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Cochise County supervisors enter executive session over LaChance settlement enforcement
Summary
At a Sept. 16 special meeting, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted to go into executive session to receive legal advice on enforcing settlement agreement terms in LaChance v. Cochise County, citing Arizona law on executive sessions; the discussion and minutes were designated confidential.
At a special meeting on Sept. 16, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted to enter an executive session to receive legal advice on possible enforcement of settlement agreement terms in LaChance v. Cochise County.
The board cited Arizona Revised Statutes §38-431.03(A)(3), the state law authorizing executive sessions for legal advice. A meeting notice posted at the start of the session said, “Minutes and discussion in executive session shall be kept confidential.” The motion passed after board members responded “aye,” and the board proceeded into executive session at about 3:02 p.m., according to the meeting record.
During roll call the record shows the three supervisors were present in person: District 1 Supervisor Dylan Crosby, District 3 Supervisor Antoni Reis and a District 2 supervisor listed on the record as present but not clearly identified by name in the transcript. Two other participants — identified in the transcript as “Mr. Correa” and “Mr. Lesotha” — attended online. The transcript records a motion to go into executive session for legal advice on the LaChance matter; the motion was seconded, and the board voted in favor. The transcript does not name who made the motion or who seconded it.
The meeting opened in the Board of Supervisors Executive Conference Room on Melody Lane and was available to the public via Microsoft Teams, the transcript notes. The board’s explicit citation of ARS §38-431.03(A)(3) restricted the public record for the duration of the executive session; the transcript reiterates that executive-session minutes and discussion are confidential. The publicly recorded portion of the meeting contains no further debate or substantive details about the settlement terms or potential enforcement steps.
No formal vote on any enforcement action or settlement modification appears on the public record; the transcript shows only the board’s motion to move into the closed session and the subsequent acknowledgement that the executive session would begin. Any legal advice or directions given in the executive session are not included in the public transcript.
