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MINUTES
City Council Special Meeting
8:00 AM - Monday, July 14, 2025
Pasco City Hall, Council Chambers
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 8:20 AM by Pete Serrano, Mayor.
ROLL CALL
Councilmembers present: Pete Serrano, David Milne, Blanche Barajas, Melissa
Blasdel, Peter Harpster, and Leo Perales
Councilmembers attending remotely: None
Councilmembers absent: Charles Grimm
Staff present: Angela Pashon, Assistant City Manager; Griselda Garcia, Interim
Finance Director; Kevin Crowley, Fire Chief; Sara Matzen, Human Resources
Director, Haylie Miller, Community & Economic Development Director; Jesse
Rice, Parks & Recreation Director; Arman Rashid, Information Technology
Director: Ken Roske, Police Chief; Maria Serra, Public Works Director; and Dave
Zabell as the Senior Consultant for GMP Consultants.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Council adjourned into Executive Session at 8:30 AM for five (5) hours returning
at 1:30 PM to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for public employment per
RCW 42.30.110(1)(g) with the GMP Consultants (Greg Prothman, President),City
Attorney, and the three (3) City Manager candidates.
Mayor Pro Tem Milne arrived at 8:39 AM and joined the Executive Session.
Mr. Perales arrived at 10:07 AM and joined the Executive Session.
City Staff including the Pasco Fire Chief, Pasco Police Chief, Parks & Recreation
Director, Public Works Director, Assistant City Manager, Interim Finance Director,
Community & Economic Development Director, Human Resources Director,
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Information Technology Director and Senior Consultant with GMP Consultants
(Dave Zabell) joined the Executive Session at 12:20 PM.
The City Attorney arrived at 1:00 PM and joined the Executive Session.
At 1:20 PM, the following City Staff left the Executive Session: Pasco Fire Chief,
Pasco Police Chief, Parks & Recreation Director, Public Works Director, Assistant
City Manager, Interim Finance Director, Community & Economic Development
Director, Human Resources Director, and Information Technology Director.
At 1:28 PM PM Mayor Serrano announced that the Executive Session would
continue for another 60 minutes or until 2:30 PM.
At 2:28 PM PM Mayor Serrano announced that the Executive Session would
continue for another 60 minutes or until 3:00 PM.
At 2:58 PM PM Mayor Serrano announced that the Executive Session would
continue for another 30 minutes or until 3:30 PM.
At 3:26 PM PM Mayor Serrano announced that the Executive Session would
continue for another 30 minutes or until 4:00 PM.
Mayor Serrano called the meeting back to order at 4:00 PM.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 4:00 PM.
PASSED and APPROVED on _______________________.
APPROVED: ATTEST:
Pete Serrano, Mayor Debra Barham, City Clerk
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