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Board enters executive session to discuss collective bargaining, condemnation and property sale; motion revised to add police union

5599263 · July 28, 2025

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Summary

The board moved into executive session under Colorado statute to develop negotiation strategy and receive legal advice on multiple items: collective bargaining (AFSCME and later FOP added), condemnation for the Front Range Energy Storage Project, and a proposed sale of county property. The motion was moved, seconded and the board voted in favor.

The Board of County Commissioners voted to enter executive session under Colorado law to receive legal advice and develop negotiation strategy on multiple matters. The recorded motion cited Colorado Revised Statutes section 24-6-402(4)(b) and (e) as the authority to meet in closed session.

The motion as read asked the board to go into executive session to "develop strategy and instruct negotiators and receive legal advice regarding negotiations about our collective bargaining agreement with AFSCME" and to receive legal advice regarding condemnation of easements for the Front Range Energy Storage Project and a letter regarding the proposed sale of county property at 9799 East Geddes Avenue. During the roll call into executive session, staff clarified the motion should also include the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the board revised the motion to add FOP before entering executive session. The motion was moved and seconded and the board voted in favor; the chair announced the board was in executive session.

The transcript records the statutory citations used to justify the closed session and the board’s procedural steps to revise the motion to include FOP. No substantive deliberations that occurred inside the executive session are reported in the public transcript.