Second secretive meeting appears to be on the same topic, which is purchase or lease of land in the Prescott area. Urgency suggests College execs want to quickly close a land deal of some sort.
The Yavapai Community College Governing Board was summoned by College leaders to a closed one-hour meeting on Thursday, October 17. The secretive session, held via Zoom, was scheduled to discuss the potential purchase or lease of new land in the Prescott area.
The sudden urgency of the meeting raises suspicions that the College is rushing to close some sort of property deal. Notably, just three weeks ago, the Governing Board held another secret meeting, also at the request of College leaders, to discuss a similar or possibly the same matter.
As usual, local residents remain completely in the dark.
It’s worth noting that the College has never publicly indicated a need for additional Prescott area property in recent meetings. Yet readers may recall that the same secretive approach was used when the College suddenly purchased the 42-acre church camp just outside Prescott for millions in May of this year with a goal of converting it into a major housing and training facility.
This is yet another instance where the taxpayer-funded institution shows little to no accountability to the Yavapai County residents who finance it.