HomeMy WebLinkAboutresolution.council.004-20 RESOLUTION NO. 4
(SERIES OF 2020)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO,
DESIGNATING THE PUBLIC PLACE FOR POSTING NOTICES OF PUBLIC
MEETINGS.
WHEREAS, The City Council of the City of Aspen, Colorado, deems it in the public
interest to provide full and timely notices of all its meetings; and
WHEREAS, the Colorado state legislature amended the Colorado Open Meetings
Laws, C.R.S., Section 24-6-401, et seq.,to relieve a local government of the requirement to
physically post meeting notices; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to such amendment set forth in C.R.S., Section 24-6-
402(2)(c)(111), as of July 1, 2019, a local public body shall be deemed to have given
full and timely notice of a public meeting if the local public body posts the notice,
with specific agenda information if available, no less than twenty-four hours prior to
the holding of the meeting on a public website of the local public body; and
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen maintains a website and currently posts within
such website, consistent with Section 24-6-402(2)(c)(III), notices of all meetings of
the "local public body," which is defined by C.R.S. Section 24-6-402(1)(a)(I), to include
"any board, committee, commission, authority, or other advisory,policy-making, rule-
making, or formally constituted body of any political subdivision of the state and any public
or private entity to which a political subdivision,or an official thereof, has delegated a
governmental decision-making function but does not include persons on the administrative
staff of local public body;" and
WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. Section 24-6-402(2)(c)(III)the local public body
shall designate a public place within the boundaries of the local public body at which it
may post a notice no less than twenty-four hours prior to a meeting if it is unable to post a
notice online in exigent or emergency circumstances such as a power outage or an
interruption in internet service that prevents the public from accessing the notice online;
and
WHEREAS, C.R.S., Section 24-6-402(2)(c)(1) requires "all public bodies" subject
to the requirements of the law to annually designate the place for physically posting notices
of public hearings, if physical posting is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ASPEN,COLORADO,THAT:
Section 1.
Full and timely notice of a public meeting held by the City Council of the City of
Aspen and each meeting of any other board, committee, commission, authority, or other
advisory,policy-making, rule-making, or formally constituted body of the City of Aspen,
shall be deemed to have been given by posting the notice, with specific agenda
information if available, no less than twenty-four hours prior to the holding of the
meeting on a public website of the City of Aspen. The notice shall be accessible at no
charge to the public.
In the event of exigent or emergency circumstances, as defined in C.R.S. Section
24-6-402(2)(c)(III), notice of a public meeting shall be posted by the City Clerk at least
twenty-four hours prior to the holding of the meeting in the front vestibule of City Hall, 130
South Galena Street, Aspen,Colorado.
Section 2.
The City Clerk shall notify each board, committee, commission, authority or other
advisory, policy-making, rule-making, or formally constituted body of the City of Aspen of
the contents of this resolution and the other general requirements of the Colorado Open
Meeting Law, C.R.S., Section 24-6- 401 et seq.
INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Aspen on the 14th
day of January 2020.
Torre, Mayor
I,Nicole Henning, duly appointed and acting City Clerk do certify that the foregoing is a true
and accurate copy of that resolution adopted by the City Council of the City _spen, at a
meeting held January 14,2020.
Nicole Henning, City Clerk