Mayor Lisa Borowski called a special meeting of the Scottsdale City Council to order at 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 30, 2025, and the council voted to adjourn into an executive session to obtain legal advice on a city ordinance and an Arizona House bill, to consult with designated representatives about security plans and systems, and to consider strategy on pending litigation in the District Court for the District of Arizona.

The move to close the meeting was limited to the single agenda item announced by Borowski: consulting with attorneys and designated representatives regarding “City Of Scottsdale ordinance 4 6 7 9 and Arizona House Bill 21 10,” discussing security plans, procedures and assessments affecting city facilities and information technology, and instructing representatives on resolving pending litigation in the District Court for the District of Arizona. Borowski said, “I’ll entertain a motion to adjourn into executive session.”

A motion was made and seconded; the mayor asked for a voice indication of support, those in favor indicated their vote, and the council adjourned. The public record for the special meeting reflects only the roll call, the mayor’s announcement of the executive-session topics, the motion and second, and the statement that the meeting was adjourned into executive session.

Roll call at the start of the meeting recorded Mayor Lisa Borowski, Vice Mayor Jane DeBoskis and council members Barry Graham, Adam Quasman, Mary Anne McAllen and Solange Whitehead as present. City Manager Greg Caton, Interim City Attorney Louis Sentilla, City Treasurer Sonia Andrews and City Clerk Ben Lane were also recorded as present; the record also names Atkinson Otter Lakecliff.

No public discussion, debate on the ordinance or the state bill, nor details of the security plans or litigation strategy were discussed on the public record during the meeting. The council’s decision was to move into a closed executive session for the purposes stated; any further action or public disclosure was not recorded in the special-meeting minutes provided.

The executive session subjects the council listed — a city ordinance, a state House bill, security-related assessments and pending federal litigation — are matters commonly cited as permissible reasons under state open-meeting laws to meet in private with legal counsel and designated representatives. The transcript does not record additional factual detail about Ordinance 4679, Arizona House Bill 2110, the specific security systems at issue, or the pending litigation’s case number or parties.