The Littleton City Council met in a special session on December 9, 2025, and voted unanimously to adjourn into an executive session to receive legal advice on questions concerning the city charter. The council recessed to closed session at 8:55 p.m. and later reconvened and adjourned at 10:26 p.m., saying no items were taken up in the executive session and no formal action would follow.
The presiding officer moved "to go past 10:00 if we need to," citing council protocol to permit an extension; that procedural request was approved by unanimous consent after a second. The presiding officer then moved "to go to executive session for 2 pursuant to CRS 20 four-six-four 0 2 4 B and Article 3 section 27" to receive legal advice on specific legal questions regarding "the city charter section 65.5" and what the transcript records as "CRS 20 nine-thirty five-four 0 3." A second was recorded and the council voted "7 to 0 in favor of going into executive session," the presiding officer said.
After the executive session, the council returned to the public meeting room. The presiding officer stated, "No items actually take place in executive session and we will take no action after executive session," and then closed the meeting at 10:26 p.m. The meeting record in the transcript does not identify any council member by name or attribute the motions to a specific mover or seconder.
Executive sessions are closed to the public under Colorado law when they are used for receiving privileged legal advice or for other narrow statutory reasons; the council cited statutes and a city charter provision in making the motion but the transcript records the citations in the wording as read aloud and in a nonstandard numeric transcription. The council did not provide additional detail in the public record about the legal questions referenced or any follow-up steps.
No public comment, presentations, or votes on ordinances or resolutions were recorded in the transcript for this meeting.