Gila County board votes to terminate county manager after executive session

May 19, 2026

After moving into executive session, the Gila County Board of Supervisors directed legal action on a refuse-bin matter and voted to terminate County Manager James Menlove for cause; the motion passed with at least one recorded dissent (Supervisor Klein).

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After a closed-door executive session May 19, the Gila County Board of Supervisors took two actions in open session: it instructed the county attorney to proceed on a legal matter about refuse bins removed from the landfill, and it voted to terminate County Manager James Menlove for cause.

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