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RE: PROCEDURE FOR EXPEDITING THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCES
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, pursuant to Section 3-14 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter,
upon the introduction of an ordinance it must be read in its entirety, and
WHEREAS, the first reading of ordinances often takes significant amounts
of time at the regular meetings of the Board of County Commissioners, and
WHEREAS, the procedures set forth below and adopted herein are designed to
provide a mechanism by which the first reading of ordinances will be expedited,
while at the same time providing the requisite record of notice to the public,
and complying with the requirements of Section 3-14 of the Weld County Home Rule
Charter.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, Colorado, that the following procedures are hereby adopted for the first
reading of ordinances introduced at meetings of the Board of County Commissioners
pursuant to Section 3-14 of the Weld County Home Rule Charter:
1. Upon the majority vote of the Board of County Commissioners
and solely at its discretion, an ordinance may be read for the
first reading by the playing of a tape recording of the
ordinance as it is presented for first reading. The playing
of the tape recording shall satisfy the first reading
requirements set forth in Section 3-14 of the Weld County Home
Rule Charter.
2. Any reading of an ordinance for the first time by the playing
of a tape recording will be conducted in the Board's Assembly
Room or in a room immediately adjacent thereto. The Chairman
of the Board of County Commissioners shall read into the
record that the first reading will be accomplished by the
playing of a tape recording and will announce where the tape
recording will be played.
3. The department which is recommending the adoption of the
ordinance, the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, or
the Board's designee, shall be the readers of the proposed
ordinance on the tape recording. All such readings and tape
recordings must take place in the Clerk to the Board's Office
on tape approved for such use by the Clerk. Tapes of
ordinances must be prepared and delivered to the Clerk to the
Board no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the meeting
at which the ordinance is formally introduced.
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4. All tape recordings of the first readings of ordinances shall
be on tapes provided by and kept in the custody of the Clerk
to the Board of County Commissioners.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all the procedures adopted by this resolution
shall be made a part of the Weld County Administrative Manual.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded,
adopted by the following vote on the 11th day of May, A.D. , 1992.
e, BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ATTEST: '49 A'n/✓ i'( WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
Weld County Clerk to the Board
Geo e Ken edy, Chairman
BY:
Deputy Clerk3[o the Board Constance L. Har e t, Pro-Tem
APPROVED AS TO F,OIRM: '
C. W. Kir
County Attorney Go a
W. H. Webster
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