DC Ranch Community Facilities District recesses into executive session after member cites conflict
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At a March 4 special meeting the DC Ranch Community Facilities District board recessed into an executive session to consult with attorneys about potential contracts; an unnamed board member recused themself, citing that their spouse serves on the DC Ranch Association finance committee.
The DC Ranch Community Facilities District board recessed into an executive session at a special meeting on March 4, 2025, to consult with district attorneys and to discuss potential contracts that are the subject of negotiation. A board member announced a conflict of interest and said they would recuse themself from the executive-session vote.
The board convened for roll call before the motion. Clerk Ben Lane called the roll while Chair Lisa Borowski and board members Jane DeBoskis, Barry Graham, Adam Quasman, Kathy Littlefield, Mary Anne McCallin and Solange Whitehead were recorded present. Interim City Manager Greg Caton, Acting City Attorney Louis Sentella, District Treasurer Sonia Andrews and the city auditor (identified as Lakecliff) were also present.
The chair stated the purpose of the executive session: “to discuss and consult with the community facilities district’s attorneys for legal advice, [and] to discuss and consult with the community facilities district’s designated representatives to consider its position and to instruct its attorneys and representatives regarding potential contracts that are the subject to negotiation of negotiation.” After the chair asked for a motion to recess into executive session, a board member moved to do so and the board proceeded to vote.
Before the vote, an unidentified board member announced a recusal, saying, “I have a conflict of interest. My husband is part of the DC Ranch Association, finance committee. So I will recuse myself from this vote in the executive session.” The meeting record does not identify that speaker by name at the time of the statement.
Following the recusal, the remaining members voted to recess into executive session. The public record in the meeting transcript does not disclose the names of the motion mover or a complete roll-call vote tally for the motion, nor does it record any substantive discussion of contract terms in open session. The meeting was then adjourned into executive session.
No additional public action or contract details were disclosed in the open portion of the special meeting; further information would be available only if and when the board returns to open session and reports on any actions required to be disclosed under state law.