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Spokane County commissioners approve consent agenda unanimously, schedule two executive sessions on pending litigation
Summary
On Jan. 20 the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners approved the consent agenda (items 3 and 4, including subitems) by unanimous vote and announced two executive sessions to discuss pending litigation; staff listed attendees, estimated 30 minutes per session, and said no action is anticipated there.
The Spokane County Board of County Commissioners on Jan. 20 moved and seconded to approve the consent agenda (items 3 and 4, including all subitems). The chair called for the vote; commissioners voted in favor and the chair announced the motion passed unanimously.
After the consent vote, staff stated the board would enter two executive sessions later in the meeting to discuss matters of potential litigation. Staff named attendees for the sessions, including Matt Folsom and Scott Simmons among a list of county officials and outside counsel, estimated each executive session would take 30 minutes for a combined hour, and said the board would enter executive session at about 02:13. Staff also stated no action was anticipated at the end of either session; the board said it would adjourn following the executive sessions.
The actions taken at this meeting were procedural: the consent agenda approval completed routine agenda business; the executive sessions were announced for confidential discussion of litigation matters and were not expected to produce decisions in public.
What happens next: the board entered the announced executive sessions and planned to adjourn at their conclusion; no public votes on litigation matters were recorded at this meeting.
