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Pueblo County approves $20,000 cap for outside counsel to represent sheriff in two cases after tense debate
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved a professional services agreement capped at $20,000 to retain outside counsel for the Pueblo County sheriff in two legal matters. Commissioners debated whether the county should fund litigation tied to a disputed labor-law issue as members of the public and sheriff's employees testified on both sides.
Pueblo County commissioners voted to approve a professional services agreement to retain outside counsel for the sheriff, with the contract capped at $20,000.
The contract covers representation in two matters identified at the meeting: a Denver district court case listed in the transcript as case number 2024 CB33741, and an unfair labor practice complaint pending at the U.S. Department of Labor, referenced in the meeting as case number 3727-24. Commissioners discussed whether the county should pay for judicial review of disputed state law that affects the sheriff’s authority and employees’ collective-bargaining rights.
Supporters of funding said the sheriff, as an elected official, needs legal clarity to carry out constitutional and statutory duties, and that denying counsel would substitute the…
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