Board votes 5-0 to recess into executive session to discuss auditor general findings about prior CFO

The Sierra Vista Unified District governing board voted 5-0 to recess into executive session to receive attorney-client information concerning auditor general findings about the district's prior chief financial officer.

At the start of the meeting the presiding chair called the executive-session meeting to order at 5:00 p.m., noted that all board members were present and that Superintendent Terry Roma was representing the district. A committee member moved to adopt the agenda and another committee member seconded; the board approved that motion by voice vote, recorded as passing 5-0.

The chair introduced the executive-session agenda item, stating it was "executive session attorney client information regarding auditor general CFO finding" and recommending the board recess to an executive session inside the superintendent's office conference room pursuant to ARS 38-431.03(A)(3) to discuss attorney-client information related to the auditor general's findings concerning the prior CFO.

A committee member then "moved that we recess into executive session," which was seconded. With no discussion on the motion, the board voted in favor and the motion passed 5-0. No substantive discussion of the auditor general findings was conducted in public; the board moved to a closed executive session for attorney-client privileged discussion.

The meeting record indicates only procedural actions and the formal vote to enter executive session; no public deliberations or specific allegations about the auditor general findings are recorded in the public transcript.