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RE: DECLARE CERTAIN EQUIPMENT AS SURPLUS PROPERTY, AND AUTHORIZE
DONATION OF SAME TO UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO CHEMISTRY
DEPARTMENT
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, State statute and the Weld County Administrative Manual require that all
items disposed of be declared surplus by the Board of County Commissioners, and
WHEREAS, the Weld County Sheriffs Office has purchased a new infrared spectrometer
using forfeited funds from the Weld County Task Force, and
WHEREAS, the County has determined that certain equipment, described as a twelve
year old infrared spectrometer, being more fully described in a letter from the Board of
Supervisors of the Greeley/Weld County Forensic Laboratory, a copy of which is attached hereto
and incorporated herein by reference, is no longer required for County use, and
WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with a proposal from the Weld County Sheriff
to donate said infrared spectrometer to the University of Northern Colorado Chemistry
Department, and
WHEREAS, the Board deems it advisable to declare said equipment as surplus and
approve said donation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, Colorado, that the abovementioned equipment be, and hereby is, declared surplus.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the proposal from the Weld County
Sheriff to donate said surplus equipment to the University of Northern Colorado Chemistry
Department, be, and hereby is, approved.
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The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted
by the following vote on the 28th day of October, A.D., 1998.
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Ed Jordan
October 22, 1998
Board of County Commissioners
915 10th Street
Greeley, CO 80631
Dear Board of County Commissioners;
Please find attached a letter addressed to me from the current Greeley/Weld Forensic Laboratory
Board requesting we consider a donation of the 12 year old infrared spectrometer. We have
purchased a new more efficient infrared spectrometer using federal forfeited funds from the Weld
County Tasks Force covering the majority of funds needed.
As justified in the Lab Board's letter to me dated September 25th, 1998, we have benefitted
greatly from the availability and use provided to us through the UNC Chemistry Department.
We are continually using their lab for various other tests without charge to our department. They
do not have an infrared spectrometer of this type and have other priorities for future lab
equipment.
I feel this donation would be of benefit to both UNC and to our lab promoting a continued
relationship. Please consider this request and advise me of your decision.
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Ed Jo
Sheriff
Weld County
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Sheriff Ed Jordan
Weld County Sheriffs Office
September 25, 1998
Dear Sheriff Jordan:
We, the Board of Supervisors for the Greeley/Weld County Forensic Laboratory, recommend that
the 12 year old infrared spectrometer( I.R.)that was just replaced with a new unit with funding
assistance from the Weld County Drug Task Force, be donated to the Univ. of Northern Colorado
Chemistry Department.
The UNC Chemistry Department, under the chairmanship of Dr. David Pringle, has been of
assistance many times in the past to the Forensic Lab, mostly by allowing access to sophisticated
analytical instruments the Forensic Lab didn't have at the time. I occasionally have also had a need,
on very short notice, for unusual chemicals which they had on hand in their stock room. I have also
consulted with their scientific instrument maintainence/repair person on numerous occasions.
The old I.R. is still functional and would be used by students in practical lab exercises. It uses the same
software as another I.R.at the Chemistry Department which has more sophisticated capabilities,
making student use of both units more efficient. The old I.R. would still be accessible to the Forensic
Lab should the need arise. The old I.R.'s value, when sold through a used equipment dealer, would
result in approximately$1000 - $1500 coming back to the lab's budget. As a shared asset, half of the
resale amount would go to the City of Greeley and the other half to the county's general fund.
The Board of Supervisors thinks the value of this donation to higher education would far exceed any
potential funds coming back to the City of Greeley and Weld County. We ask that you bring this
request before the Board of Weld County Commissioners and favorably recommend this donation.
Sincerely,
Manager Kim Fliethman, Weld County Sheriffs Office
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Captain Jac Statler, Gre ley
Police Department
District Attorney Al Dominguez
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