HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-050-04/27/2021-MAKING AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT TO THE PLATTE RIVER POWER AUTHORITY BOARD RESOLUTION 2021-050
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT TO THE
PLATTE RIVER POWER AUTHORITY BOARD
WHEREAS, pursuant to the intergovernmental agreement establishing the Platte River
Power Authority ("PRPA"), the City is entitled to representation on the eight-member Board of
Directors of PRPA by its mayor and a second appointee,to be designated by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on April 6, 2021, the City held a regular municipal election, at which voters
elected a new Mayor and Councilmembers to represent Districts 1, 3, 4, and 5; and
WHEREAS,the City Council previously designated then Mayor Pro Tem Ross Cunniff to
serve as the City's appointed representative to the PRPA Board; and
WHEREAS, with the swearing in of the new Mayor and Councilmembers on April 27,
2021, the terms of office for Mayor Troxell and Mayor Pro Tem Cunniff have ended; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 2019-065 making Council appointments (including
Councilmember appointments to the PRPA Board),"[i]n the event any individual appointee leaves
office before Council acts to make a new appointment, the new incumbent in that individual
Council seat shall be deemed to have assumed his or her predecessor's appointments"; and
WHEREAS, until such time as Council considers and adopts new, updated appointments
to outside boards and commissions, the Council has determined that the interim appointment of
former Mayor Pro Tem Ross Cunniff to serve on the Board along with newly-elected Mayor Jeni
Arndt will provide beneficial continuity; and
WHEREAS, in light of the foregoing, the Council has determined to make the interim
appointment set forth below,effective immediately,until such time as the Council takes new action
to appoint a City representative to the PRPA Board to serve along with newly-elected Mayor Jeni
Arndt.
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 Ross Cunniff, former Mayor Pro Tem, is hereby appointed to serve on
an interim basis as the City's representative on the Platte River Power Authority Board,(in addition
to Mayor Jeni Arndt, who succeeds Mayor Wade Troxell), effective immediately, until such time
as the Council acts to modify this appointment.
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Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 27th
day of April, A.D. 2021.
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