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Island County commissioners approve agenda, add executive session to discuss personnel matter
Summary
The Island County Board of Commissioners approved its agenda and consent agenda March 18, added an 11 a.m. executive session citing state law to discuss the performance of a public employee, heard brief announcements and recessed for a 1 p.m. Board of Health meeting.
The Island County Board of Commissioners approved its agenda and consent agenda during a short March 18 meeting and added an executive session at 11:00 a.m. "to discuss the performance of a public employee," citing the state open-meetings statute.
Commissioners opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance and a call for public comment; Speaker 1 said there were no in-person or online comments and closed the public-comment period. Speaker 2 then "made a motion to approve the agenda as amended," and the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Speaker 4 moved to approve the consent agenda "as presented," Speaker 2 seconded, and the board approved the consent agenda by voice vote.
Speaker 1 told the board the executive session would be held in Admin Building Room 219 and was expected to last until 11:30 a.m. with no announcement anticipated. During the recess, staff provided periodic updates: the chair repeatedly requested short additional blocks of time, extending the executive session first to 11:50 a.m., then to noon, then to 12:10 p.m., and finally to 12:25 p.m. The board reconvened briefly and adjourned at 12:25 p.m., to return at 1:00 p.m. for the scheduled Board of Health meeting.
In remarks recorded during the meeting, Speaker 1 also noted local events and engagements: the Langley Library "grand opening on Saturday," and a St. Patrick's Day pancake breakfast fundraiser for Island Senior Resources (Meals on Wheels) that "made 3 times as much as they needed." Speaker 2 reminded attendees about the Board of Health meeting at 1:00 p.m. and noted travel to an Olympia Community Economic Revitalization Board meeting later in the week.
No formal actions or outcomes from the executive session were announced during the public meeting.
The board closed the regular session and recessed to the executive session as allowed under state law; the meeting record shows the board adjourned the public session at 12:25 p.m. and planned to reconvene for the Board of Health at 1:00 p.m.
