Colorado Springs Business Journal: In May, the Colorado Springs Business Journal filed a Colorado Open Records Act request with the city of Colorado Springs, asking for “All minutes, voice recordings and video records of a closed executive session of the Colorado Springs Utility Board during which a decision was made or ratified to file complaints pertaining to alleged misconduct by attorney Leslie Weise with one or more State Bar Associations, offices of disciplinary counsel or other similar agencies.”

Weise has advocated that Colorado Springs Utilities make public a report concerning sulfur dioxide emissions from the Martin Drake coal-fired downtown power plant. CSU and Weise have butted heads on a number of occasions concerning this matter.

The city denied the CORA request.

“The applicable closed executive session,” according to a response from the city communications office, “was held at a City Council Work Session that occurred on March 27, 2017, and not at a Utilities Board meeting; however, the records you have requested may not be disclosed pursuant to s. 24-72-204(3)(a)(IV), C.R.S., on the basis that they are privileged, attorney-client communications. Additionally, the City disagrees with your characterization of the closed executive session and your suggestion that adoption of a proposed policy or formal action occurred during the closed executive session. The City Council agenda containing the notice for the closed executive session and the minutes from that meeting are attached.”

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