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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />2.0 CITY OF GREELEY <br /> <br />2.1 HISTORY <br /> <br />The City of Greeley was founded in the early 1870's as the Greeley Temperance Colony. The <br />select agricultural community was conceived in New York by Horace Greeley, the newspaper <br />publisher. Incorporated in April, 1886, Greeley later became a Home Rule City In 1958, The <br />city has prospered as the education, trade, transportation, and marketing center of Weld County, <br />one of the most productive agricultural counties In the United States, Greeley is the county seat <br />and covers an area of approximately 27 square miles, It is located at an elevation of 4,663 feet <br />above sea level. <br /> <br />The city is home to the University of Northern Colorado, the third largest university In Colorado, <br />and over fifty industries are located in and around the Greeley area, These include Monfort of <br />Colorado, Eastman Kodak, Mountain Bell Telephone, Noffsinger Manufacturing, Norwest <br />Publishing, State Farm Insurance, and Hewlett-Packard Company, <br /> <br />Greeley provides or has available all of the services normally expected in a modern city. Water <br />and sewer service, police and fire protection, a municipal court system, streets and street <br />maintenance, and parks and recreational facilkies are available throughout the city. Public <br />schools, public transn, hospitals, telephone. utRltles, garbage collection, and power utilities are <br />readily available. <br /> <br />2.2 LAWS UNDER WHICH ORGANIZED, POWERS, AND AUTHORITIES <br /> <br />The City of Greeley, Colorado has all the powers of local self-govemment and home rule, and <br />all the powers possible under the Constitution, laws, and statutes of Colorado, This includes <br />the right of eminent domain and the power to collect taxes and fees as compensation for city <br />services, The organization, powers, and duties of the City are fully defined in the Charter of <br />the City of Greeley as adopted June 24, 1958 and amended November 7, 1989, <br /> <br />The November 1989 City Charter revision expanded the Water and Sewer Board from eight to <br />ten members wkh seven voting members and three non voting members, <br /> <br />2-1 <br />