HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-086-07/06/1999-MAKING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MANUAL AS IT RELATES TO MEMBERSHIP LIMITATIONS RESOLUTION 99-86
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
MAKING AN AMENDMENT TO THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS MANUAL
AS IT RELATES TO MEMBERSHIP LIMITATIONS
WHEREAS, the City currently has several boards and commissions appointed by the City
Council; and
WHEREAS,the information pertaining to the duties,composition,membership limitations,
and responsibilities of the City's boards and commissions is contained in a Boards and Commissions
Manual (the "Manual"), maintained by the City Clerk, which Manual was adopted by the City
Council by Resolution 90-110 and amended by the City Council by Resolution 97-119; and
WHEREAS, the membership limitations contained in the Manual provide, in part, that all
persons appointed to, or serving on, any board or commission shall be residents of the City of Fort
Collins, the Fort Collins Urban Growth Area (the "UGA"), or residents of City-owned property
located outside the UGA; and
WHEREAS, a Retirement Committee (the "Committee") was established in 1971 for the
purpose of administering the City's Retirement Plan (the "Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the duties of the Committee, as contained in Section 21-88 of the City Code,
are limited to supervising the administration of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Council wishes to establish an exception to the UGA membership
requirement for employees and retirees appointed to the Committee; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes that it would be in the City's best interests to amend the
membership limitations to allow persons appointed to or serving on the General Employees
Retirement Committee to reside outside of the UGA.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the "Membership Limitations" subsection of the Boards and Commissions Manual
of the City of Fort Collins is hereby amended to read as follows:
Membership Limitations
The following limitations and requirements are applied to board or commission
memberships:
No person may serve on any one board or commission for more than
eight(8) consecutive years (two complete terms).* In the event that
an individual fills the unexpired term of a board or commission
member,the unexpired term shall not be counted as a complete term.
No person will be appointed by the City Council to serve concurrently
on more than one board or commission. (This limitation does not
apply to committees deemed to be temporary in nature.)
All persons appointed to, or serving on, any board or commission
shall be residents of the City of Fort Collins or the Fort Collins Urban
Growth Area. Any member who resides outside of the Urban Growth
Area during his or her term of service on a board or commission,shall
resign his or her membership. The limitations imposed by this
paragraph shall not apply to applicants for or members of the General
Employees Retirement Committee nor to individuals residing on
City-owned property which is located outside of the Fort Collins
Urban Growth Area.
*Section 2-437(b) of the City Code limits members of the Water
Board to three (3) consecutive four (4) year terms.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins held this
6th day of July, A.D. 1999.
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