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Crested Butte council adopts revised employee handbook, approves consent agenda including mill levy resolution and holds executive session
Summary
At its Dec. 15, 2025 meeting the Crested Butte Town Council unanimously approved the agenda and consent items (including budget changes and a 2026 mill levy), adopted a revised employee handbook and entered an executive session to discuss negotiation strategy and legal advice related to the Mt. Crested Butte Water and Sanitation District.
The Crested Butte Town Council met on Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, and unanimously approved its agenda and consent items before adopting a revised employee handbook and entering an executive session to discuss negotiation strategy and legal advice related to the Mt. Crested Butte Water and Sanitation District.
Mayor Ian Billick called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. Council member John O'Neal moved to approve the agenda and Beth Goldstone seconded; the motion passed on a roll-call vote with all members voting yes.
The consent agenda—approved on a unanimous roll-call vote after a motion by Gabi Prochaska and second by John O'Neal—included: the Dec. 1, 2025 regular meeting minutes; the 2025 Arbor Day proclamation and the Town's Tree City USA application; the Second Amendment to the 2022 Town Manager Employment Agreement; approval of the Trapper's Crossing at Crested Butte covenant amendment; Resolution No. 38, Series 2025 (changes and additions to the 2025 budget and appropriations relative to the Open Space Fund); and Resolution No. 39, Series 2025 (the 2026 mill levy for the Town of Crested Butte). The transcript records the council's unanimous approval of that package.
Under New Business the council considered and approved a revised Town of Crested Butte Employee Handbook. Council member Kent Cowherd moved to adopt the handbook and Gabi Prochaska seconded; the motion passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.
Mayor Billick summarized written public comments submitted to the council for the record from Matt Kraft (two emails), Denise Liebl, Dawn Piscitelli, Sophia Chudacoff, Danielle Deschler and Jacinda Mahan. Town Manager Dara MacDonald and Town Attorney Karl Hanlon provided staff and legal updates during the meeting; the transcript excerpt records those updates without verbatim detail.
Near the end of the session the council approved a personnel-team change for upcoming negotiations. Beth Goldstone moved—and Prochaska seconded—to replace Council member Mallika Magner with Council member John O'Neal on the town's negotiating team; the motion passed unanimously. The council then voted to go into executive session at 7:37 p.m. for a conference with the town attorney under C.R.S. § 24-6-402 (4)(e) and (4)(b) to determine positions and develop strategy for matters that may be subject to negotiations and to receive legal advice regarding the Mt. Crested Butte Water and Sanitation District. The council returned to open session at 8:14 p.m., Mayor Billick announced the statutory grounds for the closed meeting, and the meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
The council identified future meeting dates and work sessions for Jan. 5, Jan. 20 and Feb. 2, 2026.
