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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
Port Angeles, Washington
July 10, 2012
CALL TO ORDER- Mayor Kidd called the special meeting of the Port Angeles City Council to order at
SPECIAL MEETING: 5:05 p.m.
ROLL CALL:
EXECUTIVE SESSION:
RETURN TO OPEN
SESSION:
Members Present• Mayor Kidd, Deputy Mayor Collins, Councilmembers
Bruch, Di Guilio, Downie, Mania, and Nelson.
Members Absent: None.
Staff Present: Attorney Bloor.
Based upon input from Attorney Bloor, Mayor Kidd announced the need for an
Executive Session under the authority of RCW 42.30.110(1)(d), to review the
negotiations on the performance of a publicly bid contract; RCW 42.30.110(1)(g),
for the purpose of evaluating the qualifications of an applicant for public
employment; and RCW 42.30.110(1)(i), for the purpose of discussing potential
litigation with legal counsel for approximately 50 minutes. The Executive Session
convened at 5:05 p.m.
The Executive Session concluded at 5:53 p.m. No action was taken.
ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Kidd adjourned the special meeting at 5:53 p.m.
Cherie Kidd, Mayor
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J•fssa Hurd, City Clerk
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Date: July 10, 2012
Expected length of session: 50 minutes
Is action expected following the session: No.
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• Only announced topics may be discussed
• No final action can be taken in Executive Session
• Discussions are confidential
Reason for Executive Session:
To consider matters affecting national security.
To consider the selection of a site or the acquisition of real estate by lease or purchase
when public knowledge regarding such consideration would cause a likelihood of increased
price.
To consider the minimum price at which real estate will be offered for sale or lease when
public knowledge regarding such consideration would cause a likelihood of decreased price.
However, final action selling or leasing public property shall be taken in a meeting open to the
public.
X To review negotiations on the performance of public bid contracts when public
knowledge regarding such consideration would cause a likelihood of increased costs.
To consider, in the case of an export trading company, financial and commercial
information supplied by private persons to the export trading company.
To receive and evaluate complaints or charges brought against a public officer or
employee. However, upon the request of such officer or employee, a public hearing or a meeting
open to the public shall be conducted upon such complaint or charge.
X To evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment or to review the
performance of a public employee. However, subject to RCW 42.30.140(4), discussion by a
governing body of salaries, wages, and other conditions of employment to be generally applied
within the agency shall occur in a meeting open to the public, and when a governing body elects
• to take final action hiring, setting the salary of an individual employee or class of employees, or
discharging or disciplining an employee, that action shall be taken in a, meeting open to the
public.
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To evaluate the qualifications of a candidate for appointment to elective office.
However, any interview of such candidate and final action appointing a candidate to elective
office shall be in a meeting open to the public.
X To discuss with legal counsel representing the agency matters relating to agency
enforcement actions, or to discuss with legal counsel representing the agency litigation or
potential litigation to which the agency, the governing body, or a member acting in an official
capacity is, or is likely to become, a party, when public knowledge regarding the discussion is
likely to result in an adverse legal or financial consequence to the agency.
Closed session under RCW 42.30.140:
To discuss proceedings concerned with the formal issuance of an order granting,
suspending, revoking, or denying any license, permit, or certificate to engage in any business,
occupation, or profession, or to receive a license for a sports activity or to operate any
mechanical device or motor vehicle where a license or registration is necessary; or
Meeting of a quasi-judicial body relating to a quasi-judicial matter between named parties
as distinguished from a matter having general effect on the public or on a class or group.
Matters governed by chapter 34.05 RCW, the Administrative Procedure Act.
Collective bargaining session with employee organization, including contract
negotiations, grievance meetings, and discussions relating to the interpretation or application of a
labor agreement or a portion of a meeting which the governing body is planning or adopting the
strategy or position to be taken by the governing body during the course of any collective
bargaining, professional negotiations, or grievance or mediation proceeding, or reviewing the
proposals made in the negotiations or proceedings while in progress.
Time session began: 5:05 p.m.
Was session extended
by announcement: No
If so, when:
Time session ended: 5:53 p.m.
In attendance:
Mayor Kidd, Deputy Mayor Collins,
Councilmembers Bruch, Di Guilio,
Downie, Mania and Nelson, and
Attorney Bloor.
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