HomeMy WebLinkAbout20212658STATEMENT OF PURPOSES
AULT FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
In accordance with Section 32-1-208 of the Colorado
Revised Statutes ("CRS."), this document and attached exhibit
shall constitute the Statement of Purposes of the Ault Fire
Protection District, a political subdivision of the State of
Colorado ("Fire District").
1. fuposes For Which The Fire District Is Organized
The Fire District is organized pursuant to C.R.S. § 32-1-
101, et seq. ("Special Districts Act") to provide Emergency
Services (as defined in Section 2 below) through the exercise of
all powers and authority granted to Colorado special districts
under the Special Districts Act, as may be amended, including
the common powers delineated in C.R.S. § 32-1-1001 and the
additional powers and authority granted fire protection districts
under C.R.S. § 32-1-1002, and all powers and authority granted
under federal, state, or local constitutional, statutory, regulatory,
or common law (including all inherent/implied powers and
authority), as may be modified or established from time to time
(collectively, "Applicable Law").
2. Services Provided Or To Be Provided By The Fire District
The Fire District is permitted to provide fire suppression;
fire protection and related support services, such as investigatory
and mitigation activities; fire prevention and public education
services; emergency rescue and extrication services; hazardous
materials services; and ambulance and emergency medical
services (collectively, "Emergency Services") to the citizens and
property within its jurisdiction, to individuals passing through its
jurisdiction, and to citizens and property outside its jurisdiction
to the extent authorized by Applicable Law. The term
"Emergency Services" also includes any other forms of
emergency services that the Fire District may in the future
become authorized to provide by Applicable Law, and which the
Fire District's Board of Directors ("Fire District Board")
determines is in the best interests of the Fire District and its
constituents to provide. The Fire District may provide the
Emergency Services directly, or may provide all or any of the
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Emergency Services indirectly by contract with another
Emergency Services provider.
The Fire District Board shall, in its sole discretion,
determine the scope and level of Emergency Services to be
provided, whether directly or indirectly, and the method by
which the Emergency Services will be provided, based upon
such factors as (a) current and projected general economic
conditions; (b) Emergency Services technology and best
practices; and (c) the Fire District's current and projected: (i)
financial condition and budgetary constraints; (ii) Emergency
Services area, both within and outside the Fire District's
jurisdictional boundaries; (iii) capital and workforce resources;
and (iv) Emergency Services demands. The Fire District Board
also may consider such other factors as it deems appropriate. All
of the Emergency Services as herein defined constitute the same
"type" of public services and the Fire District Board's decision to
increase, modify, or terminate some aspect of the Emergency
Services it provides, whether directly or indirectly, shall not
constitute a material modification of this Statement of Purposes
within the meaning of C.R.S. § 32-1-207, as may be amended
from time to time.
3. Facilities Provided Or To Be Provided By The Fire
District
The Fire District currently maintains facilities, with
associated buildings, structures, and improvements, at the
following addresses within its boundaries:
16680 Colorado Highway 14
Ault, Colorado 80610
601 2nd Street
Pierce, Colorado, 80650
The Fire District Board shall have the full power and
authority provided by Applicable Law to acquire, dispose of,
lease, encumber, construct, improve, or renovate/expand any
real property, facilities, structures, buildings, or improvements,
either within or outside the Fire District's jurisdiction, that the
Fire District Board determines necessary or appropriate for the
Fire District's administration or operations. The Fire District's
acquisition, disposal of, leasing, encumbering, constructing,
improving, or renovating/expanding of real property, facilities,
structures, buildings, or improvements, either within or outside
the Fire District's jurisdiction, shall not constitute a material
modification of this Statement of Purposes within the meaning
of C.R.S. § 32-1-207, as may be amended from time to time.
4. Areas Served Or To Be Served By The Fire District
The Fire District's current jurisdictional boundaries are set
forth on the attached Exhibit A. The Fire District shall have the
full power and authority granted by Applicable Law, including
without limitation, C.R.S. §§ 32-1-401 and -501, et seq., to
include within its jurisdiction, or to exclude from its jurisdiction,
such real property and improvements thereon as the Fire District
Board determines to be in the best interests of the Fire District,
the Fire District's constituents, the real property and
improvements to be included or excluded, and the real property's
owner(s).
ADOPTED this 1 ,-"' day of 14..4" , 2021.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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