HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-139-12/03/2024-APPOINTING ONE BOARD MEMBER TO THE BOXELDER BASIN REGIONAL STORMWATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ARESOLUTION 2024-139
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPOINTING ONE BOARD MEMBER TO THE BOXELDER
BASIN REGIONAL STORMWATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF
DIRECTORS AS THE CITY AND COUNTY JOINTLY SELECTED
BOARD DIRECTOR
A.The City of Fort Collins, Colorado ("City"), the Board of Commissioners of
Larimer County, Colorado ("County"), and the Town of Wellington, Colorado ('Town") 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, as
amended (collectively, "Agreement") for the purpose of creating the Boxelder Basin
Regional Stormwater Authority ("Authority").
B.The Agreement states that the Authority shall be governed by a Board of
Directors ("Board") consisting of five Directors, one each appointed by the City, the Town,
and the County, and two unaffiliated Directors, representing the public at large.
C.The Agreement states that one of the unaffiliated Directors shall be
appointed by mutual agreement of the City and the County, with the other unaffiliated
Director appointed by agreement of the Town and the County upon mutual agreement
and that no more than one of such unaffiliated members shall be employed by or an
elected official of the City, County, or Town.
D.The Directors serve for staggered terms of three years.
E.Richard Seaworth, who is not employed by or an elected official of the City,
County, or Town, is the unaffiliated Director jointly appointed by the Town and the County.
F.On July 7, 2015, the Fort Collins City Council ("City Council") adopted
Resolution 2015-066, adopting Council retreat priorities for 2015-2017, one of which
called for appointment of members of the Board by Council rather than by City staff.
G.On April 5, 2016, City Council adopted Resolution 2016-034, appointing
then Mayor Pro Tern Gerry Horak to the Board as the City-appointed Director, and on
April 23, 2019, City Council adopted Resolution 2019-054, re-appointing Mr. Horak as the
City-appointed Director until such time as the City Council acts to modify his appointment.
H.On May 5, 2020, City Council adopted Resolution 2020-044, appointing
former Mayor Pro Tern Gerry Horak as the unaffiliated City-County-jointly-appointed
Director and Theresa Connor, Deputy Director of Fort Collins Utilities, as the City
appointed Director.
I.
in 2021.
Former Mayor Pro Tern Gerry Horak resigned as the member of the Board
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J.After solicitation of applications for the City-County-jointly-appointed-
Director position, one application was received and that applicant, Theresa Connor, was
approved by the Board of County Commissioners to fill the jointly-appointed Board seat
at its September 14, 2021, meeting.
K.Although a selection committee was previously appointed to recommend an
appointee to be the City-County-jointly-appointed Director, since there was only one
application for the joint position from an existing Director, staff did not convene that
committee to review the single application, and the process moved forward without
selection committee action.
L.On September 21, 2021, City Council adopted Resolution 2021-089,
appointing Mayor Jeni Arndt as the City-appointed Director, which had been vacated by
Theresa Connor as a result of her appointment to the joint City-County-jointly-appointed
Director.
M.Theresa Connor is no longer employed by or affiliated with the City.
N.On May 16, 2023, City Council adopted Resolution 2023-046, reappointing
Mayor Jeni Arndt as the City-appointed Director and appointing Jennifer Dial, the City's
Water Resources Manager as the City and County-jointly-appointed Director.
0.-Jennifer Dial has requested to step down from the City and County jointly
appointed Director position.
P_ The City and County wish to jointly appoint Kenneth Sampley, City Director
of Stormwater Engineering and Development review, as the City and County jointly
appointed Director.
In light of the foregoing recitals, which the Council hereby makes and adopts as
determinations and findings, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS that Kenneth Sampley is hereby appointed, effective immediately, as the
Director on the Authority's Board jointly appointed by the City and the County, to continue
until April 1, 2026, or until such time as the City and the County jointly approve a
replacement appointee.
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