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After executive session on meeting management, Boulder council directs staff to expand temporary-suspension authority and enforce presentation rules
Summary
Council held an executive session under CRS 24-6-402(4)(b) for legal advice about meeting management and the First Amendment, voted 8-0 to convene, then directed staff to return with emergency-capable administrative language extending city manager authority to suspend facility access and to enforce existing rules on public presentations.
Boulder City Council convened a virtual executive session at the start of its Feb. 6 meeting under Colorado Revised Statutes §24-6-402(4)(b) "for a conference with the attorneys for the city for the purpose of receiving legal advice on specific legal questions regarding meeting management and the First Amendment."
The motion to enter executive session passed by roll call, 8–0. Council met in the executive session and reconvened in the regular meeting; no council action or vote took place during the closed session beyond the authorized legal consultation.
Afterward, during the open-meeting portion, council discussed operational options for reducing…
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