13-41 IGAW CCR BOCC
RESOLUTION NO. 13-41
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL
AGREEMENT FOR CONDUCT OF COORDINATED ELECTIONS BY AND BETWEEN
THE TOWN OF FIRESTONE, THE WELD COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER AND THE
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR WELD COUNTY
WHEREAS, the Weld County Clerk and Recorder will conduct a general election on
November 5, 2013, as a coordinated mail ballot election pursuant to the Uniform Election Code
and, in particular, C.R.S. Section 1-7-116; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees previously called a special municipal election for
November 5, 2013, to be conducted as a coordinated mail ballot election pursuant to state law;
and
WHEREAS, the attached Memorandum of Intergovernmental Agreement for Conduct of
General Elections provides for the conduct and financing of such election.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
TOWN OF FIRESTONE, COLORADO:
Section 1. The proposed Memorandum of Intergovernmental Agreement for Conduct
of Coordinated Elections (“Intergovernmental Agreement”), a copy of which is attached hereto
and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby approved.
Section 2. Pursuant to C.R.S. Section 31-10-102.7, the Town will utilize the
requirements and procedures of the Uniform Election Code of 1992, Articles 1 to 13 of Title 1,
C.R.S., as amended, in lieu of the Colorado Municipal Code of 1965, Article 10 of Title 31,
C.R.S., as amended. The Town Clerk is hereby appointed as the designated election official of
the Town for purposes of performing acts required or permitted by law in connection with the
election and in accordance with the terms of the Intergovernmental Agreement.
Section 3. The Mayor and Town Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the
Intergovernmental Agreement on behalf of the Town of Firestone, except that such persons are
hereby further authorized to negotiate and approve such revisions to the Intergovernmental
Agreement as are determined necessary or desirable for the protection of the Town, so long as
the essential terms and conditions of the Intergovernmental Agreement are not altered.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED this 14th day of August, 2013.
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