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Pueblo County School District 70 board deadlocks on filling vacant seat after repeated tie votes
Summary
Multiple nominations and successive roll-call votes failed to produce a majority to fill a vacant board seat, leaving the district with an open director position at recess. Board members debated qualifications, community email counts and potential conflicts of interest as motions to continue or reinterview were defeated.
The Pueblo County School District 70 Board of Education spent more than two hours debating nominations to fill a vacant board seat but failed to reach the majority needed to appoint anyone before a recess.
The board president cited Colorado law during opening discussion, saying, “Under Colorado Revised Statute 22-31-129, this board has 60 days to fill a vacancy by a majority vote,” and noting that if members cannot reach agreement the statute requires the president to appoint on the 61st day. He said he preferred a consensus outcome but reaffirmed the legal…
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