CHEHALIS, Wash. (AP) - The Board of Lewis County Commissioners has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging commissioners engaged in a pattern of holding meetings without properly notifying the public as required by the state’s Open Public Meetings Act.
The Chronicle reported Thursday (https://goo.gl/ScFEoq ) that according to the county’s settlement offer, accepted by plaintiffs Brian Cortland and Brian Green, the three Lewis County Commissioners agreed to pay the plaintiffs $20,000 in addition to “reasonable attorney fees.”
The commissioners also agreed to “substantially comply with the meeting policy” of the county board for a term of two years.
Cortland and Green’s attorney, Joseph Thomas, has asked for $37,000 in fees.
David Fine, of the Lewis County Prosecutor’s Office Civil Division, said the attorney fees could have been three times that number if the case went to trial.
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Information from: The Chronicle, https://www.chronline.com
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