Edmonds City Council enters executive session to evaluate job applicants, adjourns at 5:30 p.m.

Staff member, meeting facilitator, announced at the start of a June 13 special meeting that the Edmonds City Council would "convene in executive session to evaluate the qualifications of applicants for public employment per RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) until 05:30 this evening."

The announcement began the council's special meeting at 3 p.m.; the council later completed the executive session and adjourned the special meeting at 5:30 p.m. The meeting facilitator said, "The the council has, got completed our exec session. We're now, completing the special meeting here at 05:30 and with no further business, we will adjourn the meeting."

The executive session was held under the Revised Code of Washington citation given in the meeting announcement. Executive sessions held under RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) are used to evaluate applicants for public employment and are closed to the public; the council did not announce any public votes or other actions at the meeting's close.

No details about applicants, hiring decisions, or any assignments to staff were disclosed in the public record of the meeting. The council's public remarks were limited to calling the special meeting, citing the statutory exemption for personnel matters, and later announcing adjournment.