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<br />\~-I<O <br /> <br />c. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the council from <br />authorizing a person (other than the mayor or a councilmember) <br />from attending only a portion of the executive session. <br /> <br />2.90.110 Enforcement. <br /> <br />The provisions of this chapter shall be enforced as follows: <br /> <br />A. The city prosecuting attorney shall have the primary <br />responsibility for administration of said provisions. <br /> <br />B. Any person who believes that a public officer or employee has <br />violated any of said provisions and wishes to initiate <br />proceedings on such alleged violation shall file a written <br />complaint with the prosecuting attorney. The complaint shall <br />state in detail the facts of the alleged violation, shall <br />specify the section or sections of this chapter alleged to <br />have been violated, and shall contain a sworn or verified <br />statement signed by the complainant and stating that, under <br />penalty of perjury and to the best of the complainant's <br />knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable <br />inquiry, there exists probable cause for the complaint, the <br />complaint is well grounded in fact and law, and the complaint <br />is filed in good faith and not out of malice or any other <br />improper motive or purpose. Any complaint which does not <br />contain such a signed statement shall be returned forthwith to <br />the complainant without action. <br /> <br />c . within ten days after receipt of the complaint the city <br />prosecuting attorney shall forward a copy of the complaint to <br />an advisory judge referred to in section 2.80.070 and request <br />the advisory judge to appoint a qualified disinterested <br />attorney to serve as special prosecutor. If, within ten days <br />after the request, the advisory judge has not appointed a <br />special prosecutor, the city's municipal judge shall appoint <br />a qualified disinterested attorney to serve as special <br />prosecutor. The reasonable expenses and fees of an advisory <br />judge making such an appointment and of the attorney serving <br />as special prosecutor shall be paid by the city. The attorney <br />recommended or appointed pursuant to this subsection C shall <br />serve as special prosecutor for purposes of investigation and <br />action on the complaint, and shall take such actions <br />concerning the complaint as are consistent with this chapter, <br />the Colorado municipal court rules of procedure, and the <br />prosecutor's ethical responsibilities. <br /> <br />D. A public officer or employee who knowingly violates this <br />chapter shall be punished as provided in section 1.28 of this <br />code, except that any fine imposed under said section shall <br />not be less than two hundred dollars. <br /> <br />16 <br />