UPDATE, 8:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 18: Craig city council will hold a special council meeting on Friday at 5:30 p.m., in which they will publicly vote to appoint a new city councilor to fill the vacant seat of Tony Bohrer.
What appeared to be a simple decision to hold a secret ballot vote to appoint a new city councilor at the Dec. 11 meeting instead turned into a Colorado Open Meetings Law violation, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition says.
According to CFOIC Executive Director Jeffery Roberts, Colorado Open Meetings Law prohibits local and state public bodies from using secret ballots to adopt any policy, position or regulation or to take formal action.