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Cityof
Gunnison
City
CouncilMeetingMinutes
Special
Session-Tuesday,September22,2026
CityHall,
CouncilChambers,201W.Virginia
Avenue,Gunnison,CO
I.PresidingOfficerCalls
SpecialSessiontoOrder(recordingbeginsat0:25).TheGunnison
CityCouncilWorkSession
meetingwascalledtoorderonTuesday,September22,2026,at
4:02
p.m.by
MayorPlatainCouncilChambers,locatedat201W.VirginiaAvenueinGunnison,
Colorado.RemoteaccesswasavailableviaZoom.
II.UtilityBillingDispute,3124S.
Boulevard(recordingbeginsat0:32).Forbackground,the
CityofGunnison
conductshearingsregardingpossibleterminationof
utilityserviceinaccordance
with
Title12Utilities,Chapter
12.40UtilityServiceRates,RulesandRegulations,
12.40.030(E)(4)(a-f)ofthe
GunnisonMunicipalCode.Ahearingwasheldon
September
3,
2026,
forutilitycustomerAdam
Maestle.Thehearingwas
closed.Councilrequestedaresponsefrom
City
staff,whichwasprovidedtoCityCounciland
thecustomeronSeptember1
7th
MayorPlata
statedthe
communicationformatfortheSpecialSession.
APower
Pointpresentationoutliningthe
process
for
theSpecialSessionwasdisplayedalongwith
background
information,factsoftheutility
dispute,andpotentialactionsforCounciltoconsider.
Discussionoccurred
amongstCouncil.Staffansweredquestionsor
providedc1arif’ing
informationwhenaskedby
Councilregardingtheoverall
utilitybillingdispute,stepstakenbythe
customerandstaff,andtheCity’sauthority
outlinedintheGunnisonMunicipal
Code.
Mr.
Maestle
madeafew
statementsusingtheonlinechatfeaturewhichwere
readinto
the
record
by
Council.
Council
discussedpotentialactionoptions.
MayorPlata
movedandCouncilorAhonenseconded
themotiontoauthorizeasix-month
paymentplanwithlandlord
authorizationformonthlypaymentsof
$126.42
plus
currentmonthly
chargesas
incurred.
Rollcall,yes:Zahradka,
Schwartz,Plata,Ballesteros,andAhonen.Socarried.
Rollcall,no:None.
III.
SpecialSessionMeetingAdjournment.
Withno
furtherbusinessbeforeCouncil,theRegular
Sessionwasadjournedat4:28p.m.
Fullvideo
recordings
ofCity
Councilmeetingsareavailableonlineat
2unnisonco.ov/CouncilMeetins
The
officialaudiorecordingandpubliclynoticesmeetingminutes
areavailableonline
at
unnisonco.pov/CouncilDocuments
City
Mayor,Diego