Lake County commissioners hold executive session on master development plan; record no decisions

The Lake County Board of County Commissioners met at 2:00 p.m. for a special meeting and voted to enter an executive session to "determin[e] positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations in relation to a master development plan for the use and development of county property subject to U.S. Forest Service permitting, as well as developing strategy for negotiations and instructing negotiators," citing Colorado Revised Statutes 24-6-402(4)(e).

County Attorney Chris Floyd, County Manager Candace Bridal, Commissioner Matt Bullock, Commissioner Elsa Tharpe and Commissioner Andrew Lee were listed as present for the meeting. A motion to enter executive session was moved and seconded on the record; two affirmative voice responses — recorded in the transcript as “Aye. Aye.” — were made when the board voted to go into executive session.

The board exited the executive session at 3:52 p.m. and stated for the record that no decisions were made and that the meeting had been for discussion and informational purposes only. The special meeting was then concluded.

The board identified the statutory authority for the executive session as CRS 24-6-402(4)(e), the Colorado statute that allows governing bodies to discuss negotiation strategy and instruct negotiators in private. No substantive details of the negotiations, positions taken, or instructions to negotiators were disclosed in the public record of the meeting.