From the Daily Camera (Boulder):  City Council members said they hope the restrictions they have placed on a charter amendment that would allow for closed meetings to discuss legal matters related to municipalization will give voters enough comfort to overcome decades of Boulder political tradition.

Boulder’s charter does not allow for closed meetings for any reason, though state law allows cities and towns to meet in closed or executive sessions to discuss personnel matters, legal advice and real estate transactions.

Repeated efforts to implement executive sessions in Boulder have failed.

The charter amendment that the Boulder City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to place on the November ballot would limit executive sessions to legal advice related to formation of the municipal electric utility and would expire at the end of 2017.

It also would require a two-thirds vote of the City Council to enter into a closed session, and any two council members could suspend the executive session if they felt it was moving into prohibited topics.

The sessions would be recorded, but it would take a judge’s order or a unanimous vote of the council to release the recordings.

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