The Aspen Times:  Basalt town government has held so many executive sessions this year that even some members of the Town Council are saying “Enough.”

The council has held 24 regular or special meetings through August this year. The agendas show they went into executive sessions, which are closed to the public, 11 times. For comparison, the Aspen City Council has met six times in executive session so far this year, according to the City Clerk’s Office.

The Basalt issue came to a head Tuesday when Councilman Mark Kittle refused to participate in a closed meeting between Town Attorney Tom Smith and the council to discuss Town Manager Mike Scanlon’s resignation and the potential purchase of property at the former Pan and Fork Mobile Home Park site.

Kittle said he felt the council was holding too many closed-door sessions on Smith’s advice. He said he found most of them to be unnecessary.

“I’m just tired of all the secret crap,” Kittle said outside the meeting.

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