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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY March 3, 2015
City Council
STAFF
Wendy Williams, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Resolution 2015-029 Ratifying Appointments to the Poudre River Library District Board of Trustees.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to reappoint Linda Gabel to a second term and to appoint Becki Hartshorn to the
Poudre River Library District Board of Directors to fill a vacancy that currently exists due to the March 2015
term expiration for Cara Neth.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
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, Mayor Pro Tem Gerry Horak and Commissioners Lew
Gaiter and Steve Johnson, met on February 18, 2015. The Committee recommends to the Council and the
Commissioners that Linda Gabel be reappointed to a second four-year term and Becki Hartshorn be appointed
to a four-year term replacing term limited trustee Cara Neth, as provided in the Board's bylaws, both terms
expiring February 28, 2019.
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RESOLUTION 2015-029
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, 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, Cara Neth’s term as a trustee is expiring and she is term limited, and Linda
Gabel’s first term as a trustee is expiring; and
WHEREAS, on February 18, 2015, the Committee met and decided to reappoint Linda
Gable to a second four-year term and to appoint Becki Hartshorn to a four-year term to replace
Cara Neth; 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 Linda Gabel and Becki Hartshorn to the Board of Trustees of the Poudre River
Public Library District for a four-year term to expire on February 28, 2019, 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 3rd
day of March, A.D. 2015.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk