Commissioners move to executive session to get legal advice on regional building-department IGA

PUEBLO — The Board of County Commissioners voted to enter executive session to receive legal advice on specific legal questions concerning amendments to the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with the City of Pueblo relating to the regional building department.

County Attorney Paula McPheeters requested the executive session and cited Colorado statute as the authority. McPheeters said the session was requested “to receive legal advice on specific legal questions under C.R.S. section 24-6-402(4)(b)” and identified the subject as amendments to the IGA with the City of Pueblo regarding the regional building department.

Action taken: The chair asked for a motion to go into executive session for the reason cited; the motion was moved, seconded and the board entered executive session by voice vote. The transcript records “We’re in executive session.”

What was not specified publicly: Executive-session deliberations are confidential; the transcript records only the stated statutory basis and the subject matter (IGA amendments). No legal advice content or decisions from the executive session appear in the public transcript.