The Colorado Supreme Court will examine whether a judicially created doctrine allowing public bodies to “cure” violations of the Colorado Open Meetings Law goes against the “plain meaning” of the transparency statute and “longstanding precedent.”
The justices also announced Monday they will look at two issues in an open meetings law case the Aurora Sentinel won against the city of Aurora in the Court of Appeals last year. Additionally, the Court denied the town of Del Norte’s request to review a third open meetings ruling made by the appellate court earlier this year.
The “cure” case concerns a 2022 open meetings law violation by the Woodland Park school board, which considered a memorandum of understanding with a charter school under a vague “BOARD HOUSEKEEPING” agenda item.