Pinal County board convenes executive session over County Attorney ethical obligations

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors convened into an executive session Sept. 30 "for legal advice regarding the County Attorney's ethical obligations to the Board of Supervisors, his scope of representation, and Arizona Bar requirements in light of various activities, statements and actions made by the County Attorney to or about the Pinal County Board of Supervisors collectively or individually." The item listed Chairman Jeffrey McClure and outside conflict counsel James Belanger.

The session was called under A.R.S. 38-431.03(A)(3) and (4), statutes permitting closed-session legal advice. The agenda entry notes legal counsel would advise the Board on the County Attorney's ethical obligations; the public record shows only that the Board "convened into Executive Session" and no public deliberations or outcomes were disclosed on the record.