(1)The governing body or, in
charter cities, the officials having charge of public improvements of any
municipality or group of municipalities, together with the boards of county
commissioners of any counties in which such municipality or group of municipalities
is located or of any adjoining counties; or the governing bodies or, in charter cities,
the officials having charge of public improvements of any municipality or group of
municipalities, acting independently of the boards of county commissioners in
which such municipality or group of municipalities is located; or the boards of
county commissioners of any two or more counties may cooperate in the creation of
a regional planning commission for any region defined as may be agreed upon by
said cooperating governing bodies or
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(1) The governing body or, in
charter cities, the officials having charge of public improvements of any
municipality or group of municipalities, together with the boards of county
commissioners of any counties in which such municipality or group of municipalities
is located or of any adjoining counties; or the governing bodies or, in charter cities,
the officials having charge of public improvements of any municipality or group of
municipalities, acting independently of the boards of county commissioners in
which such municipality or group of municipalities is located; or the boards of
county commissioners of any two or more counties may cooperate in the creation of
a regional planning commission for any region defined as may be agreed upon by
said cooperating governing bodies or officials or boards limited to a region within
the jurisdiction of said cooperating governing bodies.
(2) The number and qualifications of members of any such regional planning
commission, their terms, and the method of their appointment or removal shall be
such as may be determined and agreed upon by said cooperating governing bodies
or officials and boards; but each participating county or municipality shall be
entitled to at least one voting representative. The regional planning commission
shall elect its chairman, whose term shall be one year, with eligibility for reelection.
The commission may create and fill such other offices as it may determine.
(3) Any board of county commissioners or other county officials or the chief
executive officer of any municipality, from time to time, upon the request of the
commission and for the purpose of special surveys, may assign or detail to the
commission any members of staffs of county or municipal administrative
departments or may direct any such department to make for the commission
special surveys or studies requested by the commission.
(4) The proportion of the expenses of the regional planning commission to be
borne respectively by any governing body cooperating in the establishment and
maintenance of the commission shall be such as may be determined and agreed
upon by the cooperating bodies or officials or boards, and they are authorized to
appropriate or cause to be appropriated their respective shares of such expense.
(5) Within the amounts duly appropriated or otherwise received, the regional
planning commission has the power to appoint such clerical and stenographic
employees and such technically qualified staff as are necessary to do the work of
the commission. The regional planning commission has the further power to
contract for such other services, facilities, and personnel as it may require within its
means, including the services of professional planners and other consultants.
(6) The regional planning commission is specifically empowered to receive
and expend all grants, gifts, and bequests, specifically including state and federal
funds and other funds available for the purposes for which the commission exists,
and to contract with the state of Colorado, the United States, and all other legal
entities with respect thereto. The regional planning commission may provide, within
the limitations of its budget, matching funds wherever grants, gifts, bequests, and
contractual assistance are available on such basis.
(7) A regional planning commission shall be a body politic and corporate,
with power to sue and be sued. It shall be liable on its undertakings, contractual or
otherwise. The individual members thereof and the cooperating governing bodies or
officials and boards shall not be liable on the undertakings of the commission,
contractual or otherwise, regardless of the procedure by which such undertakings,
or any of them, may be entered into.
(8) The regional planning commission has the power to adopt articles to
regulate and govern its affairs, whether as an incorporated association or
otherwise, in the performance of the regional planning functions as defined by
statute; such articles shall contain rules pertaining to the transaction of the
commission's business. The regional planning commission shall keep records of its
resolutions, transactions, contractual undertakings, findings, and determinations,
which records shall be public records. The regional planning commission has and
shall exercise all powers necessary or incidental to exercise fully the powers and
authority conferred in this section.
(9) A regional planning commission may, to the extent provided for in a
resolution adopted by a board of county commissioners, perform the functions of a
county planning commission as provided for in this part 1.
(10) Nothing in this part 1 shall preclude participation by any county or
municipality in more than one regional planning commission.