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Manitou Springs council enters executive session over railway lawsuit
Summary
The Manitou Springs City Council on July 28 moved into an executive session to receive legal advice from the city attorney about litigation with the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company. The motion was made by Judith Chandler, seconded by Gloria Latimer, and approved; the city attorney said the discussion is attorney–client privileged and would not be recorded.
The Manitou Springs City Council met in a special session on July 28 and voted to go into an executive session to discuss ongoing litigation with the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company, the chair said.
During roll call the Chair confirmed attendance of council members Gloria Latimer, Carrie Storm, Nate Nassif, Julie Wolf, John Shada and Judith Chandler. The Chair asked for a motion to approve the agenda, which was made by Carrie Storm and approved. The Chair then announced the council would move into executive session "to hold a conference with the city attorney for legal advice pursuant to section 5.1(c) of the City of Manitou Springs home rule charter" regarding Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company v. City of Manitou Springs, a case pending in El Paso County District Court; the case number was read into the record.
Judith Chandler moved to enter the executive session, and the Chair indicated that Gloria Latimer seconded the motion. The Chair called for the vote and members responded in the affirmative. Following the vote, city attorney Jeff Parker identified himself and stated that the discussion would be protected by attorney–client privilege. "I hereby attest to the conversation we're gonna have as attorney client privilege, and, therefore, no further recording will be kept in this executive session," Parker said.
The council took no further public action on the record after that statement. The special meeting's publicly reported next step was the executive session for legal advice; no additional details about the litigation or any substantive public discussion of the case were provided in the record.
