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Maple Valley council holds executive session on potential real estate acquisition, takes no action
Summary
At a Feb. 3 special meeting, Mayor Sean Kelly led the Maple Valley City Council into a two-hour executive session to consider selection of a site or acquisition of real estate and related legal risks under RCW 42.30.110; the council reconvened with no action taken and adjourned that evening.
Mayor Sean Kelly called a special meeting of the Maple Valley City Council to order at 5:01 p.m. on Feb. 3, 2025, and the council moved into executive session at 5:10 p.m. The session was announced as focusing on the selection of a site or the acquisition of real estate by lease or purchase and on legal risks of proposed action, citing RCW 42.30.110(1)(c) and RCW 42.30.110(1)(i),(iii).
The council’s clerk recorded that councilmembers Les Burberry, Didem Pierson, Victoria Schroff, Syd Dawson, John Herbert, Deputy Mayor Dana Parnello and Mayor Sean Kelly were present and that City Attorney Jeff Taraday attended virtually. The record shows the executive session lasted about two hours; the council reconvened in open session at 6:53 p.m. and the minutes state, “No action taken.” The special meeting was adjourned at 6:54 p.m., and the minutes were certified by Shaunna Bisesto, MMC, Administrative Services Director.
Because the meeting portion was an executive session permitted under the state Open Public Meetings Act, the transcript does not disclose details of the real estate site or proposed terms discussed. The council’s public record notes only the statutory authorities invoked and the times the executive session began and ended. No motions, votes, or formal direction were recorded in the open minutes for this meeting.
