Members to consider moratoriums

Some boards may get new council liaison for first time in years

Loveland City Council is slated to appoint new members to advisory boards and commissions at a special meeting on Tuesday, but they could be doing more than just filling vacancies. Before the appointments, council will consider a motion to reverse a rule that automatically reappoints members to their current position, meaning that some of the city’s boards will be getting a new council liaison for the first time in several years.

There are a total of 25 advisory boards and commissions in the city, making recommendations in areas including the city budget, affordable housing, parks and recreation and much more.

According to the city’s Board and Commission handbook, the role of a City Council liaison is, primarily, to maintain a connection between the board and council and keep members of both informed about decisions, directives and plans of the other. The council liaison is not supposed to be an advocate for the board nor direct its activities.

Each of the nine council members serve as primary liaison to at least two boards or commissions in the city and as alternate liaison on another two. The departure of Councilors Don Overcash, John Fogle and Richard Ball following the 2023 election left a total of 12 vacancies, including two on the Cultural Services board.

There are also another 25 regional or agency boards with a seat for a Loveland City Council member, including the Northern Colorado Regional Airport Commission, the Larimer County Solid Waste Police Advisory Council, and Platte River Power Authority, to name a few.

If City Council reverses its reappointment rule, all liaison and alternate positions for city boards will be filled by an ad hoc nomination process, based on Robert’s Rules of Order.

Also on Tuesday’s agenda are two proposed temporary moratoria. The first, proposed by Loveland Mayor Jacki Marsh, would put a hold on any new oil and gas applications or permits within the city, until new rules are approved.

The second, proposed by new Ward 4 representative Laura Light-kovacs, would put a sixmonth moratorium on the creation of new metropolitan tax districts, again pending the approval of new oversight and transparency rules.

Finally, City Council will also discuss a request by Loveland Mayor Jacki Marsh to move City Manager Steve Adams and City Attorney Moses Garcia to the floor of chambers during council meetings, to give members more room on the dais.

How to participate

Loveland City Council will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the council chambers at the Municipal Building, 500 E. Third St.

Comments from members of the public will be accepted in person as well as over Zoom.

Those wishing to join by Zoom can use the ID 975 3779 6504 with a passcode of 829866, according to the meeting agenda.

The meeting will be broadcast on Comcast Channel 16/880, Pulse TV channel 16 and streamed through the city’s website at lovgov.org/tv.

Tuesday’s agenda packet can be found through the Loveland City Council’s website at lovgov.org or at cilovelandco.civicweb.net.