HomeMy WebLinkAbout900812.tiff RESOLUTION
RE: APPROVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN WELD COUNTY AND
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AND AUTHORIZE
CHAIRMAN TO SIGN
WHEREAS , the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County,
Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home
Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the
affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with a Memorandum of
Understanding between Weld County and Colorado State University
Cooperative Extension for Cooperative Extension programs in Weld
County, and
WHEREAS, the terms and conditions are as stated in said
Memorandum of Understanding, a copy being attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference, and
WHEREAS , after review, the Board deems it advisable to
approve said Memorandum of Understanding.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County
Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, that the Memorandum of
Understanding between Weld County and Colorado State University
Cooperative Extension for cooperative extension programs be, and
hereby is , approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chairman be, and
hereby is, authorized to sign said Memorandum of Understanding.
The above. and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made
and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 5th day of
September, A.D. , 1990 .
BOAR F COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Weld County Clerk to the Board //��.
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Gene R. Brantner, airman
BY: - [� >l�_opL; (_< <-�,,- u te ge Kennedy, Pro-Tem '
tiputy Clerk tolthe Board
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APPROVED AS TC FORM: onstance L. Harber
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County Attorney EXCUSED
Gordon E. Lacy
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COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This Memorandum of Understanding entered this itbday of$eyt. , 1990, by and between Colorado State
University Cooperative Extension, hereinafter referred to as 'Extension': and the County of Weld, State of Colorado,
hereinafter referred to as 'County, for Cooperative Extension Programs.
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, County desires to participate in the educational programs as authorized by the Smith-Lever Act,
as amended, and other acts supporting Cooperative Extension programs which include the conduct of Extension
programs and dissemination of relevant research findings in agriculture and related fields, home and family living, and
4-H and youth in the county; and,
WHEREAS, Extension is authorized by State and Federal law to conduct Cooperative Extension educational
programs in the State of Colorado; and,
WHEREAS, Extension programs are developed in response to local needs, based on advice from a County
Extension Advisory Committee; and,
WHEREAS, Extension and County desire to enter into this Memorandum of Understanding as a master
document to set out the nature of the program and the relationship of the parties:
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby agree to expend their best efforts to conduct and support a
Cooperative Extension program under the following terms and conditions:
Section 1, County agrees:
(a)To furnish suitable office space, and pay the essential costs of utilities,travel, office expense, supplies and
equipment needed in the conduct of Cooperative Extension programs in the county.
(b) To provide by reimbursement to Extension, the applicable amount of the professional staff funding based
on a formula developed and updated annually, approved by the State Board of Agriculture, to provide for increased
funding to match the Long Appropriations Bill as determined by the State Legislature.
(c) To provide necessary and adequate clerical and secretarial personnel.
(d) To submit to the Director of Colorado Cooperative Extension a copy of the county budget approved for
items (a), (b) and (c) above. The budget will be certified as true and correct by the responsible county officer and will
be submitted prior to the beginning of each calendar year.
(e)To annually review this MOU at the beginning of each calendar year and affirm or appoint members of the
County Extension Advisory Committee.
(f) To participate in the selection procedure of professional Extension staff for the county in accordance with
Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Personnel Policies and Procedures.
Section 2. Extension agrees:
(a) To provide leadership and administration of programs and staff of Colorado State University Cooperative
Extension.
(b) With the approval of the county, recruit, appoint and supervise professional staff to serve in the county.
(c) To provide qualified state and regional specialists that are available to train and assist county staffs in the
conduct of county extension educational programs.
(d) To provide by direct payment to professional staff, the total professional staff salary that includes the
formula as described in 1 (b).
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(e) To provide payment of all employer fringe benefit costs.
Section 3. Extension and County mutualN agree:
(a) To place in the county, and support in accord with this MOU, 6 FIE professional staff, using a staffing
index as a guide.
(b) That the personnel costs of this staff(Section 3(a)) will be provided by the parties as described in Section
1 (b) and 2(d) above. This agreement will in no way limit either party at their sole discretion from employing additional
professional or paraprofessional personnel in the County Extension Office at their own expense.
(c) To notify the other party in writing at least sixty (60) days prior to any expected major change in program
which would affect the professional personnel or support of the program.
(d) Colorado State University Cooperative Extension, as a publicly funded educational organization, operates
in compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Rehabilitation
Act of 1973, and as such, all programs, activities and employment opportunities are available without regard to race,
color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability.
Section 4.
This Memorandum of Understanding shall remain in full force and effect from year to year until terminated by
either parry by written notice given sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated time of termination.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands as indicated below:
BOARD OF COUNTY COhIMISSIONERS OF WELD COUNTY
ATTEST: /eai1eg?
9/5/90 9/5/90
Weld County Clerk to the
Board
Date ommissioner, Chair Date
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Deputy erk to the Board
COLORADO STATE UNM7aSfTY
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
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Revised 12/7/89
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