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Council moves into executive session to discuss federal response to recent city actions
Summary
At a joint meeting of the mayor and Denver City Council, the chair moved and the council voted to enter an executive session under DRMC section 2-34(a)(1) and (3) to discuss federal responses to recent city actions; the motion passed by voice vote with no opposition announced.
The chair moved that the meeting enter an executive session to discuss "federal response to recent city actions," citing the Denver Revised Municipal Code. The council approved the motion by voice vote and proceeded into the closed session.
The chair told attendees: "I will now retain a motion to move us into an executive session pursuant to DRMC 2 34 a section 1 and 3 for the purpose of discussing federal response to recent city actions." The motion was put, the body responded "Aye," and the chair announced there were no oppositions before adjourning the public portion to the executive session.
Under the cited code sections — Denver Revised Municipal Code section 2-34(a)(1) and (3) — the council may meet in executive session for certain legal and negotiation reasons. The public portion of the joint meeting closed following the vote; the council entered the executive session immediately and no further public discussion occurred in the transcript provided.
The public meeting record shows only a voice vote; no mover or seconder was recorded in the public transcript and no individual vote tallies were read aloud. The chair closed the general session and led the body into the executive session as stated. No outcomes of the executive session appear in the public transcript.
