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Boulder council cites city code limiting council action on foreign policy without prior policy

5782547 · September 5, 2025
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Summary

During open comment a resident criticized council statements on Gaza; Council Member Ventino read city code that limits council action on foreign or national policy issues without prior city policy and said council must follow that provision.

A portion of the Sept. 4 Boulder City Council meeting’s open-comment period turned to the question of whether the council may take action on foreign-policy issues such as Gaza.

Council Member Ryan Ventino read city code (Council Procedure XV.f) on the dais, reciting the provision that states the council “shall not act on a foreign policy or national…

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