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Spokane Valley council authorizes legal action to compel council member to comply with public-records rules
Summary
After a yearlong dispute and multiple investigations, Spokane Valley's City Council voted 6'to'0 on Feb. 4 to direct the city manager to file suit seeking production of public records and compliance with the council's governance manual and the Washington Public Records Act by Council Member Merkel.
The Spokane Valley City Council on Feb. 4 voted 6'to'0 to direct the city manager to initiate legal action to compel Council Member Merkel to produce public records and comply with the council's governance manual and the Washington Public Records Act.
"This is nothing that the remaining City Council members... want to do," City Manager John Holman said while explaining the steps staff had taken to secure compliance. Holman recounted a series of investigations and a hearing process that, he said, found Merkel out of compliance with the governance manual and with state public-records…
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