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Board of Supervisors recesses into executive session to discuss embezzlement allegations involving former treasurer
Summary
The board unanimously approved the agenda on June 9 and recessed into executive session to consult with counsel about litigation and personnel matters tied to alleged embezzlement by former county treasurer Elizabeth Gutfar; no public action was taken during the closed session.
The board of supervisors convened at 9 a.m. on June 9 in the Board Of Supervisors Meeting Room 120 in Nogales and unanimously approved the meeting agenda. The manager told the chair there were no changes to the agenda, and a motion to accept the agenda passed by voice vote.
The chair then announced the board would recess into executive session, citing state open‑meeting law, to consult with attorneys and staff. "Discussion and consultation for legal advice and or direction regarding all litigation matters related to the embezzlement by the former county treasurer Elizabeth Gutfar, including updates on all related litigation and affected district positions," the chair said when describing the subject of the closed session.
Under state law cited by the chair, the board said it would meet in private to receive legal advice and to discuss litigation and personnel matters; the chair emphasized that "no action is taken until the public portion of the meeting." Members moved and seconded a motion to recess into executive session, and the chair announced the motion carried unanimously.
The board then entered the executive session. The public record in the provided transcript ends with the board in closed session; the transcript does not record any outcomes, directions, or votes taken in executive session.
