Edmond City Council convenes executive session on potential litigation and then adjourns

A presiding official called a Sept. 16 special meeting of the Edmond City Council and announced the council would convene in executive session to discuss pending or potential litigation under RCW 42.30.110, saying the session would last approximately 45 minutes.

The presiding official told those present that the council would reconvene at 4:15 p.m., then later extended the executive session until 4:30 p.m. The meeting was called back to order at 4:30 p.m., and with no further business the presiding official adjourned the special meeting at 4:30 p.m.

The executive session announcement, made in open session, cited RCW 42.30.110, the Washington state statute that authorizes closed executive sessions for certain matters, including discussions of pending or potential litigation. No motions, votes, or other formal decisions were recorded in the public portion of the meeting; the public transcript records only the entry into executive session, the stated expected duration, and the return and adjournment.

Because executive sessions are closed to the public, the council did not disclose the subject matter of the litigation discussion in the public record during this special meeting. The transcript shows the council planned to reconvene at 4:15 p.m. and extended the executive session to 4:30 p.m. before returning and adjourning.

No additional agenda items were discussed in the public portion of the meeting, and there is no public record in the provided transcript of any formal action taken on the litigation topic during the special meeting.