HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-145-12/03/1996-ENHANCED 911 LARIMER EMERGENCY NOMINATING REPRESENTATIVE TELEPHONE AUTHORITY RESOLUTION 96-145
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
NOMINATING A NEW REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY
TO THE LARIMER EMERGENCY TELEPHONE AUTHORITY
WHEREAS, in the interest of protecting and preserving public safety and welfare, it is
desirable that the citizens of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, be provided with emergency
telephone service to aid the timely provision of other emergency services; and
WHEREAS, Articles 1 and I 1 of Title 29, C.R.S., authorize the City to contract with other
governmental agencies to establish a separate legal entity to provide for the joint exercise of lawfully
authorized activities and, in particular, for the administration of the emergency telephone services;
and
WHEREAS, the Mayor, as authorized by Ordinance No. 164, 1989, entered into an
intergovernmental agreement(the"Agreement")with other governing bodies located within Latimer
County, Colorado, to create the Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority in order to establish and
maintain an emergency telephone service system offering Enhanced 911 capability in the County of
Larimer, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement provides that the City of Fort Collins shall nominate one person
to the governing board of the Authority (the "Board") and that the Board of County Commissioners
shall appoint the City's nominee to the Board; and
WHEREAS, the City's representative to the Board is to act in accordance with Council's
direction, if any, pertaining to the establishment of subscriber fees and other issues of significant
impact to the citizens of the City of Fort Collins; and
WHEREAS, the Council wishes to designate a member of City staff to serve as its
representative on the Board.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS, that Deputy Chief Deryle O'Dell be, and hereby is, nominated for appointment as a
member of the governing Board of the Latimer Emergency Telephone Authority, to serve until such
time as the Council shall select a new representative.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held this 3rd day of December,
A.D. 1996.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk