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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY February 20, 2018
City Council
STAFF
Christine Macrina, Boards and Commissions Coordinator
Ingrid Decker, Legal
SUBJECT
Resolution 2018-019 Ratifying the Reappointment of Amanda Manges Quijano to the Poudre River Public
Library District Board of Trustees.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to ratify the reappointment of Amanda Manges Quijano to the Poudre River Library
District Board of Trustees. Ms. Quijano was appointed to the Board through Resolution 2014-019 on March 4,
2014, to begin immediately and to expire on February 28, 2018.
The Committee comprised of Councilmembers Kristin Stephens and Bob Overbeck and County
Commissioners Lew Gaiter and Steve Johnson, received a letter from Amanda Quijano requesting
reappointment. The Selection Committee has recommended to the Council and the Commissioners that Ms.
Quijano be reappointed to a four-year term, as provided in the Board's bylaws, expiring February 28, 2022.
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 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.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Amanda Quijano Reappointment Request (PDF)
ATTACHMENT 1
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RESOLUTION 2018-019
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RATIFYING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF AMANDA MANGES QUIJANO 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, Amanda Manges Quijano’s first term as a trustee is expiring on February
28, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has decided to reappoint Ms. Quijano to a second 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
reappointment of Amanda Manges Quijano to the Board of Trustees of the Poudre River Public
Library District for a four year term to begin on March 1, 2018, and to expire on February 28,
2022, 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
20th day of February, A.D. 2018.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk