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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 04/18/2017 - RESOLUTION 2017-037 APPOINTING AN UNAFFILIATED MEMAgenda Item 19 Item # 19 Page 1 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY April 18, 2017 City Council THIS ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM CONSIDERATION STAFF Christine Macrina, Boards and Commissions Coordinator Wanda Winkelmann, City Clerk SUBJECT Resolution 2017-037 Appointing an Unaffiliated Member to the Boxelder Basin Regional Stormwater Authority Board of Directors by Mutual Agreement of Fort Collins and Larimer County. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The purpose of this item is to appoint a Director to the Boxelder Basin Regional Stormwater Authority Board of Directors to fill the seat jointly appointed by the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Staff supports the Council’s action to appoint jointly with Larimer County a new member of the Boxelder Basin Regional Stormwater Authority (BBRSA) Board of Directors. BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION The purpose of this item is to appoint a Director to the Boxelder Basin Regional Stormwater Authority (BBRSA) Board of Directors to the seat jointly appointed by the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County. The BBRSA Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) specifies that its Board of Directors shall consist of five (5) Directors - one each appointed by the City of Fort Collins, the Town of Wellington and Larimer County and then one jointly- appointed by the City of Fort Collins and Larimer County and the other jointly-appointed by the Town of Wellington and Larimer County. Directors are appointed for a 3 year term. Mr. Vic Meline has acted as the Fort Collins/Larimer County Director since the inception of the Board in 2009. He was originally selected through an advertisement and interview process conducted in the fall of 2008. Mr. Meline has decided that he would like to conclude his service on the Board and so is not seeking reappointment. His term expires in April 2017. Mayor Pro Tem Gerry Horak was appointed as the Director representing the City of Fort Collins in April 2016. Mr. Horak has worked with County representatives to conduct a search for potential candidates and will interview candidates in cooperation with County representatives prior to the Council meeting. Updated information will be provided prior to the Council meeting. Staff supports this recommendation. -1- RESOLUTION 2017-037 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPOINTING AN UNAFFILIATED MEMBER TO THE BOXELDER BASIN REGIONAL STORMWATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT OF FORT COLLINS AND LARIMER COUNTY WHEREAS, the City of Fort Collins (“City”), Board of Commissioners of Larimer County, Colorado ("County") and Town of Wellington, Colorado are parties to that certain Intergovernmental Agreement for Stormwater Cooperation and Management dated August 20, 2008, and First Amendment to Intergovernmental Agreement for Stormwater Cooperation and Management dated June 16, 2014 (collectively, the “IGA”) for the purpose of creating the Boxelder Basin Regional Stormwater Authority (the “Authority”); and WHEREAS, the IGA specifies that the Authority shall be governed by a Board of Directors (the "Board") consisting of five (5) Directors, one each appointed by the City, the Town of Wellington, and the County and two unaffiliated members, representing the public at large; and WHEREAS, the IGA provides that one of the unaffiliated members of Board will be appointed by mutual agreement of the City and the County, with the other unaffiliated member appointed by mutual agreement the Town of Wellington and the County; and WHERAS, the Directors serve for staggered terms of three (3) years; and WHEREAS, Vic Meline has acted as the unaffiliated member of the Board appointed by mutual agreement of the City and the County since the inception of the Board in 2009; and WHEREAS, Mr. Meline has decided to conclude his service and is not seeking reappointment to the Board; and WHEREAS, Mr. Meline's current term will expire on April 1, 2017, or as soon thereafter as a successor Director is approved; and WHEREAS, Mayor Pro Tem Gerry Horak was appointed as the Director selected by the City in April 2016; and WHEREAS, Mayor Pro Tem Horak worked with representatives of Larimer County to conduct a search for potential candidates and is recommending ______________________ as the unaffiliated member of the Board to be appointed by mutual agreement of the City and the County; and WHEREAS, the County has indicated a willingness to agree to this appointment to serve as the unaffiliated member appointed by mutual agreement of the City and the County to the Authority Board. -2- NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS as follows: Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes any and all determinations and findings contained in the recitals set forth above. Section 2. That ________________ is hereby appointed by the City to serve as an unaffiliated member of the Board, subject to the mutual agreement of the County, until April 1, 2020, or until a replacement representative is designated by mutual agreement of the City and the County. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 18th day of April, A.D. 2017. _________________________________ Mayor ATTEST: _____________________________ City Clerk