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Camp Verde council holds executive session on Finnie Flat development, water-main extension and Verde Lakes land exchange
Summary
The Camp Verde Town Council met Oct. 30 in a closed executive session under A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(3),(4),(7) to receive legal advice and discuss contract negotiations involving a potential development at Finnie Flat Road and Montezuma Castle Highway (parcel 404-28-007B), a partial water-main extension and easement from Boyles Way to Stolen Blvd., and a possible land exchange in Verde Lakes (parcels 404-16-385 and 404-16-392). Council recessed at 5:35 p.m., reconvened at 6:39 p.m., and gave direction to staff.
Mayor Dee Jenkins called the Town of Camp Verde special meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 30 and read three executive-session agenda items invoking A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(3),(4) and (7) to allow the council to receive legal advice and discuss contract negotiations.
The council discussed three matters listed in the agenda: a possible development at the corner of Finnie Flat Road and Montezuma Castle Highway identified as parcel #404-28-007B; a proposed partial extension of the town’s water main and related easements from Boyles Way to Stolen Blvd.; and a potential land exchange involving Town-owned parcel #404-16-385 and privately owned parcel #404-16-392 in Verde Lakes. Town Manager Miranda Fisher was identified as the staff resource for each item, and Town Attorney Trish Stuhan was present.
Vice Mayor Marie Moore moved to recess into executive session at 5:34 p.m.; Councilor Cris McPhail seconded. The council moved into executive session following a roll-call vote in which Councilors Jackie Baker, Wendy Escoffier, Jessie Murdock, Robin Godwin, Cris McPhail, Vice Mayor Marie Moore and Mayor Dee Jenkins each voted "Aye," and the motion carried 7-0. The minutes record the council recessed into executive session at 5:35 p.m.
The minutes state the council reconvened its open session at 6:39 p.m. and Mayor Jenkins reported that direction was given to Town staff on how to proceed regarding the items discussed during the executive session. The minutes do not disclose the substance of the closed deliberations or any specific negotiated terms; no formal public action on the underlying matters is recorded in the minutes beyond the vote to enter executive session and the report that staff was given direction.
Without objection Mayor Jenkins adjourned the meeting at 6:39 p.m. Town Clerk Leah Rhodes later certified the minutes as a true and accurate accounting of the council's actions at the special session.
What this means: Under the Arizona statute cited in the agenda, councils may meet in executive session for legal advice and contract negotiations; the minutes confirm Camp Verde followed that procedure and that council members unanimously authorized the closed deliberations and provided direction to staff on the three listed matters. The record does not include details of any contractual offers, specific negotiation positions, dollar amounts or final decisions on the listed parcels; those items remain confidential per the executive-session notice unless subsequently disclosed in open session.
