City Council - Special Meeting

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

The Mercer Island City Council held a special hybrid meeting on April 28, 2026, and immediately entered into an executive session to discuss potential litigation. The executive session, which was initially scheduled for 60 minutes, was extended multiple times and ultimately lasted for nearly 90 minutes.

About this meeting

Government Body: City Council
Meeting Type: City Council
Location: Mercer Island, WA
Meeting Date: April 28, 2026

7 sections (from 18 segments)

0:25 – 1:09•Speaker 1

Good evening and welcome to the April 28th, 2026 City Council special hybrid meeting. I'm Mayor Dave Rosenbomb. Tonight's hybrid city council meeting is being brought to you in person by Zoom. We're also broadcasting on the city's YouTube channel at MITV channel 21. Thank you to all and welcome to all and thank you for joining us tonight. Council members, please have your microphones turned on for the roll call. City clerk, please call the role. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Council member Androl has not joined us yet. Council member Sheay here. Council member Reynolds here. Council member Wer here. Council member Weinberg has not joined us yet. Deputy Mayor Beggar

1:08 – 1:42•Speaker 1

here and Mayor Rosenbomb here. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Okay, we do in fact have a quorum. Um, and also I would like to note that everyone is joining via Zoom tonight. Uh, the city council will now go into executive session for approximately 60 minutes to discuss with legal counsel pending or potential litigation pursuant to RCW423110i. The city will convene executive session at 5:32 p.m. until 6:32 p.m. Thank you.

1:02:01 – 1:02:13•Speaker 1

Good evening. Thank you for your patience. City Council will continue in executive session for an additional 10 minutes until 6:42 p.m. Thank you for your continued patience.

1:11:21 – 1:11:33•Speaker 1

Good evening. Thank you for your patience. City Council will continue in executive session for an additional 10 minutes until 6:52 p.m. Thank you.

1:21:49 – 1:22:01•Speaker 1

Good evening. Thank you for your patience. City Council will continue in executive session for an additional 5 minutes until 6:57 p.m. Thank you.

1:26:55 – 1:27:07•Speaker 1

Good evening. Thank you for your patience. City Council will continue in executive session for an additional 5 minutes until 7:02 p.m. Thank you.

1:32:03 – 1:32:24•Speaker 1

Good evening. The city council was in executive session from 5:32 p.m. until 7:01 p.m. The next regularly scheduled hybrid city council meeting will be on Tuesday, May 5th, beginning at 5:00 p.m. The time is now 7:02 p.m. As a reminder that council, please stay seated until the city staff is during the broadcast. Thank you and thank you for joining us and good evening to all.

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