City Council Special Meeting — Yakima, WA
Date: 2024-06-17

YAKIMA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
 June 17, 2024
 City Hall - Council Chambers - 129 N 2nd Street, Yakima, WA
 12:00 PM City Council Special Meeting – conducted in person
1. Roll Call

 Present: Mayor Patricia Byers, presiding; Assistant Mayor Matt Brown; and Councilmembers
 Reedy Berg (attending Executive Session via Zoom and in-person, not present for roll call),
 Janice Deccio, Rick Glenn, Danny Herrera and Leo Roy
 Staff: Interim City Manager Dave Zabell, Senior Assistant City Attorney Bronson Faul and
 Acting City Clerk Brandy Bradford

2. Public Comment (allow 15 minutes)
 None.

3. Executive Session

 A. Executive session to evaluate the qualifications of applicants for public employment
 pursuant to RCW 42.30.110(1)(g)

 MOTION: Brown moved and Deccio seconded to adjourn to Executive Session until 5:15
 p.m. to discuss and evaluate the qualifications of applicants for public employment. The
 motion carried by unanimous vote; Berg absent.

 Executive Session was held at 12:12 p.m. and adjourned at 5:10 p.m. The meeting was called
 back to order at 5:15 p.m.

4. Special Meeting Items

 A. Selection of Finalists for City Manager

 MOTION: Brown moved and Glenn seconded that the following applicant, applicant
 number 9, be moved as a finalist for the job of City Manager and be invited to Yakima for
 final interviews. The motion passed by a 5-2 roll call vote, Deccio and Herrera
 voting no.

 MOTION: Brown moved and Berg seconded that the following applicant, candidate 1, be
 moved forward as a finalist for the job of City Manager and be invited to Yakima for final
 interviews. The motion failed by a 4-3 roll call vote, Byers, Glenn, Roy and Berg voting no.

 MOTION: Brown moved and Berg seconded that the following applicant, candidate 10, be
 moved forward as a finalist for the job of City Manager and be invited to Yakima for final
 interviews. The motion failed by a 6-1 roll call vote; Glenn, Roy, Berg, Brown, Deccio and
 Herrera voting no.

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 MOTION: Brown moved and Berg seconded that the following applicant, candidate 6, be
 moved forward as a finalist for the job of City Manager and be invited to Yakima for final
 interviews. The motion failed by a 4-3 roll call vote; Glenn, Roy, Berg and Brown voting no.

 MOTION: Brown moved and Berg seconded that the following applicant, candidate 5, be
 moved forward as a finalist for the job of City Manager and be invited to Yakima for final
 interviews. The motion passed by a 4-3 roll call vote; Herrera, Byers and Glenn voting no.

 MOTION: Brown moved and Berg seconded that the following applicant, candidate 3, be
 moved forward as a finalist for the job of City Manager and be invited to Yakima for final
 interviews. The motion passed by a 5-2 roll call vote; Deccio and Herrera voting no.

 MOTION: Brown moved and Berg seconded that the following applicant, candidate 27, be
 moved forward as a finalist for the job of City Manager and be invited to Yakima for final
 interviews. The motion failed by a 7-0 roll call vote.

5. Adjournment

 MOTION: Brown moved and Berg seconded to adjourn to the next regular City Council
 Meeting on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall. The
 motion carried by unanimous vote. The meeting adjourned at 5:23 p.m.
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