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Garden City trustees enter executive session to interview Town Administrator/Town Clerk candidates
Summary
At a June 17 special meeting the Garden City Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hold an executive session under C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(f) to interview three candidates for the Town Administrator/Town Clerk position; no public decision was announced.
The Garden City Board of Trustees voted unanimously June 17 to move into an executive session to interview candidates for the combined Town Administrator/Town Clerk position, citing C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(f) as the legal basis for a personnel discussion.
Trustee Leigh Sorensen moved to enter the executive session; Trustee Rebecca Moreau seconded the motion, and the roll call showed Mayor Fil Archuleta and Trustees Alex Lopez, Leigh Sorensen, Rebecca Moreau, Katherine Rodriguez, Gary Sorensen and Jasmine Marquez voting yes. Town Administrator/Town Clerk Cheryl Campbell left the boardroom before the meeting moved into executive session at 5:35 p.m.
The executive session concluded at 7:45 p.m. Mayor Fil Archuleta stated that, "if any person who participated in the executive session believes that any substantial discussion of any matters not included in the motion to go into executive session occurred during the executive session, or that any improper action occurred during the executive session in violation of the Open Meetings Law, I would ask that you state your concerns for the record." For the record, the transcript names three candidates who attended the executive session for interviews: Lindsay Shoemaker, Linda Blackston and Heather Utrata. The transcript does not record any appointment, selection, vote, or other public decision arising from the executive session.
After returning to open session the Board listed "Other Board Issues" and "Announcements" on the agenda but the transcript does not record substantive discussion on those items. Trustee Gary Sorensen moved to adjourn the meeting; Trustee Katherine Rodriguez seconded and the motion carried unanimously. Mayor Archuleta adjourned the meeting at 7:55 p.m. The published minutes include the signature of Town Clerk Cheryl Campbell.
The Board's action was procedural: the motion and vote to enter the executive session and the names of the interview candidates are in the public record. Colorado statute cited (C.R.S. 24-6-402(4)(f)) authorizes executive sessions for personnel matters; the transcript does not disclose the content of the closed-session interviews or any subsequent personnel decisions.
