Payne argued his addition would make the minutes more transparent to the public; Board majority remained mostly silent, with the Chair claiming discussion was unnecessary since the motion concerning entering the executive session was on the meeting videotape
At the March 26 meeting, Third District Yavapai Community College Governing Board member Toby Payne requested that the official minutes accurately reflect what transpired when the Board voted to enter executive session on February 18. He specifically asked that the following statement be included in the February minutes. “I respectfully request the following to be added,” he said:
Mr. Kiel requested that the Board discuss an issue or issues prior to going into executive session. The Chair did not open the floor for discussion after a second to go into executive session, so Mr. Kiel decided not to attend the executive session. Mr. Payne stated that he was very concerned about the transparency to the public about why the Board is going into executive session or why the Board is holding a virtual meeting. He did not attend the executive session.
Mr. Payne’s request to amend the minutes was rejected by a 3-2 vote, with Chair Deb McCasland, Patrick Kuykendall, and Steve Bracety voting in favor. Only Representative William Kiel voted against the motion in support of Payne. The majority members offered few comments before casting their votes. Chair McCasland stated that everything was documented in the meeting video and noted that she had never engaged in a discussion regarding the decision to enter an executive session.
A video clip of this portion of the meeting may be viewed below: