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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS (“BOCC”) OF
PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO, TO PARTNER WITH COLORADO MOUNTAIN
COLLEGE (CMC) IN APPLYING FOR AND DISTRIBUTING THE COLORADO
OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIOP (COSI) 2023-2024 MATCHING FUNDS
SCHOLARSHIP
RESOLUTION NO. 084-2023
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 2.8.4 (Actions) of the Pitkin County Home Rule Charter
(“HRC”), all matters not required to be acted upon by ordinance or formal resolution may
be acted upon by informal resolution, and;
WHEREAS the State of Colorado, through the Colorado Opportunity Scholarship (COSI)
has provided an opportunity for local counties to apply for scholarship support for students
entering postsecondary education, and
WHEREAS COSI has required that matching scholarship funds awarded to any county be
deposited with, and administered by, a local representative non-profit community
foundation, and
WHEREAS COSI has required that matching scholarship funds will only be awarded to a
county in which the student participants are engaged in a rigorous student success support
program, and
WHEREAS the school districts contained either in part, or in full, within the boundaries of
this county are currently participants within a previously funded COSI vigorous student
success support program known as the Mountain Futures Fund (MFF), and
WHEREAS MFF was developed in cooperation with Colorado Mountain College (CMC)
and has developed a functional framework for administering grant funds awarded by COSI,
that is acceptable to COSI, and utilizes local non-profit community foundations, and
WHEREAS COSI has indicated that the MFF vigorous student success support program
currently funded in part by COSI and in operation at present is provisionally sufficient to
meet the requirements of the COSI matching scholarship grant requirements, and
WHEREAS the provision of additional scholarship support, to offset the cost of attending
post-secondary education and a vigorous student success support program are critical to the
continued economic competitiveness of this county, and
WHEREAS affordable post-secondary education for the citizens of this county is both a
public good and a pathway towards greater individual economic success and greater
economic health for this county, and
WHEREAS this citizens of this county have an expressed interest in providing affordable
and cost-competitive quality post-secondary education for residents of this county,
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners
approves that CMC apply on behalf of Pitkin County to COSI for $2,000 in matching
scholarship funds through its 2023-2024 grant opportunity, and
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RESOLUTION NO. 084-2023
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners
agrees that the Colorado Mountain College Foundation will be the repository of all funds
raised by this COSI grant initiative and will be responsible for the monitoring, distribution,
and oversight of these scholarship awards, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners
approves the allocation of all scholarship dollars raised by this 2023-2024 COSI initiative
will be first applied to reducing the cost of attendance for eligible Pitkin County residents to
attend CMC pursuant to a formal two-year degree, four-year degree, technical certificate, or
success transfer to another institution of post-secondary education.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if all eligible Pitkin county residents in an awarding
academic year have received the greatest financial aid possible from this award, the Pitkin
County Board of County Commissioners authorizes CMC on its behalf to allocated unspent
dollars for eligible residents from other counties participating in this initiative and this
authority covers both current and standing unspent balances provided in past COSI
allocations for Pitkin County.
WHEREAS, The BOCC finds that it is in the best interests of the citizens of Pitkin County
to approve this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Pitkin County, Colorado that it hereby adopts a Resolution to Partner with Colorado
Mountain College (CMC) in Applying for and Distributing the Colorado Opportunity
Scholarship (COSI) 2023-2024 Matching Funds Scholarship and authorizes the Chair to
sign the Resolution and upon the satisfaction of the County Attorney as to form, execute
any other associated documents necessary to complete this matter.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED ON THE 6TH DAY OF DECEMBER 2023.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
By _________________________ By: _____________________________
Sam Engen Francie Jacober, Chair
Clerk to the Board
Date: ______________
APPROVED AS TO FORM: MANAGER APPROVAL
___________________________ _________________________________
John Ely, County Attorney Jon Peacock, County Manager
Dec-21-2023