Payson Town Council Special Meeting on Town Manager Applications, April 17, 2025
Payson Town Council Special Meeting — Town Manager Applications Executive Session — April 17, 2025
The Payson Town Council held a special meeting on April 17, 2025, at Town Hall Council Chambers, 303 N. Beeline Highway, Payson, Arizona. Mayor Stephen Otto called the meeting to order at approximately 5:01 p.m. The sole public agenda item was consideration and action to adjourn into executive session under A.R.S. 38-431.03(A)(1), (2), and (3) for the Council’s initial review of Town Manager applications and to receive legal advice on conducting interviews. The public session lasted from about 5:01 p.m. until adjournment at approximately 8:17 p.m., after the closed executive session.
Call to Order and Roll Call
- Mayor Otto called the meeting to order at approximately 5:01 p.m. All council members were present except Council Member Brett Flaherty.
- Council members present: Mayor Stephen Otto, Vice Mayor Susan Tubbs, Council Member Charlie Bell, Council Member Jim Ferris, Council Member Dallin Haws, and Council Member Scott Nossek.
- Staff present included Town Attorney Christina Estes-Werther, Town Clerk Tracie Bailey, Human Resources Director Lynne ODonnell, and Deputy Town Clerk Megan Miller.
Agenda Item and Motion
- Vice Mayor Susan Tubbs moved, and Council Member Charlie Bell seconded, the motion to adjourn into executive session pursuant to A.R.S. 38-431.03(A)(1), (2), and (3) for the Council’s initial review of Town Manager applications and to receive legal advice on conducting interviews.
- The motion carried 6-0. Voting yes were Mayor Otto and Council Members Tubbs, Bell, Ferris, Haws, and Nossek. Council Member Brett Flaherty was absent for the vote.
Executive Session
- Mayor Otto recessed to executive session at approximately 5:02 p.m. Council Member Flaherty arrived at 5:04 p.m. and participated in the executive session.
- The meeting reconvened from executive session at approximately 8:17 p.m. Council Member Flaherty was present for the executive session but was not in chambers for the reconvened public portion.
- As authorized by Arizona law, the executive session was confidential and covered initial review of Town Manager applications and legal advice on conducting interviews.
Key Outcomes
- The Council approved the motion to enter executive session by a 6-0 vote.
- The Council conducted its initial review of Town Manager applications and received legal advice on interviews in closed session.
- Mayor Otto adjourned the meeting at approximately 8:17 p.m. No public action was taken on the applications during the open meeting.
Meeting Transcript
Are we gonna phone call? No pledge of allegiance, no prayer. Let's uh roll call, I guess. Let the record reflect that all council members are present except for council member Flaherty. Okay. Purpose of the meeting is to consider is consideration and action to adjourn into executive session pursuant to ARS 38-431, 03A 1, 2, and 3. For the council, initial review of the applications for town manager and receive legal advice. I asked for a motion and a second to adjourn to executive session. I'll make a motion. Second. Call for the vote. Aye. I guess. No, I'm serious. If my mother was a mother today of young children, she would be in prison. Yeah, my mother was. She didn't care. She didn't care. She goes, Do you want me to slap you? Because I'll slap you right now. She and my mother, which I hated Kmart. We'd always have to shop at Kmart. I have eight sisters and two brothers.
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