HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024 - RESO 08 - Adopt Bylaws for Public BodiesCITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 08
Series of 2024
TITLE: A RESOLUTION ADOPTING BYLAWS OF SEVERAL OF THE
CITY’S PUBLIC BODIES
WHEREAS, the City of Wheat Ridge has several boards, commissions,
authorities, and uncodified special committees; and
WHEREAS, the effectiveness of each of these municipal bodies is essential to
the success of the City; and
WHEREAS, in response to an unprecedented interest in serving on its municipal
bodies, Council directed staff to review the Boards and Commissions Code to identify
possible improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Council held a Study Session on August 7, 2023, focusing on
how to amend the Boards and Commissions Code and improve the effectiveness of the
City’s municipal bodies; and
WHEREAS, at the October 2, 2023, Study Session, Council reached consensus
to adopt a framework regulating the City’s uncodified special committees; and
WHEREAS, at the October 2, 2023, Study Session, Council reached consensus
that Sustainable Wheat Ridge and the newly created Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and
Accessibility (IDEA) Committee would be hybrid committees subject to many of the
same rules as the City’s Boards and Commissions; and
WHEREAS, the Council adopted Ordinance No. 1777 on October 9, 2023,
amending the Boards and Commissions Code to codify the consensus established
during the August 7, 2023, Study Session; and
WHEREAS, the Council adopted Ordinance No. 1785 on January 8, 2024,
extending Boards and Commissions Code amendments to the Liquor Licensing
Authority; and
WHEREAS, in response to Council’s consensus at the October 2, 2023, Study
Session, the adoption of Ordinance No. 1777, and the adoption of Ordinance No. 1785,
the following municipal bodies have passed amended bylaws:
• Board of Adjustment
• Cultural Commission
• Liquor Licensing Authority
• Parks and Recreation Commission
• Planning Commission
• Sustainable Wheat Ridge
WHEREAS, the Council also desires to adopt bylaws for the establishment of the
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) Committee; and
WHEREAS, the City Council must adopt these bylaws through a resolution for
them to take effect.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Wheat
Ridge, Colorado, as follows:
Section 1. The bylaws of the Board of Adjustment, Cultural Commission, IDEA
Committee, Liquor Licensing Authority, Parks and Recreation
Commission, Planning Commission, and Sustainable Wheat Ridge,
attached hereto as Exhibit A, are hereby approved.
Section 2. These bylaws shall become effective immediately.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 26th day of February 2024.
ATTEST:
Margy Greer, Sr. Deputy City Clerk
Bud Starker, Mayor