The Port Orchard City Council announced it would enter a closed executive session to discuss legal risk related to a proposed action and said the session would last about 20 minutes.
The presiding official said the meeting would move to executive session and return for further action afterward. A staff member identified the legal authority for the closed session as Washington's Revised Code: "the council will enter an executive session pursuant to RCW ... to discuss legal risk of a proposed action when public discussion could have adverse legal or financial" consequences; the transcript contained a mis-transcription of the citation. The meeting record identifies the discussion topic only as the legal risk of a proposed action; no further details were provided in open session.
No vote or formal council action occurred in open session on the topic; the presiding official said the meeting would continue after the executive session and that action would follow if required.
The council did not provide further details in open session about the subject of legal risk or the proposed action; executive sessions are permitted under state law for certain legal discussions, and the council cited the statutory exception when announcing the closed session.