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Cochise County supervisors retain outside counsel after executive session over notice of claim by Supervisor Crosby
Summary
At a June 20 special meeting, the Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted 2-0 to direct the county attorney's office to retain outside counsel after an executive session to discuss a notice of claim filed by Supervisor Terry Thomas Crosby; District 1 Supervisor Crosby was recused/absent.
The Cochise County Board of Supervisors on June 20 voted 2-0 to direct the county attorney's office to retain outside counsel to represent the board in response to a notice of claim filed by Supervisor Terry Thomas Crosby.
The vote followed a closed executive session that the board said was held under Arizona Revised Statutes citations cited in the meeting record. The board recessed into executive session at about 12:01 p.m. and resumed at about 12:19 p.m.
Supervisor Gomez moved to direct the Cochise County Attorney's Office to retain outside counsel; the motion, as recorded in the meeting, named the attorney inconsistently. The transcript contains two different renderings of the name: “Nick Rilsen” and, later in the record, “McGrewsing.” The board approved the motion with Supervisors Gomez and Antinori voting in favor; Supervisor Terry Thomas Crosby was recused and not present for the votes.
The board initiated the special meeting in the Board of Supervisors Executive Conference Room and confirmed attendance by district: District 1 Supervisor Terry Thomas Crosby was recused/absent; District 2 Supervisor Gomez and District 3 Supervisor Antinori were present. Meeting attendees listed during roll call included Lord Lowenheim, Joe Casey, Jared Gilman and Paul Correa; the transcript did not specify roles for those attendees.
The session began with a motion to go into executive session to discuss “possible direction to legal counsel regarding notice of claim filed by supervisor Terry Thomas Crosby,” citing ARS provisions as read into the record. After returning from executive session, Supervisor Gomez moved to retain outside counsel; the motion was seconded and carried 2-0, with one not present. The meeting adjourned after the action; the board noted a next meeting scheduled for Thursday, June 26 at 10 a.m. in the Hearing Room for a work session.
The record does not specify the full, authoritative spelling of the outside counsel approved for retention, nor does it provide further details of the notice of claim or the substance of the executive-session deliberations. The board cited Arizona Revised Statutes in support of moving to executive session as stated on the record.
