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Paul Aiken, Daily Camera
Broomfield resident George Jage protests with his children Kadin, 10, and Morgan, 7, outside the George Di Ciero City and County Building in Broomfield Tuesday evening in advance of the meeting to address oil and gas development in the city.After a nearly five-hour meeting Tuesday, Broomfield City Council voted to indefinitely postpone a vote on an oil and gas moratorium.
Three council members voted against the motion, which was supported by five members. One council member didn’t attend the meeting.
Residents shared varying opinions varying from people vehemently advocating for the moratorium and others asking to postpone or vote against moratorium.
Extraction Oil & Gas Inc. officials told Broomfield officials Monday that the company would withdraw its applications with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to drill in Broomfield, if the city’s moratorium ordinance was postponed indefinitely or turned down at Tuesday’s City Council meeting.
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