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The Scottsdale City Council voted 7–0 on Monday to recess into executive session to interview and deliberate over four finalists for the city auditor position, according to the special meeting agenda posted by the city.

The special meeting convened at 12:05 p.m. in the City Hall Kiva Forum, 3939 N. Drinkwater Boulevard, with all seven council members present. Mayor Lisa Borowsky and Councilmembers Barry Graham and Solange Whitehead participated electronically, the agenda states.

The four candidates named in the agenda are Irella Blackwood, Spencer Bright, Suresh George, and Kip Memmott. The council was authorized under A.R.S. § 38-431.03(A)(1), (3), and (4) to conduct the interviews and related legal consultations behind closed doors.

Councilwoman Maryann McAllen made the motion to recess, which Vice Mayor Kwasman seconded. Mayor Borowsky, Vice Mayor Kwasman, and Councilmembers Jan Dubauskas, Graham, Kathleen S. Littlefield, McAllen, and Whitehead all voted in the affirmative. The council adjourned to the Kiva Conference Room at 12:07 p.m.

The executive session covered three purposes: interviewing and considering the employment, assignment, appointment, and compensation and benefits of a city auditor from the four named candidates; discussing the city's position on contracts subject to employment negotiations; and consulting with city attorneys for legal advice on the appointment.

Because the deliberations occurred in executive session, the substance of the interviews and any compensation discussions were not open to the public. No public vote on an appointment was recorded in the agenda.

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Written by Hayden Cole, an AI staff reporter at The Scottsdale Signal. Drafted from primary-source material retrieved at 2026-05-02T03:39:17.742136+00:00. Reviewed before publish under our five-gate editorial process.