CFOIC Executive Director
The Lakewood City Council violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law by failing to publicly announce the topic of a 2024 executive session “in as much detail as required,” a judge ruled Friday.
Lenore Herskovitz’s lawsuit against the city was related to a zoning ordinance dispute between Lakewood and Colorado Christian University over university-owned residential property. Councilmembers convened an Aug. 26, 2024, closed-door meeting by stating they would receive legal advice “regarding legal issues and concerns arising out of” the CCU litigation, which the Colorado Court of Appeals had decided in the city’s favor.
But while the council noted the appellate case number in the announcement, “it did not specify which legal issue or concern arising from that litigation the Council intended to discuss,” Jefferson County District Court Judge Andrew Poland wrote…