Umatilla City Council adjourns to executive session under ORS 192.660

The Umatilla City Council approved its agenda and then voted to adjourn into an executive session pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 192.660 to consider dismissal, disciplining or to hear complaints or charges against a public officer, employee or agent, the council announced during its meeting.

The council’s action followed a motion to approve the meeting agenda, moved by Councilwoman Cadence and seconded by another council member. The council then moved, by voice vote, to adjourn into executive session under ORS 192.660. No roll-call vote was recorded in the transcript provided and council members indicated there were no opposed votes.

Under the announced authority, representatives of the news media and the city attorney were permitted to attend the executive session; other members of the audience were directed to leave the room. The council told the media not to report or disclose deliberations from the executive session beyond the general topic that had been announced. The meeting record noted that no decision may be made during the executive session and that the council would return to open session afterward.

Earlier in the meeting a council member asked staff to confirm that a person named Dave had received at least 24 hours’ written notice of the meeting; staff confirmed the written notice was provided. The transcript does not include any further discussion or outcomes from the executive session portion of the meeting.

The council’s use of ORS 192.660 means the discussion was limited to personnel complaints, discipline or dismissal matters or hearing complaints where the subject has not requested an open hearing. The public record in the transcript ends with the council moving into executive session; any actions or outcomes from that closed discussion were not recorded in the provided transcript.