The Sedro‑Woolley City Council approved several procedural and funding motions during the study session, including a change to agenda order, a litigation withdrawal and authorization of local matching funds for two transportation grant applications.

At the start of the meeting, Councilman Henderson moved — with a second from Councilman Burns — to move the city’s executive session to the top of the agenda in order to accommodate legal counsel’s schedule. The motion passed on a voice vote.

After the executive session, Councilman Cox moved, and Councilman Henderson seconded, a motion “to withdraw the amendment from the opioid litigation.” The council approved the withdrawal by voice vote.

Later the council considered four related transportation motions to support grant applications through the Skagit Council of Governments (SCOG). The motions, approved together, authorized local matching funds and asked the mayor to sign project endorsement forms. Key details read into the record by the mayor included:

- Motion 1: Approve an additional commitment of $321,215 in local funding to match the Surface Transportation Block Grant (STP‑US) application for the John Liner Arterial Improvements Project (estimated project cost: $2,980,091).

- Motion 2: Authorize the mayor to sign the SCOG project endorsement for the John Liner Arterial Improvements Project.

- Motion 3: Approve a commitment of $52,110 in local funding to match the STP‑US application for the FNS Grade Road Improvements Phase 1 (estimated project cost: $2,740,500).

- Motion 4: Authorize the mayor to sign the SCOG project endorsement for the FNS Grade Road Improvements Phase 1.

Council moved and seconded the four motions collectively; the mayor then called the roll by voice and the motions carried. City staff said the total local cash match asked for across motions 1–4 was $373,325 (the sum of the two motion amounts read into the record). City staff said the matching funds would be paid from available arterial/streets funds and related transportation fund sources.

No recorded roll‑call tallies were read into the minutes beyond the unanimous voice approval; the mayor stated each motion passed after an “aye” vote.

Authorities and process: the mayor announced at the start of the meeting that the executive session discussion with legal counsel was being held under the Washington state open‑meetings executive‑session statute cited in the meeting as RCW 42.30.110 (discussion of legal matters). The transportation grant actions are grant‑application endorsements and local match commitments to be submitted to the Skagit Council of Governments and are subject to SCOG’s application review and federal STP‑US program rules.

Summary of formal actions taken:

- Move executive session to top of agenda — mover: Councilman Henderson; second: Councilman Burns; outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Withdraw amendment from opioid litigation — mover: Councilman Cox; second: Councilman Henderson; outcome: approved (voice vote).
- Approve local matches and authorize mayoral endorsements for SCOG STP‑US applications for John Liner Arterial Improvements and FNS Grade Road Phase 1 — mover: Councilman Cook; second: Councilman Henderson; outcome: approved (voice vote).