Commission approves amendment to Jan. 22 minutes to record abstention for conflict of interest

The Kingman City Municipal Utilities Commission on May 28 voted to amend the minutes from its Jan. 22, 2026 meeting to record that a commissioner abstained from a vote due to a conflict of interest.

During approval of the previous meeting’s minutes, a commissioner said the minutes incorrectly recorded them as voting yes on an item that involved variances and an attached exhibit prepared by Serbat Excavating. The commissioner said the exhibit was prepared by a company they described as a sister company and that a coworker, Levi Pitts, had performed the work; the commissioner said they had not voted and that the record should show an abstention by reason of conflict of interest. The commissioner moved to amend the minutes; another commissioner seconded the motion and the commission approved the amendment by voice vote.

Chair Rigin asked staff to correct the official minutes for the record. The commission made no further formal findings about the underlying project or the company named in the discussion; the amendment was limited to correcting the voting record in the minutes.