04/10/2012 City CouncilEDMONDS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MINUTES
April 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`h Avenue North, Edmonds.
ELECTED OFFICIALS PRESENT
Dave Earling, Mayor
Lora Petso, Council President Pro Tern
Frank Yamamoto, Councilmember
Adrienne Fraley- Monillas, Councilmember
Joan Bloom, Councilmember
Michael Plunkett, Councilmember
Diane Buckshnis, Councilmember
ELECTED OFFICIALS ABSENT
Strom Peterson, Council President
STAFF PRESENT
Jeff Taraday, City Attorney
Al Compaan, Chief of Police
Carrie Hite, Parks & Recreation Director
Tara Adams, Human Resources Consultant
Sandy Chase, City Clerk
1. CONVENE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS PER RCW
42.30.1.40(4)(b).
Mayor Earling announced that the City Council would convene in executive session regarding labor
negotiations per RCW 42.30.140(4)(b. He stated that the executive session was scheduled to last
approximately one hour and would be held in the Police Training Room, located in the Public Safety
Complex. He announced that no action was anticipated to occur as a result of meeting in executive
session. He noted that executive sessions are closed to the public.
Mayor Earling further announced that the City Council would reconvene in open session in the Council
Chambers at approximately 7:00 p.m. in order to adjourn to the City Council committee meetings. The
committee meetings will be held in three separate meeting rooms: Finance Committee (Jury Meeting
Room), Planning /Parks /Public Works Committee (Council Chambers), and Public Safety /Personnel
Committee (Police Training Room).
Elected officials present at the executive session were: Mayor Earling, Councilmembers Petso,
Yamamoto, Fraley- Monillas, Bloom, Plunkett and Buckshnis. Others present were City Attorney Jeff
Taraday, Chief of Police Al Compaan, Parks & Recreation Director Carrie Hite, Human Resources
Consultant Tara Adams, and City Clerk Sandy Chase. At 7:02 p.m., Mayor Earling announced to the
public present in the Council Chambers than an additional 15 minutes would be required in executive
session. The executive session concluded at 7:15 p.m.
2. RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION
At 7:20 p.m., Mayor Earling reconvened the open session of the City Council meeting in the Council
Chambers and adjourned to the City Council committee meetings.
Edmonds City Council Approved Minutes
April 10, 2012
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