Estes Valley Voice: Even though advance notice of executive sessions has been provided on the Estes Park Health (EPH) website it appears the five-member board may have violated Colorado’s Open Meetings Law by gathering in near-weekly executive sessions over the past two years.

In addition to process issues in calling executive session meetings, three specific agendas related to 2024 business of the district are suspect for their contents. The Dec. 14, 2023, and Jan. 2, 2024, executive session agendas call for discussing the 2024 budget. It wasn’t until Jan. 8, 2024, that the budget, proposed mill levy, and appropriation of funds resolution were formally introduced, and approved by the board.

Batey said, “The EPH budget may be discussed in Executive Session “for the purpose of determining positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations; developing strategy for negotiations; and instructing negotiators” (see Section 24-6-402(4)(e) C.R.S.” 

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