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North Bend council moves executive session up to consult attorney on potential litigation
Summary
At its Sept. 22, 2025, work session, the North Bend City Council moved agenda item 7 to item 3 and convened an executive session to consult with the city attorney about current or likely litigation; members of the public were asked to leave and the media were instructed not to report deliberations.
North Bend, Sept. 22, 2025 — The North Bend City Council moved an executive session from agenda item 7 to item 3 and convened it at its Sept. 22 work session to consult with the city attorney on current or likely litigation, the meeting record shows.
A staff member identified in the record as “K.” told the chamber the session was called “pursuant to 1 9 2 dash 6 6 0 2 h to consult with our attorney regarding current litigation or litigation that is more than more likely than not to be filed.” The staff member said representatives of the news media and designated staff were allowed to attend but that all other members of the audience were asked to leave the room; the staff member also stated that “no decisions may be made in the executive session.”
Councilors on the dais at the start of the work session were: Councilor Jones; Councilor Hamilton; Councilor Garbo; Mayor Eagleman; Councilor Schultz; Councilor Slater; and Councilor Torres, according to the roll call recorded in the minutes.
The change in agenda order and the announcement were made at the beginning of the work session. The council’s public statement cited the statutory reference as read into the record; the meeting record contains no further public discussion of the litigation matter and no public votes related to it. The council’s instruction that no decisions be made in executive session indicates deliberations on the matter were held out of public view, as allowed by the cited authority in the meeting record.
No formal motion, second or recorded vote on the agenda change appears in the excerpt of the public record provided. The transcript shows the council proceeded to the executive session after the announcement; the public portion of the meeting ended for attendees at that point.
The council did not make public findings or decisions regarding the litigation during the recorded public session segment. Any actions taken or directions given inside the executive session are not included in the public transcript.
