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Denver mayor and City Council move into executive session to discuss pending litigation
Summary
Denver Deputy Mayor Al Gardner moved the joint mayor and City Council meeting into executive session under a city code provision to discuss settlement of pending litigation and receive legal advice; council members voted to enter the closed session.
Deputy Mayor Al Gardner said the joint meeting of the mayor and Denver City Council would move into executive session to discuss settlement of pending litigation and to receive legal advice related to that litigation.
The session was opened under Denver Revised Municipal Code 2‑34A, sections 3, 6 and 7, according to language read during the meeting. Gardner said, “I will now entertain a motion to move us into an executive session pursuant to Denver revised municipal code 2 dash 34 a, sections 3, 6, and 7 for the purpose of discussing the settlement of pending litigation and legal advice related thereto.”
A motion to enter executive session was made and seconded; council members responded “Aye,” and the presiding officer said, “Ayes have it. We are now in executive session.” The record on the public audio shows no mover or seconder by name and does not include a roll-call vote tally in the public portion of the transcript.
The council did not state details of the litigation, the parties, or the anticipated length of the executive session during the public portion of the meeting. The Code sections cited were read aloud only to justify the closed meeting for settlement discussion and legal advice; no substantive matter from the closed session was discussed on the public record before the meeting moved into executive session.
The public portion of the meeting ended at the time the council entered closed session.
