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Bellevue council denies appeal of 60‑day exclusion for disruptive attendee
Summary
The council denied an appeal June 24 from Alex Zimmerman of a mayoral notice excluding him from council meetings June 16–Aug. 15, 2025, after the mayor and city attorney detailed repeated decorum violations.
Bellevue City Council on June 24 denied an appeal filed by Alex Zimmerman of a mayoral notice excluding him from attending council meetings for 60 days.
Mayor Lynn Robertson told the council she issued a notice of exclusion on June 16 after finding that Zimmerman “has repeatedly disrupted, disturbed, or otherwise impeded the orderly conduct of our meetings” and that prior exclusions had been enforced in October–November 2024 and February–April 2025. The mayor read the exclusion period as June 16 through Aug. 15, 2025, and explained she had issued prior warnings and, on occasion, directed that Zimmerman be escorted out of meetings.
City Attorney Trisida advised the council that, under the council rules, the council must consider a timely written appeal but must not solicit testimony; the council’s options were to deny the appeal (uphold the mayor’s exclusion) or grant it (overturn the exclusion).
A motion to deny the appeal was made and seconded; the presiding officer called for a voice vote. The motion carried on the council’s voice vote, and the exclusion remains in place for the stated 60‑day period.
The transcript contains the mayor’s written findings and the council’s procedural denial; no further administrative remedies or appeal outcomes were recorded in the meeting.
