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Elbert County commissioners back online legal notices, support open‑records changes and move to executive session
Summary
On Feb. 18 the Elbert County Board of Commissioners voted to support a bill allowing legal notices to be published in online newspaper editions and to endorse changes to Colorado's open‑records law; the board also approved entering an executive session to discuss legal and legislative strategy.
Elbert County commissioners met Feb. 18 and, after a legislative briefing from county legislative staff, voted to adopt a support position for a bill to allow local governments to publish legally required notices online and for a bill that would modify Colorado's open‑records law. The board then voted to move into an executive session to discuss legal and legislative strategy.
The briefing, delivered by county legislative staff, outlined a bill that would permit counties and municipalities to publish required legal notices on a newspaper’s website in place of a hard‑copy publication. A presenter described the change as “permissive,” telling the board it is intended to give local governments the option to publish notices online and could save time and…
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