Knowing The Waters
Legal Updates from WPPA General Counsel
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November 2023 Knowing the Waters: Ports and Landlord Tenant Act
By: Frank Chmelik and Tim Schermetzler of CSD Attorneys at Law, P.S. – WPPA Counsel Back in July 2020, in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, Knowing
October 2023 Knowing The Waters: Comprehensive Scheme of Harbor Improvements & the State Environmental Policy Act
Download a PDF of the October KTW By Frank Chmelik of CSD Attorneys at Law P.S. – WPPA Counsel This month’s focus is on comprehensive scheme of harbor improvements
September 2023 Knowing The Waters: Commission Resolutions & Reports
Download PDF of September KTW By Frank Chmelik of CSD Attorneys at Law P.S. – WPPA Counsel Last month we addressed documents your port district should have on file. This
August 2023 Knowing The Waters: PRA & Litigation by Frank Chmelik CSD Attorneys at Law
Download PDF of August 2023 KTW I just returned from the WPPA Commissioners Conference where we had a discussion about the increase in litigation involving the Washington Public Records Act
July 2023 Knowing The Waters: Port Documents; Required & Best Practice, by Frank Chmelik CSD Attorneys at Law
Download July 2023 KTW PDF This month we will take a look at what documents your port district should have on file and be keeping up to date. Some documents
June 2023 Knowing The Waters: Resignations & Filling Commission Vacancies, by Frank Chmelik, CSD Attorneys at Law
June 2023 Knowing the Waters By Frank Chmelik In the 2023 legislative session, the law relating to filling vacancies in municipal government elected bodies (including port commissions) was amended.
May 2023 Knowing The Waters: Election Season Dos & Don’ts, by Frank Chmelik, CSD Attorneys at Law
May 2023 Knowing the Waters By Frank Chmelik Well, we are coming up on what one executive director described to me as “the silly season.” You are thinking spring and
April 2023 Knowing The Waters: Transactions With Other Governments or Nonprofits, by Frank Chmelik, CSD Attorneys at Law
April 2023 Knowing the Waters, Transactions with Other Governments or Nonprofits By Frank Chmelik, WPPA Counsel It is not uncommon for port districts to be asked to enter into
March 2023 Knowing the Waters: Open Public Meetings Act, by Frank Chmelik, CSD Attorneys at Law
Knowing the Waters – Open Public Meetings Act The topic for this month is “public comment” at commission meetings. Last year there were changes to the Open Public Meetings Act.
February 2023 Knowing the Waters By Frank Chmelik of Chmelik Sitkin & Davis, P.S.
FEBRUARY 2023 Knowing the Waters By Frank Chmelik of Chmelik Sitkin & Davis, P.S. – WPPA Counsel This month’s column looks at a port’s liability for injuries to visitors on
NOVEMBER 2022 Knowing the Waters By Frank Chmelik of Chmelik Sitkin & Davis, P.S.
NOVEMBER 2022 Knowing the Waters By Frank Chmelik of Chmelik Sitkin & Davis, P.S. – WPPA Counsel This month we will look at how a port should react to a
OCTOBER 2022 Knowing the Waters By Frank Chmelik of Chmelik Sitkin & Davis, P.S.
OCTOBER 2022 Knowing the Waters By Frank Chmelik of Chmelik Sitkin & Davis P.S. – WPPA Counsel I have recently received several requests to talk again about issues that a