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Commissioners hold two executive sessions on litigation and assessor matters; no decisions announced
Summary
The Board of Franklin County Commissioners recessed into two executive sessions April 30 citing the Revised Code of Washington to discuss litigation and threatened litigation involving the county and the assessor; the board returned and announced no decisions were made.
On April 30 the Franklin County Board of Commissioners recessed into two executive sessions citing state law to discuss litigation matters and an assessor-related matter, then returned without making any decisions.
The chair stated the board would go into executive session under the Revised Code of Washington and listed participants: the commissioners, the county administrator, the clerk of the board and other staff. The sessions were announced to begin at about 9:23 a.m. for roughly 30 minutes; county staff later announced the second session had been extended and the board was scheduled to return at 10:10 a.m.
When the public session resumed, the chair said, "We have come out of the executive session with no decisions being made," and adjourned the meeting. Participants named to be present during one or both sessions included the county administrator, the clerk of the board (to keep time), "Mr. Stantz" and the assessor (identified as "John" in the session-planning discussion), though the transcript indicates John was excluded from parts of the first session and present in the second.
The board cited the Revised Code of Washington in explaining the legal basis for the closed sessions; the meeting record shows the board referenced RCW numbers verbally when calling the sessions but did not state an outcome or further public action.
