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Residents ask Yakima County commissioners to review Valley Regional Clean Air Agency governance and staffing
Summary
Two residents urged the Yakima County Board of Commissioners to investigate the Valley Regional Clean Air Agency, citing a board vacancy, understaffing, alleged missed legal timelines and recent audits; commissioners made no formal decision during the meeting.
Yakima County residents Jean Mendoza and Nancy Lust used the public-comment period at the April 22, 2025, Yakima County Board of Commissioners meeting to ask the board to review governance and staffing at the Valley Regional Clean Air Agency.
"The Clean Air Agency is on life support and needs your help," Jean Mendoza, a White Swan resident, told commissioners, listing what she described as a set of legal and operational concerns and asking the commissioners to schedule a work session to gather information and hear from the public.
Mendoza said the Clean Air Agency's five-member board currently has only four members and that the Yakima City selection committee had not filled a vacancy that she said should have been addressed earlier. Mendoza also said the agency has six employees, "and there…
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