Building Code Board of Appeals Minutes 1996

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In section one I have also included some provisions of the municipal code with regard to the adoption of the Uniform Building Code. I wanted you to have that in case you had concerns, or questions, with regard to amendments which the City has made to the building codes. Tom Talboom- We put in the whole chapter 15,which is probably more information than you need. Sam Light-If there is any ordinance passed by City Council which would affect the codes we will provide you with that information. Following the rules of procedure I have included an item from a book pnnted by the I.C.B 0 which talks a little about the appeals board. On the second page, bottom of the left hand column, there is a little discussion of what types of things are appealable and which are not. Section two is specific to Colorado and addresses open meetings law The important thing to remember is the this board is a local public body covered by Colorado's open meetings law We have five members, any time three members get together to discuss the business of this board, that is an open meeting. Such a meeting must be open to the public, but that does not mean the public must be provided an opportunity to comment however, members of the public must be allowed to be present if they want to be. For all meetings when there is a majority here, and you are going to talk about public business, or take some sort of public official action,there must be notice of that meeting. What we have decided is that there will be at least 24 hours notice of any meeting. Erik Hartronft-If a local public body gets together not specifically to discuss something, and they refrain from discussing any matter before that body,then that is not a meeting that meets this definition? Sam Light-That is correct. The next thing I would like to address is executive sessions. Most of the material here is geared towards public bodies that take legislative acts. We are a little different in that we act as a quasi- judicial body Reviewing appeals looking at specific facts relating to a particular individual. One instance when we may go into executive session is when you are looking for legal advice from me There is a memo from Griffiths and Tanoue which outlines the procedure for going into an executive session. Someone on the board will make the motion to go into executive session. They will announce that they need to go into executive session for the purpose of legal advice. Once the motion is on the table it must be approved by two thirds of the entire member- ship That means that we must have four out of five votes to go into executive session. That means there are situations where we may not be able to have an executive session. If we get into a tricky issue and want legal advice we will not be able to get it using the executive session. We would then have to do that publicly There is a statement that must be read by the Chair prior to going into any executive session. The first thing that I will do in the session is to give you an 6