Name: Bellingham City Council - Committee Of The Whole meeting, Jun 1, 2026
Start: 2026-06-01
End: 2026-06-01
Location: City of Bellingham

City Council - Committee Of The Whole

Mon, June 1, 2026

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City Council – Committee of the Whole — June 1, 2026

This was a brief afternoon Committee of the Whole session preceding the regular evening council meeting. All seven council members were present.

Old and New Business

Council President Hannah Stone opened the floor for old and new business items from council members. No items were raised, with Stone noting that members would have another opportunity to bring forward business during the regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. that evening.

Stone also announced that she would be absent from the evening meeting, and that Council President Pro Tem Hollie Huthman would chair in her place.

Executive Session

The council moved into executive session to address four items, all conducted with City Attorney Rosenblatt:

Three potential property acquisitions — approximately 3 minutes each (one item was a late addition to the agenda)

One potential litigation matter — approximately 10 minutes

The total executive session was estimated at roughly 20 minutes, with the session expected to conclude around 3:50 p.m. for adjournment. As is standard practice, no details of the discussions in executive session are disclosed in the public record.

Key Takeaways

This was a procedurally light session with no substantive public business conducted outside of executive session.

The council discussed three potential property acquisitions in closed session — the nature and locations of the properties were not disclosed publicly.

A potential litigation matter was also reviewed in closed session.

Council President Stone was absent from the evening regular meeting; President Pro Tem Huthman presided.

The full council reconvened for the regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. the same evening.

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Time set aside for council members to raise any additional topics or business not already covered elsewhere on the agenda.

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Welcome back. So, the last committee this afternoon is Committee of the Whole, just noting that all council members are present this afternoon. Um, we do have executive session items, but before that we have old and new business.

City of Bellingham Committee Of The Whole minutes June 1, 2026, 3:05 PM Chair: Hannah Stone Phone: 360-778-8200 Members: Hollie Huthman, Daniel Hammill, Email: ccmail@cob.org Edwin H. "Skip" Williams, Lisa Anderson, Web: cob.org/council Michael Lilliquist, Jace Cotton City Council committee meetings Standing committee members receive reports and information, ask questions, and vote on a recommended action for consideration by the full Council at the regular meeting.

There is no public comment period during committee sessions. Call to order and roll call Council President Stone called the meeting to order at 3:24 p.m. Present: Council President Hannah Stone, First Ward Council Member Hollie Huthman, Second Ward Council Member Daniel Hammill, Third Ward Council Member Edwin H.

So, any items from council members for old and new? If not, you will have another opportunity this this evening during the regular meeting. Um, and just noting that I will be absent this evening, but that President Pro Tem Huffman will be covering to chair the meeting.

"Skip" Williams, Fourth Ward Council Member Lisa Anderson, Fifth Ward Council Member Michael Lilliquist, Sixth Ward Council Member Jace Cotton, At-Large Committee Of The Whole 1. Old/New Business Summary: There were no discussion items for Old/New Business.

So, thank you for that coverage. Um, so this afternoon we have executive session. We have four items before us, so there was a late addition. So, we have three property potential property acquisitions.

Council moved into Executive Session at 3:30 p.m. to discuss four items until 3:50 p.m. 1. Potential property acquisition 2. Potential property acquisition 3. Potential property acquisition 4. Potential litigation Adjournment There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 3:52 p.m.

Um, those are all with Rosenblatt for approximately 3 minutes apiece. Um, and then we also have a potential litigation matter, also with Rosenblatt for approximately 10 minutes. Um, so we're looking at approximately 20 minutes for executive session, and we could take a 5-minute break.

So, I'll plan to be back here around 3:50 to adjourn. Um, so that concludes the business for the council in afternoon committee meetings, but again we will reconvene this evening at 7:00 p.m. Thank you very much.