Minutes for City Council Special Meeting (Executive Session)

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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 2026
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
211 WEST ASPEN AVE
12:00 P.M.

Call to Order

Mayor Daggett called the Special Meeting to order at 12:00 p.m.

Roll Call

NOTE: One or more Councilmembers may be in attendance through other technological means.

Present:

Mayor Becky Daggett
Vice Mayor Miranda Sweet
Councilmember Austin Aslan
Councilmember Anthony Garcia
Councilmember Khara House
Councilmember Lori Matthews
Councilmember David Spence

Staff:

City Manager Joanne Keene; City Attorney Sterling Solomon

Recess into Executive Session

Moved by Vice Mayor Miranda Sweet, seconded by Councilmember Anthony Garcia moved to recess into Executive Session.

Vote: 7 - 0 - Unanimously

Council recessed into Executive Session at 12:05 p.m.

Executive Session Confidentiality Statement

Discussions made during Executive Session are confidential by law. All persons present in Executive Session or who receive Executive Session information or materials shall keep the discussion, information and materials confidential and shall not disclose them, except as allowed by law.

Executive Session:

Discussion or consultation for legal advice with the attorney or attorneys of the public body, discussion or consultation with the attorneys of the public body in order to consider its position and instruct its attorneys regarding the public body's position regarding contracts that are the subject of negotiations, in pending or contemplated litigation or in settlement discussions conducted in order to avoid or resolve litigation, and discussions or consultations with designated representatives of the public body in order to consider its position and instruct its representatives regarding negotiations for the purchase, sale or lease of real property, pursuant to A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(3), (4), and (7), respectively

Discussion, consultation, and legal advice regarding the City’s purchase of right-of-way from Canyon Del Rio for the John Wesley Powell extension and related property appraisals, required transportation improvements at Whetstone and John Wesley Powell, and potential amendments to Canyon Del Rio Development Agreement.

Discussion or consideration of employment, assignment, appointment, promotion, demotion, dismissal, salaries, disciplining or resignation of a public officer, appointee or employee of any public body, except that, with the exception of salary discussions, an officer, appointee or employee may demand that the discussion or consideration occur at a public meeting. The public body shall provide the officer, appointee or employee with written notice of the executive session as is appropriate but not less than twenty-four hours for the officer, appointee or employee to determine whether the discussion or consideration should occur at a public meeting in accordance with A.R.S. §38-431.03(A)(1).

City Attorney Evaluation

Reconvene Special Meeting

Mayor Daggett reconvened the Special Meeting at 2:49 p.m.

Mayor and Council possible direction regarding Executive Session

Moved by Councilmember Lori Matthews, seconded by Councilmember David Spence to direct and authorize the City Attorney and/or designated city representative to proceed as discussed in executive session items listed in Item(s) 5Ai and 5Bi.

Vote: 7 - 0 - Unanimously

Adjournment

The Special Meeting of the Flagstaff City Council held April 28, 2026, adjourned at 2:50 p.m.

	_____________________________________ MAYOR
ATTEST:
_____________________________________ CITY CLERK

CERTIFICATION

I, STACY SALTZBURG, do hereby certify that I am the City Clerk of the City of Flagstaff, County of Coconino, State of Arizona, and that the above Minutes are a true and correct summary of the Meeting of the Council of the City of Flagstaff held on April 28, 2026. I further certify that the Meeting was duly called and held and that a quorum was present.

DATED this 19th day of May, 2026
	________________________________________ CITY CLERK