Clallam County commissioners hold executive session to review county administrator performance; no action taken

Clallam County commissioners met in a closed executive session to review the performance of the county administrator and indicated no formal action would be taken during that meeting.

The session was held under state law allowing executive sessions to evaluate the qualifications or performance of a public employee (RCW 42.30.110). Commissioners present identified themselves in the meeting record as Commissioner Mike Rinch, Commissioner Mark Ozias and Commissioner Randy Johnson; Todd Melki was identified in the record as the county administrator.

Meeting participants said the review covered roughly a year and a half of performance and that the discussion extended beyond the initially scheduled hour. The commissioners described the discussions as substantive and said they would prepare a more formal summary conversation to occur in a future regular session. The meeting record also notes that any additional actions would be taken in a regular Tuesday meeting over the next couple of weeks.

The commissioners moved into executive session by voice vote, recorded in the meeting record with ayes, and returned to the public record after the closed session. The meeting record states explicitly that no action was taken during the executive session.

The discussion was described in the meeting record as including conversations with other department heads and elected officials to gather input for the review. The commissioners adjourned the special meeting after the executive-session discussion.

Details such as the exact dates for the planned follow-up at regular meetings were not specified in the meeting record.