The Port of Vancouver USA has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a lawsuit over its acknowledged failure to follow the state’s open meetings law.
Commissioners met in secret to discuss to lease pricing for the then-proposed Vancouver Energy oil terminal.
The port’s governing board held closed-door meetings from February to July of that year to discuss the lowest prices they’d be willing to accept pricing for the terminal.
In March, the parties agreed the port would admit to violating the Washington Open Public Meetings Act during executive session meetings.
