A resolution establishing a designated public place for the posting of meeting notices pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-6-402(2)(C)
Whereas, C.R.S. § 24-6-402(2)(c) requires the Town to annually designate the public place for posting notices to comply with the Colorado Open Meetings Law, C.R.S. § 24-6-401, et seq. (the "Open Meetings Law")
Whereas, consistent with House Bill 19-I087, the Town hereby desires to post notice of the Town's public meetings not only in physical locations, but also on the Town's website as the Town's official online presence to the greatest extent practicable; and
Whereas, the notice must have specific agenda information, posted no less than twenty four (24) hours prior to the meeting, must be accessible at no charge to the public, must be searchable by type of meeting, date of meeting, time of meeting and agenda contents, shall link to any social media accounts of the local public body, shall provide the address of the website to the Department of Local Affairs, and shall designate a public place within the boundaries of the local public body at which it may post a notice no less than twenty-hours (24) 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 interruption in internet service that prevents the public from accessing the notice online.
Now therefore be it resolved by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Deer Trail; Colorado as follows:
Section 1.
The Board of Trustees of the Town of Deer Trail, in compliance with C.R.S. § 24-6-402(2)(c) of the Open Meetings Law, hereby designates the Town website at https://townofdeertrail.colorado.gov as the official place for posting notices. The Town may additionally post notices at the Town Hall, Cedar GS, the Post Office, two locations within Bijou Creek subdevelopment and any Town social media accounts. If there is a known outage or an emergency meeting, the Town may post a physical notice at the Town Hall.
Introduced, read, and adopted this 14th day of February 2023.
Judd Behrens, Mayor
Town of Deer Trail
Attest: Ali Eldringhoff, Town Clerk