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Resident alleges last-minute agenda addition at Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency violated open public meetings law

2532145 · February 13, 2025
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Summary

A resident told the board the executive director introduced a December agenda addition recommending Dr. Jones’ reappointment and the board acted despite YRCAA administrative code limiting action on added items, raising questions under the Open Public Meetings Act.

A Yakima-area resident raised a formal concern that the Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency may have violated the Open Public Meetings Act by taking action on a last-minute agenda addition at a December meeting.

“Vice chair, members of the board. My name is Jean Mendoza, and I live in White Swan. I want to address a possible violation of the open public meetings act,” Jean Mendoza said during the public comment period, adding she had sent two…

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