At a meeting called to order at 12:30, the Sedona City Council voted to move into executive session to consider candidate applications and potential interviews for appointment of presiding magistrate judge. The motion named Danielle Delaney and Richard Spear as the candidates under consideration and cited Arizona law permitting executive sessions for candidate interviews.

The session was taken under Arizona Revised Statutes §38-431.03(A)(1), the council noted during the motion. Mayor Jablow was absent for the roll call; Vice Mayor Pluth and Councilors Fultz, Furman, Fauch, Dunn and Kinsello were recorded present. A person identified only in the transcript as making the motion said the council would discuss and possibly interview the two candidates. The council approved the motion to go into executive session on a voice vote.

After the executive session concluded, a motion was made and seconded to “direct staff to proceed as directed in this session.” Council members approved that motion on a voice vote; the transcript does not state the specific implementation steps discussed in executive session. The meeting adjourned shortly afterward.

Because the matters were discussed in executive session, the council did not disclose details of the deliberations or any candidate evaluations in the public record. The only publicly recorded specifics were the statute cited, the two candidate names and the council’s direction for staff to act on whatever the council decided in the closed session.