City Council - Special Meeting

Alright, the date is July 21st, 2026. Time is 2 PM. We'll go ahead and get sort of with City Council special meeting. Could I get a roll call please?

Councilor Koso.

Here.

Mayor Partsum lawyer. Mayor Woodruff.

Here.

Councilor Yazzie.

Here.

Councilor Gonzales.

Thank you. Could I please get a reading of the Indigenous Land Acknowledgement?

This is a call to honor and respect indigenous sovereignty and self-determination. As residents and visitors of Durango, we're called upon to educate ourselves about the history and cultural heritage of the land that we inhabit. The city of Durango is situated on the ancestral homelands and territories of the Nitu, Ute, Hickory Apache, Pueblos of New Mexico, Hopi-Sinan, Hopi, and Navajo nations. The original stewards of this land were forcibly removed and exposed to countless atrocities by the United States government, including repeatedly broken treaties, forced assimilation, the tragic legacy of Indian boarding schools, and the loss of ancestral homelands. We recognize lasting generational trauma exists within Native communities today. We affirm the continuing importance of ancestral sites to descendant communities as integral to the living cultural landscape. This acknowledgement only becomes meaningful when combined with accountable relationships and informed actions. May this serve as a step towards inclusion and reconciliation.

Thank you. Moving on to for two. Yeah, agenda 2.1.

I'd like to make a motion to convene an executive session for the purpose of discussing a personnel matter specifically to conduct the biannual evaluation of the city manager as presented in CRS 246402F11. Second. Second.

Give me a roll call, please.

The motion passes. 4, in favor, Shirley Gonzalez, Gilda Yazzie, Dave Woodruff, Kip Kosso, 1, absent, Jessica Lawyer, Gen item 2.2.

Typically to conduct an annual evaluation of the city attorney as permitted in. Oh yeah, excuse me by annual. Thank you. Evaluation of the city attorney as permitted in CRS 246.

402 f 2. you need a roll call please the motion passes four in favor kip coso dave woodruff gilda yazzie shirley gonzalez one absent jessica lawyer Agenda item 2.3.

A motion to convene an executive session for the purpose of discussing a personal matter specifically conducted by annual evaluation of the municipal judge as permitted in CRS 246402F2. Second.

Get a roll call, please.

The motion passes. Four, in favor, Kip Koso, Dave Woodruff, Gilda Yazzie, Shirley Gonzalez. One, absent, Jessica Lawyer.

All right, we will go ahead and convene in executive session.

Council, I'm going to bring my computer just so I can keep track of what that rubric, would that be okay? Okay.

Okay. As long as we're keeping everything within the executive session, great. Alright. I'm closing out the executive session.

Alright. The time is now 523 PM and the executive session has been concluded. The participants in the executive session were Dave Woodruff, Councilor Kipkoso, Councilor Aguil de Yazzie, Councilor Shirley Gonzalez, City Manager Jose Madrigal, City Attorney Mark Morgan, and Municipal Judge Beth Padilla. For the record, Council met in executive session of discussing a personnel matter specifically to conduct The biannual evaluation of the municipal judge, the city attorney, and the city manager as permitted in CRS 24-6-402F2. For the record, if any person who participated in the executive session believes that any substantial discussion of any matter is not included in the motion to go into the executive session occurred during the executive session or any improper action occurred during the executive session in violation of the open meetings law, I would ask that you state your concerns for the record. Seeing none, the next agenda next item in the agenda is public possible action regarding the biannual evaluation of our appointees.

And Mark, do we need to have any?

Any action on any of those? Does any counselor have any motions they would like to make? Alright, I'm going to go ahead and see the executive session is now adjourned. OK, I mean, do we do? Can we just do we have to? Can I just adjourn the meeting or do we need to have a vote?

Alright, take a session is adjourned.