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Rio Blanco County commissioners approve agenda, go into executive session to discuss CSU MOU on salaries and budgeted expenses
Summary
At a July 23, 2025 special work session, the Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners approved the meeting agenda and voted to enter an executive session under Colorado law to discuss negotiation strategy and instruct negotiators concerning a "CSU agreement MOU" relating to salaries and budgeted expenses.
The Rio Blanco County Board of County Commissioners approved the meeting agenda and voted to enter an executive session on July 23, 2025, to discuss negotiation strategy and instruct negotiators on a "CSU agreement MOU" concerning salaries and budgeted expenses.
The special work session was called to order at 9:04 a.m. and opened with an announcement that the meeting "is not going to be streamed live on the RBC YouTube channel," a remark made by the meeting chair. The tentative agenda cited in the meeting materials was dated as of July 22, 2025, and the materials noted that the final tentative agenda would be posted at the RBC Historic Courthouse in Meeker and at Rangeley Town Hall in Rangeley.
A member of the board moved to approve the agenda for the July 23, 2025 session; another member seconded the motion. County roll call recorded O'Hara, Scrunchfield and Overton as voting "aye," and the agenda was approved.
Later in the session, a commissioner moved "to go into executive session pursuant to" Colorado Revised Statutes section 24-6-402(4)(e) "to discuss positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations, develop strategies for negotiations, and instruct negotiators" specifically regarding the CSU agreement MOU about salaries and budgeted expenses. The motion was seconded. Roll call on the executive-session motion recorded Overton, Scrunchfield and O'Hara as voting "aye," and the board directed that the meeting enter executive session.
Before recessing, commissioners discussed logistics for the closed session, asking staff to confirm the link for a separate Google Meet to host the executive session. The board chair said staff would advise when the executive session would start and end.
The record in the public portion of the meeting lists the statute cited by number and describes the subject matter (negotiations and instruction of negotiators) but does not disclose the details of the negotiations or any substantive terms of the CSU agreement MOU; those matters were moved to the closed session as permitted by state law.
