Rockrimmon Library supporters file lawsuit over claims of secrecy, violations

The Gazette: Integrity Matters, a government watchdog nonprofit based in Colorado Springs, along with several other plaintiffs are suing Pikes Peak Library District over the closure of its Rockrimmon Library branch.

The lawsuit filed on Friday in 4th Judicial District Court in El Paso County claims the library district decided to shutter the location “without public notice, meaningful engagement or required financial analysis.”

Actions of the district’s governing body, the Board of Trustees, violated the state’s open meetings law multiple times, the lawsuit alleges, and breached state statutes governing public libraries and the district’s bylaws. The lawsuit claims trustees did not act in the library district’s best interests and did not display transparency.

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