Snohomish County Council holds executive session on pending litigation; no action announced

The Snohomish County Council moved into an executive session during its March 10 administrative meeting to discuss pending litigation under Washington law and returned without announcing any anticipated action.

A staff member announced on the record that the executive session was being convened "for pending litigation pursuant to RCW 42.30.110 paragraph 1 subsection I for approximately 10 minutes to start, which would put us at 09:13." During the session, the clerk announced several five-minute extensions, sequentially moving the expected end time from 9:13 to 9:18, 9:23, 9:28, 9:33 and then 9:38.

The council returned from executive session and recessed until its 10:00 a.m. finance committee meeting. The staff had stated at the outset that no action was anticipated to follow the executive session.