Clear Creek County commissioners move into executive session to discuss potential public-safety liability

The Clear Creek County Board of County Commissioners voted to enter an executive session to consult with the county attorney about potential liability arising from public-safety responses and to develop negotiation strategy.

A commissioner moved “pursuant to CRS 24-6-402(4)(b) and (e)” that the board meet in executive session to receive legal advice on specific legal questions pertaining to potential liability and risk exposure from public-safety responses and to determine positions related to matters that may be subject to negotiations, including instructing negotiators. The Chair seconded the motion; the board approved it with three aye votes.

Commissioner (the mover) stated the statutory basis for the closed session and listed the purposes as receiving legal advice, assessing risk exposure and developing negotiation strategy. The meeting then moved off the public link to a separate connection for the executive session; the commissioner said the board would return only to adjourn.

After returning from the closed session, the Chair told those present that “no decisions were made and no minutes were kept” during the executive session and formally adjourned the meeting.

The action was procedural: the board used the statute cited to meet in private with legal counsel. The transcript records the motion, the unanimous affirmative votes, the move to a separate connection for the closed session, and the Chair’s statement that the session produced no decisions and no minutes. No ordinance, resolution, contract, or other formal public action was taken or recorded in the public meeting minutes in this transcript.