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RESOLUTION NO. 1262
SERIES OF 1991
TITLE:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE EXPRESSING THE
EXTREME DISPLEASURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE ABSENCE
OF THE CITY'S ADMINISTRATION FROM A CONTINUED CITY
COUNCIL MEETING HELD AUGUST l3, 1991.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wheat Ridge held its
regular Council Meeting on August 12, 1991, at the conclusion of
which it was necessary to continue said meeting to August 13, 1991,
for the purpose of discussing in further detail an agenda item
relating to employee compensation;
WHEREAS, at the time of said continued city Council Meeting
on August 13, 1991, the City Administrator was not present;
WHEREAS, those members of the City Council present at said
continued meeting, began to discuss the matter on the agenda for
discussion, but determined, during the course of that discussion,
that the absence of the City's Administration precluded a decision
being made upon that item because answers to certain City Council
questions were not able to be obtained;
WHEREAS, during the course of said continued City Council
Meeting, attempts were made to contact the city Administrator by
telephone, which attempts were unsuccessful;
WHEREAS, during the course of said meeting, the City Council
voted to enlist the Police Department of the City of Wheat Ridge
to go to the residence of the City Administrator and determine
whether or not the city Administrator was at home and available to
come to the meeting;
WHEREAS, the Police Department of the city of Wheat Ridge,
acting in accordance with the Council's request and direction, went
to the City Administrator's home and determined that the city
Administrator was at his place of residence at that time;
WHEREAS, notwithstanding the presence of the Police Department
at his home, the city Administrator refused to attend the continued
City Council Meeting;
WHEREAS, Section 5.5 of the Home Rule Charter of the City of
Wheat Ridge provides as follows:
A majority of the members of the Council may, by vote, either
request or compel the attendance of its members and other
officers of the City at any meeting of the Council. Any
member of the Councilor other officer who then notified of
such request for his attendance fails to attend such meeting
for reasons other than confining illness or absence from the
City, or because such Councilmember of officer is attending
a meeting as a representative of the city, shall be deemed
guilty of misconduct in office unless excused by the Council.
WHEREAS, the council had not excused the city Administrator
from the continued meeting being held on August 13, 1991, and the
City Administrator had not sought excuse from said meeting;
WHEREAS, the absence of the city Administrator from said
meeting left the city council without the ability to obtain answers
to specific questions which the council, or a majority thereof,
felt necessary to obtain before continuing to resolve the question
before it.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the city
of Wheat Ridge that the Council expresses its extreme displeasure
at the absence of the City Administration from the lawfully
continued meeting of the Wheat Ridge City Council, continued on
August 12, 1991 to August 13, 1991.
DONE AND RESOLVED this 26th day of
AuqUst
, 1991.
Dan Wilde, Mayor
ATTEST:
Wanda Sang, City Clerk
Passed 7-1 on August 26, 1991 - not signed by the Mayor.
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