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Sedona council directs city attorney to investigate allegations against Mayor Jablow and moves into executive session
Summary
The Sedona City Council voted unanimously to enter an executive session, designated the vice mayor to chair it, and approved a motion directing the city attorney to investigate allegations made against Mayor Jablow on Sept. 19.
The Sedona City Council voted unanimously to enter an executive session and directed the city attorney to investigate allegations made against Mayor Jablow on Sept. 19.
Councilor Kinsella moved “that we direct the city attorney to investigate allegations made against the mayor on September 19,” and the motion was seconded and approved by the full council, according to the meeting transcript. Earlier in the meeting a councilor moved under Sedona City Code and the council’s rules of procedure to designate the vice mayor to chair and preside over the executive session “for the duration of this Executive Session,” and that motion also passed unanimously.
The mayor read the legal basis for the closed meeting before the votes, saying the council could hold an executive session “for discussion and consultation with the city attorney for legal advice and to discuss or consider the disciplining of a public officer,” and cited Arizona statute as the statutory authority for closing the meeting. The council’s action followed that reading and the motions to designate the vice mayor as chair and to move into executive session.
No formal findings or conclusions about the substance of the allegations were announced during the public portion of the meeting. The vote to direct the city attorney launches an internal review or investigation; the transcript records no public response from Mayor Jablow during the meeting. The session ended with the council adjourning until 4:30.
The directive is procedural: it asks the city attorney to investigate the reported allegations. The transcript does not provide details of the allegations, any investigative timetable, or who will receive the city attorney’s findings. Those details were not specified in the public portion of the meeting.
The council’s procedural steps—reading the executive-session authority, designating a presiding officer for the closed session, and voting to enter and then take investigative direction—are consistent with the transcript-recorded motions and votes.
