Town Council

Your Elected Officials

All Town Council members are elected to serve four-year terms with an election held in June in odd-numbered years. The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem are selected through a vote of Town Council. The Mayor and Town Council may be emailed as a group at Enable JavaScript to view protected content..

This democratically-elected governing body is responsible for adopting policies and procedures with the intent to foster a community where people want to live, work and visit. Regularly, Council follows Rules for the Conduct of Meetings and General Business.

Laila Benitez
Mayor
Term expires: June 2023
T: (970) 708-0129
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Dan Caton
Mayor Pro Tem
Term expires: June 2023
T: (970) 708-7612
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Patrick Berry
Town Council Member
Term expires: June 2025
T: (970) 519-1578
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Peter Duprey
Town Council Member
Term expires: June 2023
T: (312) 972-4800
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Jack Gilbride
Town Council Member
Term expires: June 2025
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Harvey Mogenson
Town Council Member
Term expires: July 2025
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Marti Prohaska
Town Council Member
Term expires: June 2023
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Upcoming Town Council Meetings

Town Council meets the third Thursday of most months. For all remaining meetings in 2021, please see our calendar of events.

November 18th 2021
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Town Council Meeting November 2021
See Details about Town Council Meeting November 2021
December 9th 2021
2:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Town Council Meeting December 2021
See Details about Town Council Meeting December 2021

Public Participation

In an effort to enfranchise members of the public who are unable to attend meetings in person, you may watch all Town Council meetings either live or on-demand later. Meetings between March 26, 2020 and June 17, 2021 were held via Zoom, and recordings of the meetings can be found below. Until further notice, Zoom links will be provided for public participation, and can be found in meeting agendas and packets. The special September 4, 2021 meeting is only available on Zoom through the accordion below labeled 2021 Town Council Zoom Meeting Recordings.

All other meetings can be viewed on-demand or streamed live through the link below:

Watch Meetings On-Demand

Public Comment

The public is invited to provide comments both in writing to council members or at our monthly meetings. Please review our public comment policies below.

Public Comment During Meetings

The Town Council will take your comments during all virtual Town Council meetings through the zoom conference app through the raise hand function where when called for the presiding officer will acknowledge those who have used the raise hand function and unmute such speaker.
Please do not comment or use the raise hand function until the presiding officer opens the agenda item to public comment.
All those wishing to give public comment must identify their full name and affiliation, if any, to the Town of Mountain Village.
Please keep your comments as brief and succinct as possible and under two minutes. Please refrain from repeating what has already been said by others in the interest of time. You may simply state that you agree with a previous speaker’s comments.
No presentation of materials through Zoom screen sharing shall be allowed for nonagendized speakers unless submitted 48 hours prior to the meeting date.
Commenters shall refrain from personal attacks and maintain a civil tone while giving public comment.
Written materials must be submitted 48 hours prior to the meeting date in order to be included in the meeting packet and of record. Written comment submitted within 48 hours will be accepted but shall not be included in the packet or be deemed of record.

Written Public Comment

Written communication from the public to Town Council is delivered in a number of ways: it is dropped off at Town Hall, faxed, mailed, emailed and even handed to us on the street. Sometimes written communication addresses issues that are agendized for an upcoming Town Council meeting. In an effort to standardize the inclusion of all agenda-related written public comment in Town Council packets the following procedure has been instituted:

Agenda-related written communications received in the mail, fax, hand delivered or via email will be directed to the Town Clerk’s Office and copies added to the Town Council packet.
The deadline for communications to be included in the Town Council packet is noon the Thursday preceding the Town Council meeting.
When written communication is received after the Town Council packet deadline, it will be forwarded to the Town Clerk's Office to email to Town Council and other affected parties; hard copies will be provided at the Town Council meeting. Such communications must be received by the deputy town clerk no later than 5 p.m. the day before the Town Council meeting.
All communications related to planning issues are to be distributed in a similar manner as set forth above by the planner while also copying the Town Clerk’s Office.

When public comment is received on a matter that is determined to be quasi-judicial in nature, that comment will be entered into the record by the town clerk as part of the complete record to be considered by Town Council.

Town Council

Your Elected Officials

Laila Benitez

Dan Caton

Patrick Berry

Peter Duprey

Jack Gilbride

Harvey Mogenson

Marti Prohaska

Upcoming Town Council Meetings

Town Council Meeting November 2021

Town Council Meeting December 2021

Public Participation

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