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Salida council moves into closed session on golf‑course negotiations, directs negotiating parameters
Summary
Council voted to enter executive session under Colorado statutes to receive legal advice and set negotiating parameters for leasing/operating the Salida golf course; on reconvening, council recorded direction to offer parameters to the recreation corporation referenced in the session.
The Salida City Council voted to go into executive session to receive legal advice and to develop negotiating positions regarding the lease, operation and related agreements for the Salida golf course.
Council Member Papenfort moved and Council Member Martin seconded a motion to enter executive session under Colorado Revised Statutes (CRS) cited in the motion, including sections referenced as 24‑6‑424B, 24‑6‑4024E and 24‑6‑4024A. The stated purposes were receiving legal advice on specific legal questions, developing strategy and instructing negotiators and discussing the purchase/lease/operation of city property. The motion passed on a roll‑call vote.
After the executive session the council reconvened and recorded that it had given direction to offer negotiating parameters to the recreation corporation named in the record (referenced as "Greater Recreation Siler Recreation Corporation"). No formal action was taken in public during the closed session; council members confirmed that any further developments will be addressed in future public meetings.
Legal context: the council cited Colorado statutes authorizing closed‑door attorney‑client consultations and negotiation strategy discussions; staff also announced that any substantive public action would be recorded in a subsequent regular meeting.
