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YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
February 20, 2015
City Hall -- Council Chambers
1:30 p.m. Executive Session -- MINUTES
1. Roll Call
Council: Mayor Micah Cawley, presiding, Assistant Mayor Kathy Coffey, Council Members
Maureen Adkison, Tom Dittmar, Rick Ensey, Dave Ettl and Bill Lover
Staff: City Clerk Claar Tee
2. Executive Session regarding pending litigation
Mayor Cawley noted the Council would be moving into executive session and may not be making
a decision. Council Member Ensey stated he expected to hear from the attorneys and after that
the decision would be up to Council.
Motion: Ensey moved and Dittmar seconded to adjourn to executive session to discuss
pending ACLU litigation for up to two hours. The motion carried by unanimous vote.
Executive Session was held and adjourned at 2:55 p.m.
Council Members reconvened at 3 p.m. Mayor Cawley stated that Council has discussed the
issues with legal counsel in executive session today and at this time there will be no decision on
what further steps may be taken. Any decision by the Council will be discussed and voted on in a
future public City Council meeting. There are concerns about the Court's implementation of its
Order, which would have the effect of ending the terms of publically elected Council members two
years prior to the expiration of their terms. How Council members are elected is an important issue
for the citizens of Yakima, and the Council takes the Court's decision and this issue seriously.
3. Adjournment
Motion: Ensey moved and Coffey seconded to adjourn to the March 3, 2015 Council
Business meeting at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers. The motion carried by unanimous vote.
The meeting adjourned at 3:01 p.m.
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