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WELD COUNTY HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION
29th Regular Meeting
April 22, 1975
1. CALL TO ORDER
2, INVOCATION
3. ROLL CAT.T
4. MINUTES (April 15, 1975 meeting. )
5. INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS - (To our Guests: Our meetings are open to the public and we
welcome you. All debate is by the Charter Commission members
only. Audience participation is solicited for public hearings
at a later date.)
6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7. CHARTER DRAFTING - Second Reading of Charter
1. Drafting Committee Report - Mr. Bain
8, NEW BUSINESS
9. ANNOUNCEMENTS - REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
Public Relations - Mrs. Clark
10. ADJOURNMENT
NEXT REGULAR MEETING - THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1975 - 7:30 P.M.
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MINUTES
HOME RULE CHARTER COMMISSION
APRIL 22, 1975
Tape #28
29th Regular Meeting
The Home Rule Charter Commission of Weld County, Colorado, met in session
in full conformity with the law and by-laws of said Commission at the
meeting room of the Weld County Public Health Building, Greeley, Colorado,
on Tuesday, April 22, 1975, at the hour of 7130 P.M.
INVOCATION: Charter Commission member, Dr. George Brooks, opened the meeting with
the invocation.
ROLL CALL: In the temporary absence of the Chairman, J. L. Johnson, Mr. Glen
Anderson called the meeting to order and 19 of the 21 members were present,
constituting a quorum of the members thereof. Those present were:
At Large:
John Chuck Carlson
Ralph E. Waldo, Jr.
District #1: District #21 District #31
Glenn K. Billings Glen R. Anderson Charley Baumgartner
Norman Brown J. L. Johnson Philip G. Bowles
Bob E. White William H. Southard Donald E. Altergott
John L. Weigand George H. Brooks Walter L. Bain
Edwin Leah Harold Fahrenbruch John T. Martin
Nancy C. Clark Ruben Schissler
Also present was the Legal Counsel for the Charter Commission, Mr. William
West.
Those absent were:
At Large: District #2:
Edward L. Dunbar W. E. Rosenoff
MINUTES: The minutes for the April 15 meeting were submitted in rough draft.
Motion by Mr. Weigand, seconded by Mr. Bain, to: Adopt to the Rules and
Order of Business, to hold the minutes over from one meeting to the next,
before approving. Motion carried unanimously.
CHARTER COMMITTEES:
Drafting; Mr. Bain, Chairman
Motion by Mr. Carlson, seconded by Mr. Billings, to: Add 'home rule or'
to line 3, page 9, Section 3 - 8, (4), (a). Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Mr. Waldo, seconded by Mr. Fahrenbruch, to: Delete 'and Federal
Statutes' on line 23, page 9, Section 3 - 8, (4), (f).
Mr. Waldo amended his motion to: Delete 'Colorado and Federal Statutes.'
Motion failed. (Not an 11 vote majority.)
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Those voting no were:
Mr. Billings
Mr. White
Mrs. Clark
Mr. Anderson
Mr. Southard
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Bowles
Mr. Bain
Mr. Schissler
Motion by Mr. Waldo, seconded by Mr. Weigand, to: Strike 'officers' on line 27,
page 10, Section 3 - 8, (4), (o). Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. White, to: Refer Section 3 - 8, (4), (n),
back to the Drafting Committee. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Mr. Weigand, seconded by Mr. Brooks, to: Add 'appointed boards' to
line 4, page 11, Section 3 - 8, (4), (p). Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Mrs. Clark, to: Amend Section 3 - 11, (1), to add 'twice' and
delete 'a day or.' Motion died for lack of a second.
Motion was restated by Mrs. Clark, seconded by Mr. Southard, to: Amend Section
3 - 11, (1), to add 'twice' and delete 'a day or.' Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Martin, to: Place a period after the
word 'business' and strike the rest of the sentence in Section 3 - 12, line 11,
page 13. Motion carried. Those voting no were:
Mr. White
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Bowles
Mr. Bain
Mr. Martin
Motion by Mr. Brooks, seconded by Mr. Billings, to: Refer Section 3 - 14 back
to the Drafting Committee, for further consideration and possible inclusion
into the Charter (Legal Notices). Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Mrs. Clark, seconded by Mr. Southard, to: Delete 'immediately
necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health or safety' in
Section 3 - 14, (6). Motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Mr. Anderson, seconded by Mr. Weigand, to: Delete items (8) and
(9), in Section 3 - 14. Motion withdrawn.
Motion by Mr. Billings, seconded by Mr. Anderson, to: Delete 'Said
appointee shall be of the same political party as that of the previous officer
and' , in Section 3 - 15, line 5, page 17. Motion failed. (Not an 11 vote
majority.) Those voting yes were:
Mr. Carlson
Mr. Waldo
Mr. Billings
Mr. Anderson
Mr. Southard
Mr. Fahrenbruch
Mr. Baumgartner
Mr. Altergott
Mr. Johnson abstained.
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Motion by Mr. Bain, seconded by Mrs. Clark, to: Accept Article III, Section
1 thru 15; with the exception of 3 - 14 and 3 - 8, (4), (n), which were sent
to the Drafting Committee. Motion carried unanimously.
CONTINUE MEETING:
Motion by Mr. Bain, seconded by Mrs. Clark, to: Continue the meeting. Motion
carried unanimously.
Motion by Mr. Bain, seconded by Mr. Lesh, to: Accept Article V as presented.
Motion carried unanimously.
Chairman Johnson referred Section 5 - 1 to the Drafting Committee, with the
stipulation that the County Attorney's only 'legal' employment be with the
county.
Motion by Mr. Weigand, seconded by Mr. Anderson, to: Add, after the word
'officers' in Section 5 - 3, (4), 'and members of appointed boards.'
Motion amended to add: 'and members of appointed boards and Commission.'
Motion further amended to add: 'and their employees. '
Both amendments and the motion carried unanimously.
Motion by Mr. Bain, seconded by Mr. Lesh, to: Approve Article V, with
amendments and with the exception of Section 5 - 1, which was referred
to the Drafting Committee. Motion carried.
Motion by Mr. Southard, seconded by Mrs. Clark, tot Discontinue further
drafting. Motion carried unanimously.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES:
Health Committee - Mrs. Clark, Chairman
There will be a meeting at 6:45 P.M., Thursday, April 24, 1975, in the
Commissioners meeting room.
Finance And Taxation Committee - Mr. Waldo, Jr., Chairman
There will be a brief meeting following the adjournment of this meeting.
There being no further business at this time, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Approved as submitted this
day of 1975.
Secretary
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