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Sunnyside City schedules executive session on personnel and potential litigation; no action expected
Summary
A staff member called a special Sunnyside City meeting to enter an executive session for 1 hour 30 minutes to evaluate an applicant for public employment and to consult legal counsel about potential litigation under RCW provisions; the staff member said no action was expected and the meeting was adjourned until 06:00.
A staff member called a special meeting of Sunnyside City to order to enter an executive session lasting 1 hour and 30 minutes to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment and to consult with legal counsel about potential litigation, citing state open-meetings law and saying, "No action is expected."
The staff member said the executive session was being held under provisions of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW), specifically RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) (to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review the performance of a public employee), RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) (to discuss with legal counsel litigation or potential litigation when public knowledge is likely to result in adverse legal or financial consequences to the agency), and RCW 42.30.140(4) (which requires that when a governing body takes final action on hiring, setting salary, or disciplining an individual, that final action be taken in an open meeting).
The transcript records the staff member announcing the purpose and length of the executive session and stating explicitly that no formal action was expected. The meeting was then adjourned until 06:00. The transcript does not record any votes, motions by named members, or substantive discussion in open session beyond the announcement and adjournment.
Because RCW 42.30.140(4) requires final hiring, salary-setting, or disciplinary actions to occur in open session, any subsequent formal decisions on the matters referenced in the executive session would have to be announced and recorded in a later open meeting, the staff member noted by citation to the statute in the announcement.
The transcript did not provide speaker names, meeting date, or additional details about the applicant or the potential litigation, and no final actions were recorded in the provided excerpt.
