WOODLAND, Wash. (AP) — The state Department of Labor and Industries has fined the city of Woodland in southwest Washington for potentially exposing staff to COVID-19 when councilmembers went without face masks during meetings.
The city received the $1,200 citation Friday. It says Woodland did not comply with the governor’s emergency proclamation prohibiting businesses from operating unless all customers inside the building are wearing face coverings.
The citation says the violation was corrected during the L&I inspection. The council has held mostly in-person meetings since June, after voting unanimously to do so “regardless of Gov. Inslee’s stay-at-home order.”