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- Loveland Will Cover Legal Expenses Related To Illegal Meeting Probe

By a vote of 3 to 2, five members of Loveland City Council agreed on Tuesday to consider a future budget appropriation covering the legal expenses incurred by four other members during a recent special counsel investigation.

In an effort to alleviate intra-council conflict. Councilor Laura Light-Kovacs will ask the city to pay legal expenses incurred by four members during a special counsel investigation into actions they took before the Centerra South vote last year.

Loveland City Council decided on Tuesday that it will not pursue any further legal action in the case of alleged open meeting violations by four current and three former members.

The two attorneys hired by Loveland City Council to investigate alleged open meeting violations by four members appeared at a last-minute special meeting on Tuesday seeking more clarity on their roles.

A Loveland residents is asking for public support in his effort to stop the legal battle between the two factions of the City Council.

Former Loveland city officials were honored at a private event that attracted current and former council members on Thursday.

The five councilors present for the special meeting voted unanimously to hire former city of Boulder attorney Kathy Haddock as special prosecutor.

Loveland City Council voted on Friday to hire a special prosecutor to take on a case involving four Loveland City councilors accused of violating the charter guidelines on open meetings.

Saying “public policy should not be decided behind closed doors,” attorney Christopher Gregory told Loveland City Council on Tuesday that there is sufficient evidence to support a misdemeanor criminal prosecution of four current and three former members for violations of state open meeting law.