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Deputy city attorney presents Bob's Rules reference with Englewood-specific changes

2905600 · April 9, 2025
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Summary

City legal staff introduced a condensed Bob's Rules reference guide and outlined local amendments adopted by Englewood in 2024, including recusal handling consistent with Colorado open-meetings law, allowing movers to close debate, adding a summary-of-debate option for minutes and enabling limited debate on motions to enter executive session.

A deputy city attorney and a legal extern presented a one-page Bob's Rules reference guide and reviewed Englewood-specific modifications to the published rules of order adopted in 2024.

The presenter described the guide as a tool to keep meetings efficient and noted appendix B (rules list) and appendix C (motions table) as useful references in the full text. The legal presenter…

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