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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY January 15, 2019
City Council
STAFF
Christine Macrina, Boards and Commissions Coordinator
SUBJECT
Resolution 2019-012 Ratifying the Reappointment of Matt Schild and Becki Schulz to the Poudre River Public
Library District Board of Trustees.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this item is to ratify the reappointment of Matt Schild and Becki Schulz (nee Hartshorn) to the
Poudre River Public Library District Board of Trustees. Mr. Schild was appointed to the Board through Resolution
2017-105 on November 21, 2017, to begin immediately and to expire on February 28, 2019, completing the term
left vacant by the resignation of Linda Gabel. Ms. Schulz was appointed to the Board through Resolution 2015-
029 on March 3, 2015, to begin immediately and to expire on February 28, 2019.
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 Councilmember Kristin Stephens and County Commissioners Sean Dougherty
and Steve Johnson, received letters from Matt Schild and Becki Schulz requesting reappointment. Committee
member Bob Overbeck resigned his Council seat as of January 1, 2019 due to his election to the Larimer
County Assessor position and was not involved in the Committee decision. The Selection Committee has
recommended to the Council and the Commissioners that Mr. Schild and Ms. Schulz be reappointed to four-
year terms, as provided in the Board’s bylaws, expiring February 28, 2023.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Library Reappoint Request Letters (PDF)
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Attachment: Library Reappoint Request Letters (7562 : Library Appt - AIS)
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Attachment: Library Reappoint Request Letters (7562 : Library Appt - AIS)
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RESOLUTION 2019-012
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
RATIFYING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MATT SCHILD AND BECKI SCHULZ 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, Matt Schild’s first term as a trustee is expiring on February 28, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has decided to reappoint Mr. Schild to a second four-year
term; and
WHEREAS, Becki Schulz’s first term as a trustee is expiring on February 28, 2019; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has decided to reappoint Ms. Schulz 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; and
WHEREAS, the Larimer County Commissioners approved these reappointments at their
meeting on January 8, 2019.
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.
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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
reappointment of Matt Schild and Becki Schulz to the Board of Trustees of the Poudre River
Public Library District for a four year term to begin on March 1, 2019, and to expire on February
28, 2023.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
15th day of January, A.D. 2019.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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