Council moves into executive session to discuss legal strategy on Center Park splash pad reconstruction

At the conclusion of its July 8 meeting, the Centennial City Council voted to enter an executive session to receive legal advice and to instruct negotiators regarding the reconstruction of the Center Park splash pad.

Council member Paulson moved to go into executive session pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes sections 24-6-402(4)(b) and (e) "to receive legal advice on specific legal questions, devise negotiation strategy, and instruct negotiators concerning the reconstruction of the Center Park Splash Pad." The motion was adopted and council adjourned the public meeting to convene the closed session; the minutes record the public meeting as adjourned with no further public business that evening.

The nut graf: the council’s action was procedural — invoking the statutory authority for attorney–client privileged discussion and negotiation instructions with the city’s negotiators. The public meeting record does not include substantive discussion from the executive session nor any subsequent public vote on the matter that night.

The motion referred explicitly to CRS 24-6-402 subsections (4)(b) and (e). The council did not return to the public record to take further action on the splash pad; the meeting minutes show the public portion of the meeting adjourned and transitioned to executive session.