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Grand Junction council holds executive session to review city manager performance
Summary
The Grand Junction City Council voted 7-0 March 30, 2026, to enter an executive session under Colorado statute 24-6-402(4)(f)(I) to conduct a council performance review of the city manager. The meeting reconvened at 3:32 p.m. and adjourned at 3:33 p.m.
The Grand Junction City Council convened a special meeting March 30, 2026, at 3:04 p.m. in the City Hall Administration Conference Room and voted unanimously to enter an executive session to discuss a council performance review of the city manager.
Council President Cody Kennedy opened the meeting and confirmed the presence of a seven-member quorum. Councilmember Robert Ballard moved — and Councilmember Laurel Lutz seconded — to go into "an executive session to discuss personnel matters under and pursuant to Section 24-6-402(4)(f)(I) C.R.S. of the Open Meetings Law pertaining to council performance review of the city manager," noting that the city manager had not requested discussion in open session. The motion carried, 7-0.
Interim City Attorney Jeremiah Boies and consultant Dan Petersen (attending virtually) were listed as present for the session. After the executive session concluded, Councilmember Anna Stout moved and Councilmember Laurel Lutz seconded a motion to adjourn the executive session; that motion also carried, 7-0. The special meeting was reconvened at 3:32 p.m. and adjourned at 3:33 p.m.
Because personnel performance reviews are covered by Colorado's Open Meetings Law exception for certain personnel matters, the council conducted the review in closed session under the cited statute. The minutes record no open-session discussion or public votes on personnel matters; no follow-up actions or dates were specified in the minutes.
Attendance listed Councilmembers Robert Ballard, Scott Beilfuss, Laurel Lutz, Jason Nguyen, Anna Stout and Ben Van Dyke along with Council President Cody Kennedy; Interim City Attorney Jeremiah Boies and Consultant Dan Petersen were noted as present. Selestina Sandoval, MMC, is listed as City Clerk on the minutes.
