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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY March 4, 2014
City Council
STAFF
Wanda Nelson, City Clerk
SUBJECT
Resolution 2014-020 Making an Appointment to the Fort Collins Housing Authority Board of Commissioners.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to appoint a Councilmember to the Fort Collins Housing Authority to fill the
remainder of Councilmember Lisa Poppaw's term expiring on May 1, 2017.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
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.
Current Council Liaison Councilmember Lisa Poppaw the has found it necessary to step down from the Fort
Collins Housing Authority. Councilmember Poppaw is requesting a new Councilmember be appointed to fulfill
her term which expires on May 1, 2017.
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RESOLUTION 2014-020
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 City Council to either appoint its own members to serve ex-officio as the
commissioners of the Housing 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,
2012, to serve a five-year term on the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners (the
“Board”); and
WHEREAS, Councilmember Lisa Poppaw, whose term on the Board will expire on May
1, 2017, needs to step down from her role at this time and has requested City Council appoint a
new member from Council to complete her term; and
WHEREAS, the City 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 __________ is hereby appointed to replace
Councilmember Lisa Poppaw as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Fort Collins
Housing Authority, to serve out the remainder of her term, which expires on May 1, 2017.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 4th
day of March A.D. 2014.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk