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The decision to hire outside legal services to examine a 2008 annexation agreement with the Battle Mountain developers in Minturn was made by six elected officials on Wednesday, and one who was appointed.
Tom Sullivan, who on June 16 was an outspoken critic of the Battle Mountain proposal and continued to voice concerns in the weeks to follow, was appointed to the council Wednesday after being one of two applicants for the seat vacated by former Council member Brian Eggleton in June.
Sullivan was a council member in Minturn from 2004 to 2008 and has lived in town since 1990. He received the support of four council members on Wednesday and was sworn in immediately following his interview.
The seven member Minturn Town Council unanimously approved a $20,000 spend on legal services Wednesday after weighing the proposal from developers of the Battle Mountain project on June 16 and tabling the effort. Along with continuing the consideration of the proposal to a date unspecified, the council also asked staff for more documentation regarding how much the developer owes to the town.
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Minturn Town Council members did not weigh a proposal from Battle Mountain developers for money owed to the town on Wednesday, nor are they likely to any time soon.
Instead, elected officials have decided to hire outside legal services to examine the town’s options when it comes to the funds it owed from the large development agreement and annexation of areas of unincorporated land surrounding town which was approved by voters in 2008. The town went through with the annexation, but the development never materialized.