The Aspen Times: An Eagle County District Court judge has scheduled a show cause hearing for December in the open records case that resident Ted Guy filed against the Basalt Town Council, Mayor Jacque Whitsitt and the town clerk.

Town officials will have to show Judge Russell Granger why some records sought by Guy haven’t been turned over. The hearing will be held Dec. 8.

Guy filed the lawsuit in October seeking a declaratory judgment that the town government has violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law. He also sought the show cause hearing regarding records he requested but didn’t receive.

Guy alleges that electronic recordings of the Town Council’s executive sessions of April 26, Aug. 9 and Aug. 11 should be made public. Guy, through attorney Steve Zansberg of Denver, claimed the town violated the open meetings law because proper notice wasn’t given in advance of the closed meetings.

The town government contends it lawfully held the executive sessions, which are closed to the public. It has refused to turn over audio recordings.

The town’s answer also says the employment agreement of former town manager Mike Scanlon prohibited it from holding executive sessions about his performance in public and turning over audio recordings of the proceedings.

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