August Executive Session

An executive session was called at the August 18, 2009 meeting. According to Colorado state law (38-33.3-308) the Chair must give notice that an executive session is about to commence and the general subject matter of what is about to be discussed must be announced.

(5) Prior to the time the members of the executive board or any committee thereof convene in executive session, the chair of the body shall announce the general matter of discussion as enumerated in paragraphs (a) to (f) of subsection (4) of this section.
(6) No rule or regulation of the board or any committee thereof shall be adopted during an executive session. A rule or regulation may be validly adopted only during a regular or special meeting or after the body goes back into regular session following an executive session.
(7) The minutes of all meetings at which an executive session was held shall indicate that an executive session was held and the general subject matter of the executive session.

The subject matter is also to be noted in the minutes of the meeting the executive session was held. In this case the subject matter was not announced and the August minutes don’t even show an executive session was held so obviously the subject matter is not mentioned in the minutes.

Since this meeting didn’t meet even the most rudimentary test of an executive session in terms of protection of citizens it should be declared a special meeting, the minutes of August 2009 should be amended to include the minutes of this special meeting.

Correction: the meeting was held on the 18th, not the 15, the change has been made to the text