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Resident tells Yakima County commissioners there is no formal complaint-inspection policy for permitting and planning
Summary
During public comment a resident said Yakima County lacks a written policy guiding permitting and planning inspectors responding to citizen complaints; commissioners directed staff to draft a response letter and advised the resident on appropriate forums for the concern.
A Yakima County resident urged commissioners on June 5 to adopt a formal policy guiding how permitting and planning inspectors handle citizen complaints, saying a lack of written procedures undermines public confidence in investigations.
Jean Mendoza told the board she had compared protocols at the Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency and the Washington State Department of Ecology and found both had established policies; after a public records request she said she found no equivalent written policy at Yakima County. Mendoza described a specific complaint from a neighbor near a Lower Yakima Valley dairy who reported seeing buried cattle near the Yakima River. Mendoza said county…
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