Library District Information

This page provides information about the formation of the library district which was created from  the Adams County Library System.

A contest to give a new name to the Library District began March 18th, 2004 and ran through April 17th, 2004.  The Library Board  choose a name from among the top three finalists at the Board Meeting on April 21st, 2004.  

A contest was held to create a new logo for the district.  The contest ran between May 20th, 2004 and June 18th, 2004.  The new logo was selected by the Board at the June 23rd, 2004, meeting.  

On February 11th, 2004, the Board of Adams County Commissioners appointed five people to be on the Board of Trustees for the Adams County Library District.  They are:

• Kin Griffith

• Kay Riddle

• Dorothy Lindsey

• Debra Neiswonger

• Ray Coffey

For more information on the Board, click on Rangeview Library District Board of Trustees.

To see a statement on financial information for the Rangeview Library District, click on Notice of Financial Information.  This information is of September 2006.  It is in a Word format.

Click on Denver Metro Library Districts map for a map of Adams County and surrounding counties that have library districts.

Click on Rangeview Library District Service Area map to see the boundaries of the service area for the Library District. Note:  You will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to see this map.

Resolution establishing the Adams County Library District

The following is the text of the resolution passed by the Board of County Commissioners.  To see an Acrobat version of the actual resolution, click on Library District Resolution document.

STATE OF COLORADO                                )

COUNTY OF ADAMS                                )

                At a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners for Adams County, Colorado, held at the Administration Building in Brighton, Colorado on the 15TH day of DECEMBER, 2003 there were present:

  Elaine T. Valente  Chairman

  Larry W. Pace  Commissioner

  Ted L. Strickland  Commissioner

  James D. Robinson County Attorney

  Lucy Trujillo, Deputy Clerk of the Board

when the following proceedings, among others were held and done, to-wit:

RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A LIBRARY DISTRICT AND MERGING THE ADAMS COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM INTO THE LIBRARY DISTRICT PURSUANT TO THE COLORADO LIBRARY LAW

WHEREAS, public libraries have historically been an integral part of the informational, educational, and cultural milieus of communities in Adams County; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Colorado Library Law, § 24-90-101, et seq., C.R.S., as amended, the BOCC historically has been and continues to be committed to making available in Adams County publicly-supported, free library services providing information accessible to users regardless of age, physical or mental health, or economic status; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Library Law, the Adams County Library System (ACLS) was formed by resolution of the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) in 1988; and,

WHEREAS, based on an assessment performed by a professional consulting firm, it has been determined that the residents of Adams County desire enhanced facilities and services to meet the technological and informational needs of the public; and,

WHEREAS, based on the recommendations of the ACLS Board of Trustees (BOT) and the director of the Adams County Department of Human Development (ACDHD), the BOCC has determined that formation of a library district is necessary to ensure the viability, sustainability, and sound fiscal future of publicly-supported, free library services in Adams County; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Library Law, the formation of a library district will offer greater opportunities for flexibility in financing and independence of focus than have been available to the ACLS; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to §§ 24-90-106 and 107(1), C.R.S., as amended, the BOCC is expressly authorized to establish a library district upon providing adequate notice and a public hearing; and,

WHEREAS, pursuant to §§ 24-90-103(12) and 107(2)(b), C.R.S., as amended, notice has been given of the public hearing held this date concerning establishing a library district, as evidenced by the affidavits of publication that are attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference collectively as Exhibit “A.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Commissioners, County of Adams, State of Colorado, that a library district, as defined and provided for under the Library Law, shall be established as of January 1, 2004 and shall be known as the “Adams County Library District (ACLD).”

