Are City Council Meetings - Public Meetings?

I wanted to take a moment to address recent comments by Pueblo City Council President Judy Weaver. She has been quoted recently in the Pueblo Chieftain as saying, "People have to understand this is our meeting being held in public; it's not a public meeting." - Pueblo Chieftain September 29th

Colorado’s Sunshine Law contradicts this claim. The following paragraphs come from the Colorado Revised Statutes dealing with open meeting requirements. These requirements clearly apply to the entire state as well as home rule cities such as Pueblo.

Here is what the State Law says:

COLORADO REVISED STATUTES ANNOTATED
TITLE 24. GOVERNMENT—STATE ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE 6. COLORADO SUNSHINE LAW
PART 4. OPEN MEETINGS LAW
24-6-402. Meetings - open to public.
(1) For the purposes of this section:

(a) "Local public body" means any board, committee, commission, authority, or other advisory, policy-making, rule-making, or formally constituted body of any political subdivision of the state and any public or private entity to which a political subdivision, or an official thereof, has delegated a governmental decision-making function but does not include persons on the administrative staff of the local public body.

(b) "Meeting" means any kind of gathering, convened to discuss public business, in person, by telephone, electronically, or by other means of communication.

(c) "Political subdivision of the state" includes, but is not limited to, any county, city, city and county, town, home rule city, home rule county, home rule city and county, school district, special district, local improvement district, special improvement district, or service district.