Board of Wellington v. Board of Fort Collins

Opinion by

Chief Judge DAVIDSON.

The issue presented in this declaratory judgment action is whether the trial court properly determined that land annexed by plaintiff, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Wellington, Colorado (Town), is automatically removed from the Fort Collins Regional Library District (District). We reverse and remand.

I. Statutory and Procedural Background

A. Formation of Library Districts

Under the Colorado Library Law, §§ 24-90-101 to -119, C.R.S.2008, and as relevant here, a library district may be formed by, among other means, a petition of registered electors submitted…