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MINUTES 9 1984
WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
December 1 , 1983 Q+eEter
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The Weld County Council met in regular session in full conformity with
the Weld County Home Rule Charter at 915 Tenth Street, Greeley, Colorado,
December 1 , 1983, at 1 :45 p.m.
ROLL CALL
The following members were present in person: President Don Elliott, Vice
President DeAnn Emerson, Patricia Anderson and Bill Rupp. Ralph Waldo was
absent. Also present for all or part of the meeting were Ron Lambden, two
members of the press, seven university students, and the council secretary.
MINUTES APPROVED
Bill Rupp made a motion to approve the minutes of November 3, 1983, as
written. Pat Anderson seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS
Added to the agenda was an additional bill for November: Ken's Camera,
$29.25 for tapes.
Also added to the agenda was an executive session to discuss an efficiency
study of the Purchasing Department.
APPOINTMENTS
The President reminded the council of their upcoming appointments.
CORRESPONDENCE
The President made the Correspondence file available for the individual
review of council members.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
In a memorandum dated November 22, 1983, the commissioners advised the
council that they would be willing to meet with the council in January to
discuss placing Charter amendments on the 1984 election ballot. The council •
secretary was instructed to arrange a worksession.
Attorney Ron Lambden appeared at the meeting to brief council members
on the status of his Charter amendment draft. Before addressing the issue
of redrafting the amendment, as directed by the council , Mr. Lambden felt it
necessary to do additional research on the audit authority of the council .
After advising the council of his findings thus far, he requested the permission
of the council to continue studying the issue. Bill Rupp moved that the council
retain Mr. Lambden to pursue further legal research of the issue. DeAnn Emerson
seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. Mr. Lambden agreed to participate
in a January worksession with the councilmen, commissioners and county attorney
to discuss his findings.
In the November meeting, the council expressed an interest in devising a
method whereby they could interview exiting county employees to get their opinion
of the efficiency of their department. A draft of a cover letter and question-
naire which might be used by the council for this purpose was presented. It
was suggested that the cover letter statement, "This questionnaire will not
leave the council office", be amended to read, "This questionnaire will not
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become part of any personnel file". It was also the consensus of the council
that the response envelope enclosed be self-addressed and stamped for the
convenience of the interviewee. Bill Rupp made a motion that the cover letter
and questionnaire be adopted for use by the council , with the above modifica-
tions. DeAnn Emerson seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. The
secretary was directed to discuss this matter with the Director of Personnel ,
and, unless he had objections, she should begin the interview process.
DeAnn Emerson moved that the November bills be paid. This motion was
seconded by Bill Rupp and carried unanimously.
DeAnn Emerson, in reviewing the Correspondence file, questioned a memo-
randum received from the Health Department regarding the sale of child safety
seats to county employees. The meeting was recessed at 2:55 p.m. while tele-
phone calls were made to gather more information. The meeting reconvened at
3:10 p.m. The council decided that, though the intentions of the Health
Department in offering safety seats to county employees at a reduced rate
was good, the procedures followed were not proper. It was decided that the
council would write a memorandum to the Director of the Health Department
expressing their dissatisfaction with the way this offer was handled.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
At 3:20 p.m. , the meeting was adjourned to an executive session to
discuss an efficiency study of the Purchasing Department. The council recon-
vened at 4:10 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The time of
adjournment was 4:10 p.m. , on December 1 , 1983.
The next scheduled meeting is Thursday, January 5, 1983, at 1 :45 p.m.
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