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Fort Collins council votes 7-0 to enter executive session on telecommunications matters
Summary
The Fort Collins City Council voted unanimously to go into executive session to consider competitive and negotiation matters pertaining to telecommunication facilities and services under city charter and code; the public broadcast ended for the closed session.
The Fort Collins City Council voted 7-0 to enter an executive session to discuss competitive matters and negotiations concerning telecommunication facilities and services.
A council member moved that the council convene in executive session to consider “matters pertaining to issues of competition and providing telecommunication facilities and services including matters subject to negotiations, strategic plan, price sales and marketing development phasing and any other related matters allowed under Colorado law,” citing Article 12, Section 7(d) of the City Charter and section 2-31(a)(5) of the City Code. The motion was seconded (record shows Councilmember Gutowski as second). The clerk called the roll and the motion passed by a 7-0 vote. The mayor stated no further business would be conducted after the executive session and the public broadcast ended.
Why it matters: The motion authorizes council members and designated staff to discuss competitive and negotiation-sensitive telecommunications issues in a closed session under the cited local legal authorities. The specific negotiation topics were not discussed in public and are subject to executive-session confidentiality.
