Centennial council unanimously enters two executive sessions on incentive request and city property regulations

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The Centennial City Council voted unanimously Feb. 4 to enter two executive sessions to discuss an economic development incentive request and to receive legal advice on regulations affecting city-owned property.

At a special meeting called for Feb. 4, the council, with nine members present, moved to go into executive session "pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(b) and (e) to receive advice, devise negotiation strategy, and instruct negotiators concerning an incentive request from a proposed business," and to hold a second executive session "pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(b) to receive legal advice concerning regulations applicable to city owned property." The motion was seconded and the council voted "Aye," after which the council left for the executive sessions.

The motion did not name the proposed business or specify the regulations to be discussed; the transcript records only the general subjects identified by council members and the statutory citations. The meeting record shows nine members present at roll call: Council members Tharpe, Carnes, Sweetly, Mauro, Sutherland, Holt, Allston and Sheehan, and Mayor Pico.

The council invoked Colorado Revised Statutes 24-6-402(4)(b) and (e) as the legal basis for the closed sessions. The minutes and transcript do not include additional public discussion of the incentive request or the regulatory matter before the council entered the executive sessions.

After the executive-session motion passed, the special meeting was adjourned; the council noted that its regular city council meeting would begin at 7 p.m.

Because executive sessions are confidential under state law, the transcript does not record deliberations or outcomes from the closed sessions. Any formal actions or votes resulting from those sessions would appear in subsequent public meeting minutes or agenda materials.