Members call for governance review and ethics committee as board pledges better oversight
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Multiple residents urged the RCSC board to commission an outside governance review, reintroduce an ethics function, and strengthen committee structures; the board acknowledged problems and said steps are underway to improve oversight and training.
Several members urged the RCSC board to address broader governance failures, recommending an outside attorney review, creation of an elections and ethics committee, and structural changes to committee leadership.
Cynthia Malkowski and Faith Putnam, among others, said the organization suffers from inconsistent processes, poor communication and a lack of transparent, repeatable checks and balances. Malkowski specifically asked the board to hire an outside attorney with Title‑10 (Arizona common interest community) expertise to review corporate governance and error‑of‑omission risks; she also urged a five‑year strategic plan and committee oversight that would limit ad hoc board motion‑making.
Putnam said she and her husband withdrew a recall petition after hearing a board member agree to reexamine an expedited vote about the Performing Arts Center recommendation and after seeing new board appointments. Other speakers asked that board members participate on committees as members rather than chair them and that the board provide stronger oversight of senior staff.
Board members acknowledged the concerns. Directors described recent work to clarify roles between the board and general manager, committee processes being standardized by Director Netzine and steps to improve training and documentation. Several directors asked speakers to email written recommendations, and the board said it would review committee structures and consider formal governance reviews and bylaws changes ahead of the March membership meeting.