AG Memo - Open Meetings Law

• Title: Open Meetings Law
• Date: 5/31/2006
• Author: Eric Hecox
• IBCC - Doc Type: Policies

STATE OF COLORADO

OFFICE OF INTERBASIN COMPACT NEGOTIATIONS

1. Under the OML, the minutes of any state public body meeting
must be taken, and open to public inspection. For a closed meeting
or "executive session," minutes reflecting the topic of discussion
must be made available to the public.

c. Notification List

1. A public body must keep a list of persons who have requested to
be notified of all meetings of the body or of meetings concerning
certain policies. Such persons must be provided reasonable
advance notification of such meetings; however, any unintentional
failure to do so will not nullify actions taken at an otherwise
properly published meeting.

E. NonPublic Meetings

a. "Executive Sessions"

1. State public bodies may conduct nonpublic, closed meetings, also
known as "executive sessions," for limited purposes, including the
consideration of the following matters:

1. Property sales and purchases;
2. Conferences with an attorney about certain court actions;
3. Confidential matters;
4. Security matters;
5. Employee negotiations;
6. Personal matters.

11. An executive session may not be held for the adoption of any
proposed policy, position, resolution, mle, regulation, or formal
action.

111. A public body that intends to hold an executive session must first
publicly announce the topic for discussion.

IV. Two-thirds of the public body's membership must vote to conduct
an executive session. The executive session may only be held at a
regular or special meeting of the body.

F. Consequences of Violating The OML

a. A public body meeting that does not comply with the requirements of the
OML is deemed invalid. If a meeting does violate the OML, the only way
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