01/10/2012 City CouncilEDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES
January 10, 2012
The Edmonds City Council meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Earling in the Council
Chambers, 250 5`" Avenue North, Edmonds.
ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT
Dave Earling, Mayor
Lora Petso, Council President Pro Tem
Adrienne Fraley - Monillas, Councilmember
Diane Buckshnis, Councilmember
STAFF PRESENT
Jeff Taraday, City Attorney
Rosa Freuhling- Watson, Attorney
Tara Adams, Consultant, Human Resources
Carrie Hite, Interim Acting Human Resources
Michael Plunkett, Councilmember Director
Frank Yamamoto, Councilmember Al Compaan, Chief of Police
Joan Bloom, Councilmember Caroline Thompson, Executive Assistant
Sandy Chase, City Clerk
1. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS PER RCW
42.30.140(4)(b), AND POTENTIAL LITIGATION PER RCW 42.30.110(1)(i).
Mayor Earling announced that the City Council will convene in executive session regarding labor
negotiations per RCW 42.30.140(4) (b), and potential litigation per RCW 42.30.110(l)(i). The executive
session was scheduled to last approximately 60 minutes and will be held in the Police Training Room,
located in the Public Safety Complex. He further stated that the City Council will not take action
following the executive session. He noted that executive sessions are closed to the public.
Mayor Earling also announced that at the conclusion of the executive session at 7:00 p.m., the City
Council will be meeting as three separate committees in different meeting rooms: Community
Services /Development Services Committee (Council Chambers), Finance Committee (Jury Meeting
Room) and Public Safety/Human Resources Committee (Police Training Room).
Elected officials present at the executive session were: Mayor Earling, and Councilmembers Petso,
Fraley - Monillas, Buckshnis, Plunkett, Yamamoto and Bloom. Others present were City Attorney Jeff
Taraday, Attorney Rosa Freuhling- Watson, Human Resources Consultant Tara Adams, Interim Acting
Human Resources Director Carrie Hite, Chief of Police Al Compaan, Executive Assistant Caroline
Thompson, and City Clerk Sandy Chase. The executive session concluded at 7:00 p.m.
RECONVENE
At 7:03 p.m., Mayor Earling reconvened the open session of the City Council meeting.
2. ADJOURN TO COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Adjournment at 7:04 p.m. to the City Council Committee Meetings.
Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes
January 10, 2012
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