Umatilla council approves consent agenda, three resolutions and a state revenue-sharing plan; enters executive session

The Umatilla City Council on June 4 approved its consent agenda and passed several resolutions while opening and closing a public hearing on possible use of state revenue-sharing funds without receiving public testimony.

Mayor called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. and the council first moved to add an item to the evening’s executive session invoking the statutory citation read on the record for labor negotiations and a real property transaction. Council members then approved the consent agenda as a single item.

The council opened a public hearing for agenda item 8.1 to consider the possible use of state revenue-sharing funds. After soliciting a staff report and asking for public testimony, the council recorded no speakers during the hearing, voted to close it and then approved agenda item 8.1.

During new business the council considered and voted to approve Resolution 35-2024, Resolution 36-2024 and Resolution 37-2024. Brief questions about budget carryover and totals were raised during discussion about items 9.3–9.6; no detailed fiscal figures were provided on the record at the meeting.

Before adjourning the mayor read the executive-session script, stating the council would convene an executive session to consider the employment of a public officer or staff member, conduct labor negotiations and discuss a real property transaction under the statutory language announced on the record. The council voted to enter that executive session with permitted attendees limited to news media representatives, department heads and city manager Stockdale.

The meeting record shows routine procedural votes with affirmative ‘‘ayes’’ recorded on each motion. No substantive public testimony was taken on the revenue-sharing proposal at this session.