to the Council Ethics Review Board inquiries
regarding the application of state or local ethical rules to actual or hypothetical situations involving potential conflicts
of interest. On October 22, 2012, and October 30, 2012, the Ethics Review Board met for the purpose of responding
to an inquiry submitted to the Board by Mayor Weitkunat. The question submitted by the Mayor is whether, in the
Board’s opinion, she would have a conflict of interest in participating in upcoming decisions of either the City Council
or the Urban Renewal Authority regarding the possible redevelopment of the Foothills Mall. The Mayor has presented
the question because of the proximity of her residence to the redevelopment site. As required by the Code, the Board
has forwarded its opinion and recommendations to the full Council for its consideration. Adoption of the Resolution
would indicate that the majority of the Council agrees with the Board’s opinion and recommendations.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Ethic Review Board minutes, October 22 and 29, 2012
ATTACHMENT 1
RESOLUTION 2012-104
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
ACCEPTING ADVISORY OPINION AND RECOMMENDATION NO. 2012-2
OF THE ETHICS REVIEW BOARD
WHEREAS, the City Council has established an Ethics Review Board (the “Board”)
consisting of three members of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Board is empowered under Section 2-569 of the City Code to render
advisory opinions and recommendations regarding actual or hypothetical situations of
Councilmembers or board and commission members of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Ethics Review Board met on October 22, 2012 and October 30, 2012, to
consider whether Mayor Karen Weitkunat has a conflict of interest in participating in decisions of
the City Council and/or the Urban Renewal Authority Board pertaining to the possible
redevelopment of the Foothills Mall; and
WHEREAS, the Board has issued an advisory opinion with regard to this matter; and
WHEREAS, Section 2-569(e) of the City Code provides that all advisory opinions and
recommendations of the Board be placed on the agenda for the next special or regular City Council
meeting, at which time the City Council shall determine whether to adopt such opinions and
recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the City has reviewed the opinion and recommendations of the Board and
wishes to adopt the same.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that Opinion No. 2012-2 of the Ethics Review Board, a copy of which is attached hereto
and incorporated herein by this reference as Exhibit “A,” has been submitted to and reviewed by the
City Council, and the Council hereby adopts the opinion and recommendations contained therein.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 6th
day of November A.D. 2012.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk