Knowing The Waters Newsletter Archives
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January 2022 Knowing the Waters- a column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik
This month’s column is all about guns and marijuana on port property. Guns. As a retired Army officer and the father of an active-duty Army captain, I find it interesting
December 2021 Knowing the Waters – a column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik
As another year of Knowing the Waters comes to an end, it’s time to look forward and plan for your first meeting of 2022. Here’s a brief checklist for your
November 2021 Knowing the Waters- a column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik
Recently, ports have been expressing concerns about people using their property improperly, particularly roads and parks. This month’s column focuses on port policies to address the issues that arise on
October 2021 Knowing the Waters- a Column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik of Chmelik Sitkin & Davis, P.S
This month’s column takes a look at ports’ comprehensive schemes of harbor improvements (“CSHI”), what are they, how they are updated and how they are used. Some ports maintain fairly
Knowing the Waters- September 2021 Column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik
With COVID-19 case counts beginning to subside, more businesses and governments are starting to operate as usual. This return to “normal” activity has inspired this month’s column on “interlocal cooperation
Knowing the Waters- August 2021 column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik
updated Sept. 20, 2021 RCW 53.12.260, which sets port commissioner per diem and monthly salary, received an amendment in 2020 that warrants some consideration; we believe this amendment may require
Knowing the Waters- July 2021 column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik
This month we will take a look at the resolutions that govern the transaction of business by port commissions. Like many issues raised in this column, hopefully, this discussion will
June 2021 Knowing the Waters- a column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik, Peter Ruffatto, and Allison Beard
Welcome to summer- the season that while you have warm weather, boating and barbeques on your mind– we lawyers are thinking about election season. As the election season is upon
Knowing the Waters- May 2021 Column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik
This month we look at what happens when a port discovers a “known or suspected loss of public funds.” Honestly, this does not happen very often, but when it does
Knowing the Waters- April 2021 column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik with Seth Woolson & Peter Ruffatto
Seth Woolson is a principal at Chmelik Sitkin & Davis and works on public work construction issues for port districts. Peter Ruffatto was the Bellingham city attorney before joining Chmelik
March 2021 Knowing the Waters; a Column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik
Port districts, like all Washington local and municipal governments, are required to redistrict their commission districts once every ten years using the decennial census data provided by the federal government.
February 2021 Knowing the Waters; a column by WPPA Counsel Frank Chmelik
Requests for public records have been on the rise, and any request you receive that asks for a list of of individuals, companies or employees needs to be treated with
