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Tues:
1:30 p.m. Miles Sand & Gravel and Rayonier – BoCC Chambers (Heidi)
2:30 p.m. Miles Sand & Gravel and Rayonier – BoCC Chambers (Greg)
Fri:
1:30 p.m. Miles Sand & Gravel and Rayonier – BoCC Chambers (Kate)
Commissioners,
If you conduct what will clearly be a “serial meeting”, you will likely be in violation of the OPMA.
I urge you to schedule a Special Meeting (only 24-hour advance notice is needed) of the BoCC to combine those 3 meetings into a single, open public meeting.
Thank you,
Tom Thiersch
Member, Washington Coalition for Open Government <https://www.washcog.org/>
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