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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
RESOLUTION NO. _
(Series of 19]~-~)
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CERTAIN FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF THE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO FILE AND PROSECUTE CLAIMS ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN IN THE SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION OF THE PITKIN cOUNTY
COURT
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen, Colorado, a municipal corporation
and home-rule City, is a creditor with respect to a significant
number of debts in the amounts of approximately One Thousand Dol-
lars ($1,000.00) or less; and
WHEREAS, the legislature of the State of Colorado has created
a small claims division in the various county courtS of the state,
including Pitkin County, to assist creditor claimantS in securing
a non-technical legal forum to litigate debt claims in the amountS
of approximately One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or less; and
WHEREAS, it is the expressed intent of the legislature to
exclude attorneys from practice before the Small Claims Division;
and
wHEREAS, a municipal corporation may file claims and be
represented in the Small Claims Division by a full-time officer or
employee of the corporation;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY cOUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO:
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That the Finance Director of the City of Aspen hereby is
authorized, after advice from the City Manager and the City Attor-
ney, and as a last resort of collection, to file such claims in
the Small Claims Division of the County court of Pitkin County,
State of Colorado, as are lawful and, in the Finance Director
advised discretion, represent just debts owed to the City of
Aspen. The Finance Director shall further have the discretion,
after advice from the City Manager and City Attorney, to waive
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in excess of the jurisdictional limit of the
in order to meet the jurisdiction of the
small amounts owed
Small Claims Division,
Small Claims Division.
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That the Finance Director of
the City of Aspen hereby is
authorized to authorize, by a writing to that effect, a full-time
employee of the Finance Department to file and prosecute claims on
behalf of the City of Aspen in the Small Claims Division of the
County Court of Pitkin County, State of Colorado.
Dated: ~ ~ , 1982.
Susan E. Michael, Mayor Pro Tom
I, Kathryn S. Koch, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do
certify that the foregoing is a true and accurate copy of that
resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Aspen,
Colorado, at a meeting held
1982.
K~City Clerk