Mayor calls special session and recesses into executive session under ORS on July 28, 2026

The mayor opened a special session at 5:00 p.m. on July 28, 2026 and announced a recess into executive session. "At this time, we will be going into recess for executive session," the mayor said while reading the statutory basis for the closed meeting.

The mayor cited the Oregon Revised Statutes allowing a public body to meet in executive session for certain exempt records and to consult with legal counsel on litigation, specifying ORS 192.660(2)(f) and ORS 192.660(2)(h). The mayor instructed that representatives of the news media and approved staff may attend the executive session but asked all other members of the audience to leave the Zoom room and said the news media were instructed not to report on matters discussed there. Staff had confirmed and circulated the meeting script and statutory citations in advance, and one staff member resent the meeting link to an absent participant so they could join before the recess.

No formal motions or votes were recorded on the public record before the recess; the meeting moved into the closed executive session. The public portion concluded with the mayor’s announcement of the statutory authority for the closed meeting and the directive to nonauthorized attendees to leave. The record shows the executive session was convened under the cited ORS provisions to consider exempt records and to consult with legal counsel regarding current or likely litigation; the contents of that closed session were not disclosed on the public record.