Montrose County commissioners convene executive session on county manager finalists, give direction to HR

The Montrose County Board of County Commissioners met in special session on Monday, Sept. 16, at 10:30 a.m. and moved into an executive session to discuss finalists for the county manager position.

The chair (name not stated in the transcript) called the meeting to order and asked that Keith lead the Pledge of Allegiance. After a roll call that recorded County District 1, Sue Hahn (District 2) and Roger Rash (District 3) as present, a commissioner recommended convening an executive session "to discuss finalists and legal advice that may pertain to any of those," and noted that because most of the discussion was not expected to include legal advice, "the session will be recorded," according to Marty, who spoke after the recess.

The chair entertained a motion to convene the executive session, which was seconded and approved by voice vote. The three commissioners recessed to another room for the executive session.

On returning to open session, Marty reported that "the commissioners... met in executive session," and that those present during the closed meeting included the director of human resources, the county manager and the county attorney. Marty said the commissioners "had discussion regarding the finalists and provided direction to the director of human resources and those were the only topics discussed." The transcript records that the board then moved to adjourn; a motion and second were made, the board voted in favor, and the meeting was adjourned.

The transcript supplied no full last names for the chair or for Marty, and did not record a formal roll-call vote tally beyond the voice votes approving the motions. The roll call at the start of the meeting indicates three commissioners were present. The session was recorded per the board's statement because legal advice was not expected to be a central part of the discussion.