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, pursuant to § 24-90-103(6), C.R.S., as amended, the ACLD shall be established and maintained by Adams County acting alone and not formally in concert with any other government units.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, concomitant with the establishment of the ACLD, the ACLS shall be fully merged into and become a part of the district, as more specifically enumerated herein, so that the ACLS shall no longer exist as a separate or distinct entity.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the ACLD shall be a “public library,” as defined under § 24-90-103(13)(a), C.R.S., as amended, and shall be operated and maintained for the free use of the public residing within its legal service area, shall be operated and maintained in whole or in part with money derived from local taxation, and shall be open to the public a minimum number of hours per week in accordance with rules established by the state library.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, pursuant to § 24-90-103(5), C.R.S., as amended, the ACLD shall be a political subdivision of the state.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, upon the establishment of the ACLD, the legal service area of the ACLS, which includes all of the territory of Adams County, except for those portions included within the incorporated limits of the cities of Westminster and Aurora and the Deer Trail School District 26-J, as more particularly described in Exhibit “B” that is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, shall become that of the ACLD, as such legal service area is defined under § 24-90-103(4.5), C.R.S., as amended.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, upon the establishment of the ACLD, the 1.386 mill levy tax imposed on real and personal property in the legal service area of the ACLS for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of public library services, pursuant to § 24-90-112, C.R.S., as amended, which amount of mill levy tax and all other revenues of the ACLS have been exempted by voter approval from the revenue and spending limits of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR), Colo. Const. art. X, § 20, since January 1, 2000, shall become the mill levy tax of, and continue to be imposed on behalf of, the ACLD.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, pursuant to TABOR, Colo. Const. art. X, § 20 and § 24-90-107, C.R.S., as amended, upon the establishment of the ACLD there shall be no increase in the 1.386 mill levy tax without prior approval of a majority of the electors of the ACLD legal service area.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is anticipated that the imposition of such mill levy tax shall result in property tax revenues to the ACLD in the amount of $3,474,561 during calendar year 2004, and that additional revenues in the form of state or federal grants or private gifts and donations are anticipated to be in the amount of $488,390 during calendar year 2004, for a total anticipated revenue of $3,962,951.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the transfer to the ACLD of any other assets and liabilities held or incurred by Adams County on behalf of the ACLS, including its employees and any real and personal property, shall be in accordance with the terms of an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) that shall fully set forth the rights, obligations, and responsibilities of all parties, pursuant to § 24-90-107(2)(e), C.R.S., as amended, and shall be entered into within ninety (90) days after the appointment of the ACLD Board of Trustees.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, upon the establishment of the ACLD, the Public Library Fund established for the ACLS, pursuant to § 24-90-112, C.R.S., as amended, shall become the Public Library Fund of the ACLD, and all moneys held therein shall be transferred to the ACLD in accordance with the IGA.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, pursuant to § 24-90-108(1), C.R.S., as amended, the management and control of the ACLD shall be vested in a board of trustees that shall be comprised of five (5) members, all of whom shall reside with the ACLD legal service area.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, until the appointment of the ACLD BOT, which is anticipated to occur on or before February 9, 2004, the ACLS BOT shall continue to hold office and perform its duties and responsibilities in accordance with the ACLS Bylaws.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the ACLD BOT shall be appointed to terms of office, and may be removed from office, by the BOCC in accordance with § 24-90-108, C.R.S., as amended, as shall be more specifically enumerated in the IGA.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that recommendations for appointments to the ACLD BOT may be made to the BOCC by any resident or government unit within the legal service area of the ACLD, and solicitations for such recommendations shall be publicized upon the direction of the BOCC.

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that it is anticipated that the ACLD will operate with the oversight and supportive services of Adams County through calendar year 2004, as shall be more specifically enumerated in the IGA, and will not become independently operational until at least January 1, 2005.

Upon motion duly made and seconded the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:

Valente Aye

Pace Aye

Strickland Aye

Commissioners

STATE OF COLORADO                                )

County of Adams                                )

I,    Carol Snyder    , County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the annexed and foregoing Order is truly copied from the Records of the Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners for said Adams County, now in my office.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Brighton, Colorado this 15TH day of  DECEMBER,  A.D. 2003.

County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners

Carol Snyder:

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