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Camp Verde council holds executive session to consider town attorney and water-law firms
Summary
The Camp Verde Mayor and Council voted unanimously on April 17 to enter executive session to consider candidates for town attorney and water-law legal services; after private deliberations they returned at 7:20 p.m. and directed Town Manager Miranda Fisher on next steps, with no public appointment recorded in the minutes.
Camp Verde Mayor Marie Moore and the Town Council voted unanimously April 17 to enter an executive session to consider candidates for the town attorney and for water-law legal services.
The private session, authorized under Arizona statute, followed a motion from Councilor Wendy Escoffier, seconded by Councilor Robin Godwin; the roll-call vote was recorded as 6-0 in favor. Mayor Moore read Item 4 on the agenda, which cited A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(1) and (A)(4) and described interviews of candidates and discussion of the town's position regarding potential contracts for legal services.
The public minutes list three candidates for the town attorney position: Dickison Wright, Gust Rosenfeld and Pierce Coleman. For water-law legal services the minutes name two candidates: Dickison Wright and the firm Moyes Sellers & Hendricks. The minutes identify Town Manager Miranda Fisher as the staff resource for the item.
The council returned to open session at 7:20 p.m. and "the Council provided direction to Town Manager Fisher for Item 4," Mayor Marie Moore stated in the minutes. The minutes do not record a public vote to appoint any firm or individual; they record only the direction given to staff and the subsequent adjournment at 7:20 p.m.
Town Clerk Leah Rhodes certified the minutes on May 8, 2025, as a true and accurate accounting of the discussion. The record does not include the contents of the executive session or any formal contract decisions; according to the public minutes, next steps were to be carried out by town staff under the direction given at the session.
