Edmonds City Council holds executive session to evaluate public‑employment applicants

The Edmonds City Council convened a special meeting June 6 and immediately moved into an executive session to evaluate applicants for public employment under RCW 42.30.110(1)(g), a meeting official said; the session was scheduled to run until 6:20 p.m., and the council reconvened briefly and adjourned at 6:22 p.m.

The executive session was called at the start of the special meeting. A meeting official identified in the transcript as "Staff member" said, "This is the special meeting, hereby called to order at 03:00 on June 6. The council will now convene in executive session to evaluate the qualifications of applicants for public employment per RCW 42 dot 30 dot 1 1 0 parents 1 parents g until 06:20PM, this evening. And with that, we will now adjourn to executive session." The council returned to open session at about 6:21 p.m., and the meeting was adjourned at 6:22 p.m.; the transcript records the remark, "Alright. Looks like, we have a quorum here. So the meeting is now called back to order here at 06:21 ish. And with no further business, the special meeting is hereby adjourned at 06:22. Thank you, everybody."

Under Washington law, RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) permits a governing body to hold a private session to evaluate the qualifications of applicants for public employment. The public transcript contains no record of votes, appointments, or other public actions arising from the executive session. The meeting record on the public transcript contains only the items quoted above and does not disclose applicants' names, deliberations, or any hiring decisions.

No further public business was recorded at the special meeting. The council's personnel deliberations, as allowed under the cited statute, were conducted in executive session and therefore are not included in the public transcript.