HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-012-01/15/2019-RATIFYING THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MATT SCHILD AND BECKI SCHULZ TO THE POUDRE RIVER PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTR 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
tern; 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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