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Elbert County commissioners hold executive session, authorize joint filing to settle lawsuit with sheriff's office
Summary
On April 24 the Elbert County Board of County Commissioners entered an executive session to discuss litigation with the Elbert County Sheriff's Office in case 2024CV30091 and later authorized counsel to file a joint motion seeking to convert a nonfinal draft agreement into a court order to settle the case.
Elbert County Board of County Commissioners members on April 24 went into an executive session to receive legal advice and develop negotiation strategy in a lawsuit between the county and the Elbert County Sheriff's Office, and afterward authorized counsel to ask the Elbert County District Court to convert a nonfinal draft settlement into a court order in case 2024CV30091.
A commissioner moved that the board meet in executive session with the county’s attorneys under Colorado open-meetings law to obtain legal advice and develop strategy and instructions for negotiators related to the case. The board approved the motion and moved into an adjacent office at about 1:33 p.m., returning to open session at 3:08 p.m., according to the meeting record.
After the executive session, the board reviewed a "nonfinal draft" agreement in principle and authorized counsel in case 2024CV30091 and counsel for the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office to file a joint motion asking the Elbert County District Court to make that draft an order of the court and thereby settle the case. The board then voted to approve the recommendation; meeting minutes record the motion carried. The board also recorded that it "took no formal action in contravention of section 24-6-402(4) of the Colorado Revised Statutes" during the executive session.
The meeting record names participants in the closed session as Bart Grier, Sean Fletcher, Mike Buck, Dallas Schroeder, Byron McDaniel and Matthew Haggerty. Rhonda called the roll at the start of the meeting. Commissioners present were recorded as Mike Buck, Dallas Schroeder and Byron McDaniel.
Other routine motions that appear in the record: approval of the open-meeting agenda, and a motion to adjourn at about 3:10 p.m.; each motion was approved with the board saying "aye" and the chair noting the motion carried.
No additional details of the settlement terms, monetary amounts, or conditions were announced in open session, and the record does not specify individual vote counts beyond the board's affirmative "aye" responses.
