HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-034-03/21/2017-AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIESOF FORT COLLINS, LOVELAND AND GREELEY F i
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RESOLUTION 2017-034
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITIESOF FORT COLLINS, LOVELAND AND GREELEY FOR THE
EXCHANGE OF JUDICIAL SERVICES, AND APPOINTING TEMPORARY JUDGES
WHEREAS, on occasion, Municipal Judges may be prevented from sitting on the bench
by reason of personal conflict of interest, illness, vacation, or other reasons, and the Assistant
Municipal Judge presiding over and conducting the Municipal Court in such event may also be
unavailable; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide cost-effective special judicial services to temporarily
replace the services of its Municipal Judge in the event of a conflict of interest or other
circumstance, the City should cooperatively exchange the services of the City's Municipal Judge
with those of other entities; and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 1 of the City Charter sets forth the requirements for the
appointment of the Municipal Judge and temporary judge, including that the temporary judge be
a reputable and qualified attorney; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has. the authority to designate reputable and qualified
attorneys to serve as temporary judges through calendar year 2018; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that the Loveland Municipal Judge, the
Honorable Geri Joneson, and the Greeley Municipal Judge, the Honorable Brandi Nieto, are
reputable and qualified attorneys; and "
WHEREAS, City staff has discussed with Loveland and Greeley's representatives the
proposed terms of an intergovernmental agreement providing for the exchange of judicial
services if needed to temporarily substitute when a Municipal Judge and temporary or assistant
judges are unavailable, including the provision_ of replacement judicial services and
compensation for costs directly incurred to provide such services; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes Section 29-1-203, governments may
cooperate or contract with one another to provide any function or service lawfully authorized to
each of the cooperating or contracting units of government; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests of the City that
the Mayor be authorized to execute an intergovernmental agreement between the City, Greeley
and Loveland in support thereof; and
WHEREAS, the proposed intergovernmental agreement would replace and supersede an
existing agreement between the same parties dated January 18, 1994.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT COLLINS as follows:
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