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MINUTES
WELD COUNTY COUNCIL
November 3, 1983
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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,
November 3, 1983, at 1 :45 p.m.
ROLL CALL
The following members were present in person: President Don Elliott, Vice
President DeAnn Emerson, Patricia Anderson, Bill Rupp, and Ralph Waldo. Also
present were three members of the press, two university students and the council
secretary.
MINUTES APPROVED
Patricia Anderson made a motion to approve the minutes of October 6, 1983,
as written. Bill Rupp seconded the motion. All council members voted yea except
DeAnn Emerson because she was not present October 6, 1983.
ADDITIONS AND/OR DELETIONS
Don Elliott reported his submission of Charter amendments to the Board of
Commissioners.
Ralph Waldo asked for consideration of council interviews of exiting
employees.
DeAnn Emerson requested the council consider suggestions as to how they
might get a better understanding 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
Don Elliott reported that he and Bill Rupp presented the council 's complete
list of Charter amendment ideas to the commissioners at the Elected Officials
meeting on October 10, 1983. The commissioners indicated they would discuss the
list after the first of the year and at that time request a worksession with the
council. In view of the time element, the council felt that they would instead
need some response from the commissioners by early January. Ralph Waldo made a
motion that the council advise the commissioners of the council 's chosen amend-
ment suggestions, request them to take the necessary actions to place them on
the ballot for next November, and notify us of their position with regard to
these by no later than February 1 , 1983. DeAnn Emerson seconded the motion but
amended the deadline to read January 5, 1983. Pat Anderson seconded the amendment
and it passed unanimously. A vote was taken on the motion and it too passed
unanimously. The question was raised as to whether the council could choose to
spend money from their budget on placing these items on the ballot. It was
decided that it was premature to pursue this query at this point.
Attorney Ron Lambden was to present a final draft of a Charter amendment
to the council at this meeting; however, he has requested more time. He has
promised the requested information by the December meeting.
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NEW BUSINESS
Bill Rupp moved that the October council bills be paid. This motion
was seconded by Ralph Waldo and carried unanimously.
Ralph Waldo stated that in the five years he has served as a councilman,
the council has done very little auditing even though, according to the Charter,
that is one of the council 's chief responsibilities. He feels the reason for
this is the great expense involved in hiring a professional auditor. He suggested
that the council consider devising a system whereby they would interview exiting
county employees to get their opinion of the efficiency of their department. The
council members agreed that this might be a good idea, although they would not
want to give the appearance of either conducting a witch-hunt or calling into
question the competence of the Personnel Department. The council decided to give
this idea some thought between now and their next meeting.
DeAnn Emerson requested that the council also consider how they could come
to a better understanding of the Purchasing Department since, as with personnel ,
this is one area of county government where large expenditures are made. The
council agreed to also give thought to this subject.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The time of
adjournment was 2:30 p.m. , on November 3, 1983.
The next scheduled meeting is Thursday, December 1 , 1983, at 1 :45 p.m.
Don A. Elliott, President
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