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Trustees approve municipal-code update and sign hospital letter; routine updates and adjournment
Summary
The board aligned municipal penalties with a recent court ruling, approved a letter of support for hospital equipment (with a minor edit), received routine staff and trustee updates and adjourned.
Trustees approved a code amendment to align municipal penalties with a recent Colorado court decision; Town Attorney Jeff Parker summarized the ruling, noting municipal penalties (except for traffic offenses) cannot exceed state statute for similar offenses.
The board also authorized the mayor to sign a letter of support for a hospital equipment request after removing a sentence that implied new services would necessarily be more affordable; trustees agreed to delete the word "affordability" from the paragraph to avoid implying guaranteed lower costs.
During trustee-staff interaction the board heard updates on the Friendship Garden dedication, a West Main transportation survey, and community engagement opportunities. Trustees set future meeting dates and adjourned the meeting.
