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Goldendale council approves police chief employment agreement after brief discussion
Summary
The Goldendale City Council approved an employment agreement to formalize terms for the police chief, resolving a period in which the chief had been serving without clear written terms; the motion passed despite an apparent single abstention noted in the record.
The Goldendale City Council voted July 1 to approve a written employment agreement for the city’s police chief, ending a period in which the chief had been performing duties without a formal contract.
Council members said the agreement provides clearer terms of employment that protect both the employer and the employee. The chair introduced the item under council business and a councilor moved to approve the agreement; the motion was seconded and carried after a voice vote. The transcript records an initial oral announcement that the motion passed and immediately thereafter notes a single abstention recorded for a council member (identified in the transcript as David), indicating a minor inconsistency in the roll call language but a final approval.
Council made no further edits during the meeting and did not lengthily debate the terms at the table. No additional specifics about salary, contract length or effective date were read into the record during the discussion; those details remain in the contract documents attached to the meeting packet (not verbatim in the transcript).
The council moved on to other business after confirming the motion’s passage.
