Mohave County supervisors recess to executive session to interview county manager candidates

Unidentified Speaker 2, the meeting’s presiding officer, opened a special meeting of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors and said the board would recess into executive session to receive legal advice and to conduct interviews for the county manager position.

The presiding officer read statutory authority for the closed session, citing provisions of the Arizona Revised Statutes as transcribed during the meeting, and said the board would discuss employment matters such as appointment and dismissal of public officers. The presiding officer announced that candidates selected by the board would be interviewed in the executive session.

The presiding officer asked for a motion to enter executive session. Unidentified Speaker 1 moved “to go into executive session” for legal advice and county manager interviews. When the motion was put to a voice vote, Unidentified Speaker 1 called for the vote and said “Aye.” The transcript records a voice vote and the presiding officer then closed the open meeting and recessed to the executive session.

The transcript does not record a roll-call tally or identify any votes other than the spoken “Aye” in the open session, nor does it report any decision made in the closed session. The board’s stated purpose for the executive session was to receive legal advice from the board’s attorneys and to discuss personnel matters related to the county manager search under the Arizona Revised Statutes cited in the meeting record.

No appointment, employment decision, or other final action relating to the county manager position was reported in the open meeting record; the board adjourned the public session and proceeded to the closed executive session for the announced interviews and legal consultation.