Yuma City Council recesses into executive session during March 11 special meeting

The Yuma City Council recessed into an executive session during its special meeting on March 11 after a motion by Council member Cedric McClendon and a second by Deputy Mayor Ava Smith.

The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. for a special session that listed three items for discussion and possible action. Council member McClendon moved “I would like to move into an executive session, please,” and Deputy Mayor Smith seconded the motion. Mayor Nichols responded “Aye,” and the council proceeded into recess for the executive session. The transcript records a voice vote and the meeting moving into recess; no individual roll-call vote totals were provided in the public portion of the transcript.

The public portion of the record did not state the statutory or ordinance basis for the executive session nor specify the subject matter to be discussed in closed session. Council member Watts participated telephonically, and the clerk conducted the roll call before the council recessed. The meeting agenda was noted as containing three items for discussion and possible action, but the transcript does not state whether those items would be addressed in open session before or after the executive session.

No formal actions on ordinances, resolutions, appointments, or contracts were recorded in the public transcript excerpt provided beyond the motion to recess into executive session. The transcript ends with the council in recess; any outcomes or subsequent public votes after the executive session are not contained in the provided record.