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Chair announces executive session to evaluate job applicant and discuss potential litigation
Summary
At a Bainbridge Island council meeting the presiding chair said the body would adjourn into a two-hour executive session to evaluate an applicant for public employment and a 30-minute closed session with legal counsel to discuss potential litigation, citing RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) and (1)(i). Counsel was expected back at 6:00 p.m.; no decision was announced publicly.
The presiding chair announced the council would adjourn to an executive session for two hours to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment and for 30 minutes to consult with legal counsel about potential litigation, citing RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) and RCW 42.30.110(1)(i).
"Council will be adjourned to an executive session for 2 hours pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment and for 30 minutes pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency matters relating to potential litigation," the chair said. The chair also stated, "Counsel is expected to return at 6PM."
The chair later declared, "The executive session is adjourned," and noted, "Decision not made." No formal motions or public votes on the items referenced were recorded in the public segments of the transcript.
Under Washington law (RCW 42.30.110), executive sessions may be closed to the public for certain topics including evaluation of applicants for public employment and confidential attorney–client discussions about litigation. The council’s public remarks in the transcript set out the statutory subsections invoked and the approximate durations but did not include additional details about the applicant or the litigation under discussion.
The meeting proceeded into the closed sessions; counsel was expected to return at 6:00 p.m., and the chair indicated that no decision had been made in the public portion of the meeting prior to adjournment.
