HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/05/2013 - RESOLUTION 2013-019 RATIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OF JDATE: March 5, 2013
STAFF: Wendy Williams
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 24
SUBJECT
Resolution 2013-019 Ratifying the Appointment of Jennifer Birks to the Poudre River Public Library District Board of
Trustees.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On December 19, 2012, Trustee President Michael Liggett wrote a letter informing the Selection Committe of the term
expiration of Michelle Kalkowski. On February 20, 2013, the Library Trustee Selection Committee, comprised of Mayor
Karen Weitkunat and Councilmember Lisa Poppaw and Larimer County Commissioners Lew Gaiter and Steve
Johnson, met and unanimously recommend the appointment of Jennifer Birks for a four-year term.
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, 2013. The Committee, in part, unanimously recommended to the
Council and the Commissioners that Jennifer Birks 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 Margaret
Nicol would be the Committee’s next recommended appointee. That selection has been reconfirmed with the
Committee, and this Resolution ratifies the appointment of Jennifer Birks for a term to expire on February 28, 2017.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
RESOLUTION 2013-019
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RATIFYING THE APPOINTMENT OF JENNIFER BIRKS 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, the second term for Michelle Kalkowski is expiring; and
WHEREAS, on February 20, 2013, the Committee met and decided to appoint Jennifer Birks
to a four-year term; 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 Jennifer
Birks for a four year term, to expire on February 28, 2017, 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 a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 5th
day of March, A.D. 2013.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk