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Council introduces code change updating council meeting location and executive session language
Summary
The council introduced an ordinance to update city code with the new chambers address (92 Acoma Boulevard) and to clarify executive-session language; staff said executive sessions are allowed only under categories enumerated in Arizona Revised Statutes and that any meeting type may be adjourned into legal-advice executive session when agendized.
Lake Havasu City — Council introduced an ordinance to amend city code sections 2.04.080 and 2.04.130 to update the official meeting location to the new council chambers address and to clarify the allowable uses and agendizing of executive sessions.
City attorney staff recommended the changes to reflect that regular council business now takes place at 92 Acoma Boulevard and to clarify language that permits council to adjourn into executive session "during any meeting" for purposes such as receiving legal advice. Staff reminded the council that Arizona Revised Statutes enumerate specific circumstances in which executive session is permitted and that most legal-advice sessions are used when council wants confidential counsel during an agenda item.
Council member David Diaz asked for a plain-language clarification of when the council may go into executive session; staff said common circumstances include legal advice, contract negotiations, employment or release of confidential information, and that most of these needs must be agendized in advance unless they arise in the course of a meeting and satisfy statutory conditions. A resident who spoke at the public hearing asked whether executive-session purpose and stipulation are published; staff replied that agendized executive sessions include the subject matter and follow public-notice requirements under Arizona open-meeting law.
Council moved to introduce the ordinance; the motion passed 7-0.
