City Administratorreport

January 3, 20185:30 PM

MayorBruce Brown called the regular meeting of the City Council to order. Present were CouncilmembersMissie Trenary, Meghan Rozell, Tom Litherland and Chris Hazlett. City Clerk Margaret Hazlett and City Attorney Lee Phillips also present. Minutes for the December 20,2017 meeting were not completed and will be added to the January 17th meeting for approval.

PUBLIC COMMENT:

NONE

CITY ADMINISTRATORREPORT:

City Administrator, Ray DuBois stated, welcomed everyone with a “Happy New Year. Butte Theater; is entering the Community Season: January – May. They will be having Family Film Nights the 1st Thursday of the month from January thru May. Jan. 4th the Wizard of Oz and Feb. 1st, Groundhog Day. Those shows are for free. January 20th we’ll have the RIP Improv Comedy: This is a professional, unscripted, off-the-cuff, live comedy on Jan. 20th and showing at 1pm and 7pm. You can go online at buttetheater.com for more info. EVENTS: On December 21st we had Toys for Tots which was well attended including a visit by Santa and Mrs. Claus. There were slightly fewer children this year. Next event coming up is the Cripple Creek Ice Festival. That will be starting February 9th and going through Feb. 18th. Medical Update Steve Zoellner: Dr. Z gave his permission for Mr. Dubois to share his latest update. He is completing his 6th month of chemo treatment today and he has been responding well to the treatments. He will meet with his doctor in a month for a CAT scan to evaluate his treatment. Steve’s spirits and attitude are positive and inspiring. Hwy 67 Paving Project: Mark Marietta Materials will resume work on January 8th after the holiday break. The project will temporarily shut down in late February. However, temporary re-striping will be done if needed for safety purposes. In early May the project will resume to complete final striping, delineators, final approaches and mainline paving of 1,250 feet. For the council Mr. Dubois wanted to mention the CML annual legislative workshop will be held Thursday, Feb. 15th. He wanted to let council know that decisions will need to be made pretty quickly if they wish to attend and whether they want to attend the full workshop or try to set up meetings through Sol Malick, our city legislative liaison, for meetings with our state legislators. He wanted council to let him know who wishes to attend, how they plan to travel and make room reservations. Mr. DuBois stated he has not had an opportunity to look into the request by Councilman Hazlett about the possibility of opening up the Police shooting range to the public. He stated he and Chief Rulo had spoken briefly about it and have not had the opportunity to look into other alternatives. Councilman Hazlett was requesting an update on the Cripple Creek Motel and was advised that they have begun moving in their equipment and should be getting started. No other issues for this report.

FINANCE DIRECTOR REPORT:

Finance Director, Paul Harris, stated he has no budget requests or expenditure items at this time.

ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM PER SECTION 2-2-30 OF THE CRIPPLE CREEK MUNICIPAL CODE; LEE PHILLIPS; Mayor Brown read the title and Mr. Phillips stated section 2-2-30 of the Cripple Creek Municipal Code reads as follows: “At the first regular meeting in each fiscal year the City Council shall elect one of its members as mayor pro tem in the ensuing year. In the absence or disability of the mayor the mayor pro tem shall have all the power and authority of the mayor, shall perform all the duties of the mayor and shall be entitled to receive the same compensation while serving in such capacity.” This is the first regular meeting of the fiscal year. Mr. Phillips explained that the process would be to make nominations and nominations seconded and then a vote. The question was asked whether you could vote for yourself, and the answer is, “yes.” Mayor Brown made the nomination for Chris Hazlett since he is second in line here and has been on this council the longest and has the experience. Mr. Hazlett seconded the nomination and accepted the nomination. Ms. Rozell made the nomination for Mr. Litherland who then seconded and accepted the nomination. Ms. Rozell stated that his attendance record is “perfect” and he has served as mayor in the past. No further nominations. Mr. Phillips advised that the voting would have to be open and that the clerk should read the nominees and ask for votes. City clerk then announced votes for the nomination of Mr. Hazlett and the vote was 3 for and 2 against. City clerk then announced votes for the nomination of Mr. Litherland and the votes were 2 for and 3 against. Mr. Hazlett was nominated as Mayor Pro Tem.

RECOGNITION OF FORMER MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE BJ FETT; MAYOR BRUCE BROWN: Mayor Brown read the proclamation that was to be presented to Judge Fett’s wife, Beverly, and daughter, Brianna. Presentation was made to them both and photos taken by local media.

REQUEST APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2018-01 – A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A DESIGNATED PUBLIC PLACE FOR THE POSTING OF MEETING NOTICES AS REQUIRED BY THE COLORADO OPEN MEETINGS LAW; MARGARET HAZLETT: City Clerk advised that this was just a standard resolution establishing the postings for our public notices and resolution was read into the record. “BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRIPPLE CREEK COLORADO THAT:

The Cripple Creek City Hall, the Cripple Creek Post Office and the City of Cripple Creek web-site shall constitute the designated public place for the posting of meeting notices as required by the Colorado Open Meetings Law. The City Clerk shall be responsible for posting the required notices no later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the holding of the meeting. All meeting notices shall include specific agenda information, where possible. ADOPTED at Cripple Creek, Colorado, this 3rd day of January 2018. Councilmember Rozell asked if that meant that the website is now mandatory as to in the past it was an option? She was advised that was correct. Mr. Phillips explained this is something that the General Assembly requires of every municipality every year because the statute says so. Mr. DuBois asked if this was different from the past and was advised that the change was made in the last year or so for the website. Motion by Mr. Hazlett to approve Resolution 2018-01 that deals with designation of public places for posting of meeting notices, seconded by Ms. Rozell and motion carried.

REQUEST APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 2018-02 – A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING REAUTHORIZATION BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COLORADO LOTTERY DIVISION IN 2018; CONNIE DODRILL; Ms. Dodrill explained that GOCO has reached out to us. Every city/municipality will now vote to see how they feel about keeping the lottery and having the money come back to conservation trust funds and then going back to the Great Outdoors Colorado. Ms. Dodrill gave the figures for how much the City of Cripple Creek has received from conservation funds and GOCO. To date the GOCO has distributed $376,061.00 directly to the City of Cripple Creek and the conservation trust fund has distributed over $284,110.85 directly to the City. That amount does not include what we have received for the Mountain View Adventure Park which was approximately $300,000.00. Councilman Litherland asked whether the trust funds can be used to acquire property and was advised that it could be used to purchase and to maintain. Ms. Trenary asked who in Denver would be representing the municipalities? Ms. Dodrill said that the liaison has been Justin who is on the board for the Colorado Parks & Recreation Association and we will forward him our copy of the resolution. Mr. Phillips stated appropriate motion would be to approve resolution 2018-02, a resolution supporting reauthorization by the General Assembly of the Colorado lottery Division in 2018; so moved by Ms. Trenary and seconded by Ms. Rozell and motion carried.

Meeting adjourned at5:55 P.M.

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Bruce Brown, MayorMargaret Hazlett,City Clerk