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Pueblo County commissioners move into executive session to receive legal advice and discuss negotiations
Summary
County Attorney Cynthia Mitchell requested an executive session on Jan. 30 under Colorado law to obtain legal advice on multiple matters and to discuss negotiation strategy; the board moved into executive session after a motion, second and a recorded 'aye' vote.
County Attorney Cynthia Mitchell asked the Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 30 to convene an executive session under Colorado Revised Statutes section 24-6-402(4)(b) and (e) to receive legal advice and to develop negotiation strategy. In her request Mitchell read a list of specific legal questions and negotiation matters she said counsel should address.
Mitchell cited specific topics that included authority regarding county investments prior to meetings; compliance with the Comanche Corporation agreement; eligibility requirements for marijuana scholarship awards pursuant to county resolutions 15-203 and 19-186; a potential resolution concerning parking-lot requirements for 4129 Nature Center Road; staff compliance with workday procedures and paid military leave; and to develop strategy and instruct negotiators regarding contracts or negotiations with District 70, the City-County Library District, and a potential amendment to the county's contract with Corsantino Construction and the HARP Authority. She read the statutory authority for the executive session on the record.
After Mitchell's request, a commissioner moved to go into executive session, another commissioner seconded, the chair called for the vote and an "aye" was recorded; the clerk then announced the board was in executive session. The motion to enter executive session was made and seconded and approved at the Jan. 30 meeting; no substantive public discussion of the listed matters occurred in open session following that motion.
No final public decisions on the listed matters were recorded at the Jan. 30 work session; matters were put into executive session for confidential legal advice and negotiation planning as allowed under the cited statute.
