![]() Steven Zansberg, president of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, concurred that three is a magic number when it comes to defining a meeting, even if that “meeting” happens electronically. That law has been revised over the years to include email communications among elected officials as constituting a meeting if three or more members are included. “I will not condone government by fiat making decisions in secret,” Bershenyi said in a prepared statement at the meeting before walking out in protest, saying he believed it to be an “illegal action” under state law.Ĭolorado’s Open Meetings Law holds that any gathering of three or more members of a local elected body, such as a city council, where public business is discussed constitutes a meeting and should be formally noticed. 1, 2016, separation date, and to hire former county manager Andrew Gorgey as interim city manager, had been made by the council majority beforehand. 3 meeting that the decision to get rid of Hecksel prior to an agreed-to Feb. The request came after council member Stephen Bershenyi alleged at a Dec. The PI filed the open records request for email exchanges between council members and directly with Hecksel and other city staff sent between July 1 and Dec. “We let him know that we wish him the best and are more than willing to provide a good recommendation for him to any potential future employer,” Gamba wrote. 5 email sent individually to council members. “We let Jeff know that, although we do not have a pre-determined outcome of tomorrow’s meeting, we believe that there are probably four votes to request that council give him a formal notice of non-renewal of his contract,” Gamba writes in an Aug. The Post Independent obtained the emails through the Colorado Open Records Act. 6 to give the required one-year notice of non-renewal spelled out in Hecksel’s contract, council emails show. ![]() ![]() Three council members in particular, Kathryn Trauger, Steve Davis and Mayor Mike Gamba, were pushing hard for a transition plan after council voted 4-3 on Aug. Redactions were made by the PI to black out non-public contact information.Įlectronic communications among Glenwood Springs City Council members leading up to the recent dismissal of Jeff Hecksel as city manager show a fair amount of conversation around the issue outside of public meetings, but nothing illegal on its face. These emails were provided to the Post Independent under the Colorado Open Records Act.
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