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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY March 1, 2016
City Council
STAFF
Wendy Williams, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Resolution 2016-021 Ratifying Appointments to the Poudre River Library District Board of Trustees.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to reappoint John Frey to a second term and to appoint Fred Colby and Joe Wise to
the Poudre River Library District Board of Directors to fill vacancies that currently exists due to the March 2016
term expiration for Michael Liggett and Madeleine Wawro.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
In November 2006, voters approved the formation of the Fort Collins Regional Library District. The name was
changed to the Poudre River Public Library District in February 2009. The City Council and County
Commissioners established the initial seven-member Board of Trustees for the District.
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 Pro Tem Gerry Horak and Councilmember Kristin Stephens and Larimer
County Commissioners Lew Gaiter and Steve Johnson, met on February 17, 2016. The Committee
recommends to the Council and the Commissioners that John Frey be reappointed to a second four-year term
and Fred Colby and Joe Wise each be appointed to a four-year term replacing term-limited trustee Michael
Liggett and expiring-term trustee Madeleine Wawro, as provided in the Board's bylaws. Terms for newly
appointed Trustees will expire February 29, 2020.
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RESOLUTION 2016-021
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RATIFYING APPOINTMENTS 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, the Library District is governed by a board of seven trustees appointed by
the City Council and Larimer County Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Library Law, the City Council and Larimer County
Commissioners have each appointed two of their members to a committee (the “Committee”) to
fill open seats on the board of trustees of the Library District; 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, Michael Liggett’s term as a trustee is expiring and he is term limited, and
Madeleine Wawro’s and John Frey’s first terms as trustees are expiring; and
WHEREAS, on February 17, 2016, the Committee met and decided to reappoint John
Frey to a second four-year term and to appoint Fred Colby and Joe Wise to a four-year term to
replace Michael Liggett and Madeleine Wawro; 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 as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. 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 John Frey, Fred Colby and Joe Wise to the Board of Trustees of the Poudre River
Public Library District for a four-year term to expire on February 29, 2020, provided, however,
that such action is contingent upon the Larimer County Commissioners taking similar action.
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Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 1st
day of March, A.D. 2016.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk