Vice Mayor Askin moves council into executive session to review city staff evaluations

At the March 25, 2026 special City Council meeting, Vice Mayor Askin moved that the council enter executive session to "review and discuss the annual evaluations of the city attorney, city manager, and city clerk," saying the subjects had elected to have their discussions in private and citing a state statute on personnel matters.

The meeting opened with Clerk Pete leading the pledge and calling the roll. Clerk Pete recorded that Councilmember Daniel, Councilmember Grimmie, Vice Mayor Askin, Councilmember Caseno and Councilmember Sonar (attending via FaceTime) were present; Councilmember Petty was absent. Mayor Nixted confirmed there was a quorum and asked for approval of the agenda, which was adopted by unanimous consent.

Reading the work-session item, Mayor Nixted said the council would "review and discuss the city attorney's evaluation" and the evaluations of the city manager and city clerk, characterizing each as a matter that "tends to prejudice the reputation and character" of the employees and citing a state statute covering personnel matters. Vice Mayor Askin then moved to enter executive session, stating that "Mr. Bloom, Mr. Eubank, and Ms. Sainer have elected to have the discussion take place in executive session." The motion was presented for unanimous consent and, after a brief on-the-record exchange in which members disputed the exact statute numbering aloud, the council moved into executive session. Mayor Nixted announced there were no objections and said, "We are in executive session."

The meeting record indicates the council used unanimous consent to enter executive session; no roll-call vote tally or formal recorded vote was taken in the public record provided. The transcript does not record any discussion of the substance of the evaluations in open session.

The council proceeded into executive session; the public record provided here ends at the start of that closed session.