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City Hall Council Chambers
MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
Special Meeting
February 12, 2018 — 5:15 P.M.
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Ekberg called the Special Meeting of the Tukwila City Council to order at 5:22 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Andy Youn, Deputy City Clerk, called the roll of the Council. Present in the Council Chambers were
Councilmembers Verna Seal, Kate Kruller, Thomas McLeod.
MOVED BY KRULLER, SECONDED BY SEAL TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COUNCILMEMBERS
ROBERTSON, HOUGARDY, QUINN, AND IDAN FROM THE MEETING.*
Council President Seal noted Councilmembers Robertson, Hougardy, Quinn and Idan were at Tukwila
City Hall in the Hazelnut Conference Room. (due to a misunderstanding regarding meeting location).
*MOTION CARRIED 3-0.
CITY OFFICIALS
Allan Ekberg, Mayor; David Cline, City Administrator; Rachel Turpin, City Attorney; Rachel Bianchi,
Communications and Government Relations Manager; Andy Youn, Deputy City Clerk.
EXECUTIVE SESSION — Pending Litigation — Pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(i) — 45 minutes
Mayor Ekberg announced the Council will now go into an Executive Session to discuss Pending Litigation
— Pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(i). It will last no longer than 45 minutes, and no decisions will be made
during the Executive Session.
Executive Session Start: 5:24 p.m.
Attendees: Mayor Ekberg; David Cline, City Administrator; Mike Kenyon, Kenyon Disend Law firm;
Rachel Turpin, City Attorney; Rachel Bianchi, Communications and Government Relations Manager;
Councilmembers Robertson, Seal, Hougardy, Quinn, Kruller, McLeod and Idan.
6:10 p.m. Mayor Ekberg announced in the lobby that the Executive Session would be extended for no
more than 30 minutes.
Executive Session End: 6:35 p.m.
6:41 p.m. Mayor Ekberg reconvened the Special Meeting.
ROLL CALL
Andy Youn, Deputy City Clerk, called the roll of the Council. Present were Councilmembers Dennis
Robertson, Verna Seal, Kathy Hougardy, De'Sean Quinn, Kate Kruller, Thomas McLeod, Zak Idan.
NEW BUSINESS
Potential action items regarding pending litigation
Tukwila City Council Special Meeting Minutes
February 12, 2018 Page 2 of 2
MOVED BY SEAL, SECONDED BY HOUGARDY TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO APPROVE THE
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH HEISER, INC., AND HEISER, LLC, UPON TERMS
REASONABLE TO THE MAYOR AND CITY ATTORNEY. MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
ADJOURNMENT
6:43 p.m. THERE WAS UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING.
Allan Ekberg, Mayor
Andy Youn, Deputy City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 3/5/18
AVAILABLE ON CITY WEBSITE: 3/6/18