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Clarksburg council votes to go into executive session to discuss internal maintenance investigation
Summary
The Clarksburg City Council voted to adjourn into executive session under state statute to discuss personnel matters tied to an internal investigation of city maintenance; the motion was moved, seconded and carried by voice vote.
The Clarksburg City Council voted to adjourn into executive session to discuss personnel matters and an internal investigation concerning allegations against city maintenance, a council member announced at the end of the meeting.
A council member read a motion invoking "chapter 6 article 9 a, section 4 of the Washington code" and moved that the council meet in executive session to discuss personnel matters and permit attendance by necessary persons. Another member seconded the motion and the council approved it by voice vote; no roll-call tally or individual votes were recorded in the transcript.
The motion was framed as a status update about an internal investigation into allegations involving city maintenance. The meeting transcript does not detail the substance of the allegations, the individuals involved, or any timeline for returning to open session. The councilors present reserved the right to call additional persons into the executive session as needed.
Because the action invoked a personnel exception, no further details were discussed on the public record at that time. The transcript records only the motion, the statutory citation used to justify the closed session, and that the motion carried on a voice vote.
Next steps: the council moved into executive session; the public record in the transcript ends at the motion and voice vote, and no subsequent public update on the investigation appears in the provided segments.
