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Clarkdale council authorizes mayor to notify Yavapai Apache Nation of MOU termination and proposed replacement
Summary
At a Feb. 11 special meeting, the Clarkdale Town Council authorized the mayor to send notice terminating the current mutual-aid memorandum of understanding with the Yavapai Apache Nation and to transmit a proposed replacement MOU; the matter was discussed in executive session under Arizona law.
The Clarkdale Town Council voted Feb. 11 to authorize the mayor to send notice terminating the town’s current mutual-aid memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Yavapai Apache Nation and to transmit a proposed replacement MOU.
The action was taken shortly after the council returned from an executive session held under Arizona Revised Statutes 38-431.03(A)(3) and (A)(4), which allow a public body to consult with its attorneys for legal advice and to consider its position and instruct attorneys on contracts, negotiations, and potential litigation.
Vice Mayor Hunsicker moved the authorization; Council Member O'Neil seconded. The council adopted the motion by voice vote; no opposing votes were recorded during the public reconvening. Mayor Prudhom Bauer, Vice Mayor Hunsicker, Council Member Jones and Council Member O'Neil were present; Council Member Babbitt Pierce was absent.
Council members did not disclose the content of deliberations that took place in executive session. The public record provided at the reconvening states only that the council authorized the mayor to send notice of termination of the current MOU along with a proposed MOU to the Yavapai Apache Nation.
The town did not provide additional details about the terms of the proposed MOU, any timetable for its implementation, or whether the proposed replacement would alter operational arrangements for mutual law-enforcement aid between the parties. The council also did not record a redacted public summary of legal advice or settlement terms at the time of reconvening.
The special meeting convened at 4:31 p.m. and the council entered executive session at about 4:33 p.m.; the council reconvened into special session at 5:47 p.m., at which time it recorded the action described above.
