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Clallam County commissioners hold executive session on collective bargaining; no public action announced
Summary
The Clallam County Board of Commissioners met in a special session Oct. 7 to discuss collective bargaining in an executive session under RCW 42.30.140. The board entered executive session after a motion and subsequent vote, recessed at 3:30 p.m. for an extension, returned at 4:00 p.m. and said no public action would follow.
The Clallam County Board of Commissioners convened a special meeting Oct. 7 at 2:00 p.m. and voted to enter an executive session to discuss collective bargaining under RCW 42.30.140. The meeting had been noticed for 90 minutes.
County leaders and department staff took roll call before the board moved into closed session. Attendees who identified themselves in the record included commissioners and county staff: Tom Kenny; Mike French; Bonnie Gendler, HR director; Donna Wenzel, Sheriff's Department (Corrections); Bob Bill Keith, administrator; Rekken Furner, deputy chief financial officer; Marco Saugus, deputy commissioner; Tammy Cook; Brian King, sheriff; and Mark Lane, chief financial officer. An online attendee identified as Mara participated remotely. Richard Johnson was recorded as absent.
A presiding official moved that the board enter executive session until 3:30 p.m. A second was recorded and the presiding official called for the vote; those present responded “aye,” and the board entered executive session. The transcript records the board returning to open session at 3:30 p.m., at which point the board decided to take another half hour in executive session and return at 4:00 p.m. The board reconvened at 4:00 p.m. and announced that no action would follow from the day’s executive session discussion. The special meeting was then adjourned.
The subject of the executive session—collective bargaining—is a statutorily recognized basis for closed meetings under the Washington Public Records Act provision for executive sessions (RCW 42.30.140). The transcript does not disclose the content of the closed discussion; participants and staff stated only scheduling and attendance details on the public record. The record shows no formal public decisions or votes on bargaining terms during the open portions of the meeting.
Minutes and any public materials associated with the special meeting should be available through Clallam County’s official clerk or administrative offices per county practice; the transcript indicates the meeting was recorded and that staff handled recording controls during the pause.
