Edmond City Council holds closed session to evaluate applicants for public employment

The Edmond City Council convened a special meeting Sept. 26 and immediately recessed into an executive session at 1 p.m. to evaluate the qualifications of applicants for public employment under RCW 42.30.110(1)(g). Council members returned briefly and adjourned later in the afternoon.

The council’s public record for the session says the executive session was called “to evaluate the qualifications of applicants for public employment,” citing the Washington state open meetings law provision that allows closed sessions for personnel matters. The transcript records a planned reconvening at 3:30 p.m.; the meeting was called back to order at 3:29 p.m. and then adjourned.

Roll call recorded the presence of Neil Tibbitt, Will Chen, Jenna Nand, Susan Payne and Michelle Dodge. The transcript contains no formal motions, votes or public personnel decisions and does not record details of the executive-session discussion, which is exempt from disclosure under the cited statute.

Because the transcript contains only the procedural notice and roll call, there is no public record in this document of any hiring decisions, directions to staff or other formal actions resulting from the closed session. Any council action that must be taken in public would appear in a subsequent open meeting or in the official minutes if recorded publicly.

The council did not cite additional ordinances or policies in the transcript excerpt provided. The meeting was described as a special meeting of the Edmond City Council called at 1 p.m., recessed for the executive session, reconvened in the late afternoon and then adjourned.