Senate Resolution 25-011

SENATE RESOLUTION 25-011

BY SENATOR(S) Coleman, Kipp, Michaelson Jenet.

CONCERNING THE APPROVAL BY THE SENATE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENT OF CYRIL VIDERGAR TO THE INDEPENDENT ETHICS COMMISSION.

WHEREAS, Section 5 (2)(a)(I) of article XXIX of the state constitution requires the Colorado Senate to appoint one member to the Independent Ethics Commission created in section 5 (1) of said article, hereafter referred to as the "Commission", and section 24-18.5-101 (2)(a), Colorado Revised Statutes, directs the Senate President to appoint that member with the approval of two-thirds of the members elected to the Senate; and

WHEREAS, Pursuant to this authority, Senate President James Coleman has appointed Cyril Vidergar to succeed Commissioner Cole Wist as the Senate appointee to the Commission for a four-year term commencing July 1, 2025; and

WHEREAS, Cyril Vidergar, a resident of Fort Collins, Colorado,

is a well-respected and experienced attorney, currently serving as Senior Assistant City Attorney for the city of Loveland after serving the city of Fort Collins as an assistant city attorney for eleven years; and

WHEREAS, In his dozen years as a city attorney, Mr. Vidergar advises city officials on complex municipal legal, regulatory, and procedural matters in the areas of utility services, telecommunications, land use planning, and engineering practices; and

WHEREAS, Before serving as an assistant city attorney, Mr. Vidergar represented municipalities in land use, utility, and oil and gas litigation and appeals and formed and advised various quasi-governmental metropolitan, water and sanitation, and road districts; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Vidergar's legal experience has given him an appreciation for the balance required for the citizen oversight of government officials protected in the state constitution and the Colorado Revised Statutes; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Vidergar has been and remains an active member of the legal and nonlegal communities, serving as a volunteer mediator for the small claims division in the eighth judicial district, serving on the Civil Rights and Mock Trial Committees of the Colorado Bar Association, guest lecturing at Front Range Community College, co-chairing the Young Attorneys subcommittee of the American Bar Association Litigation Ethics Committee, and serving as President of the Mountain Sage Community School Board of Directors; and

WHEREAS, Mr. Vidergar also writes a monthly column in the Longmont Times-Call newspaper and has had numerous articles published in local and legal publications regarding various local government and business law topics; and

WHEREAS, On the basis of his dedicated public service both as an assistant city attorney and in representing governmental and quasi-governmental entities in the state and his engagement and involvement in the legal and local communities, Mr. Vidergar has demonstrated the temperament and personal qualities that will enable him to serve as a respected member of the Independent Ethics Commission in an exemplary manner and in a way that will reflect well upon the Senate, the Colorado General Assembly, and the State of Colorado; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventy-fifth General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

That the Senate hereby approves President Coleman's appointment of Cyril Vidergar to the Independent Ethics Commission for a term commencing July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2029.

Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Resolution be sent to the Chair of the Independent Ethics Commission, the Executive Director of the Independent Ethics Commission, and Cyril Vidergar.