The Public Disclosure Commission Meeting will be streamed live on TVW at WAPDC.3.27.25

Commission members and PDC staff may attend in-person or remote.

See agenda for Public Comment period— (Estimated start time­­—subject to the length of adjudicative matters). To provide public comment remotely during comment period please email pdc@pdc.wa.gov prior to the start of the meeting to register and obtain information on how to participate. 

Public comment can be submitted online at: SUBMIT PUBLIC COMMENT 

Note: To ensure timely distribution, please submit materials related to the public comment portion by Tuesday 3.25.2025, by 5 P.M. to allow time for the Commission and staff to review. 

All times shown for consideration of agenda items (other than the time of convening) are approximate and may vary, depending on the amount of discussion required for each.

 

9:30 a.m. Chair Opening Comments | Chair Leach
9:35 a.m. Consideration and Possible Approval of Meeting Minutes

  • February 27, 2025

9:40 a.m. Legislative Update | Sean Flynn, General Counsel (Estimated start time—subject to the length of adjudicative matters)
9:50 a.m. Budget (Estimated start time—subject to the length of adjudicative matters) | Peter Frey Lavallee, Executive Director and Christina Shearer, DES Senior Financial Consultant
10:00 a.m. Management Team Updates (Estimated start time—subject to the length of adjudicative matters)

  • Executive Director Update | Peter Frey Lavallee, Executive Director 

  • Deputy Director Update | Kim Bradford, Deputy Director

  • Information Technology Update | James Gutholm, Chief Information Officer
    >Discussion of Search Engine Indexing of PDC Data (GOOGLE, BING)

  • Customer Service and Filer Assistance Update | Nate Meyer, Customer Service and Outreach Manager

10:20 a.m. Engagement Session Debrief and Next Steps | Kim Bradford, Deputy Director
10:30 a.m. Break
10:40 a.m. Request For Review | Tabitha Townsend, Compliance Officer

  • PDC Case 151224 Nickolas Green: At the January 30, 2025, Brief Adjudicative Proceeding the respondent was found to have violated RCW 42.17A.235 and .240 for failure to timely and accurately disclose contributions and expenditures on reports and was issued a $150 penalty. The Respondent now requests that the penalty be reviewed.

10:50 a.m. Request for Reporting Modification | Jennifer Hansen, Compliance Officer
11:00 a.m. Public Comment (Estimated start time—subject to the length of adjudicative matters)

Written Comment Submitted:

11:15 a.m. Enforcement Update | Tanya Mercier, Compliance Officer (Estimated start time—subject to the length of adjudicative matters)

  • Enforcement Report—Categorization and Status of Open Complaints

11:30 a.m. Campaign Reporting Compliance Project Further Discussion | Kim Bradford, Deputy Director
12:00 p.m. Executive Session (Estimated start time—subject to the length of adjudicative matters)

Discussion of matters allowed in executive session pursuant to RCW 42.30.110, regarding enforcement matters, review of performance of public employees, and discussion with legal counsel of litigation or potential litigation when public knowledge regarding the discussion is likely to result in an adverse legal or financial consequence.  Final action regarding these matters, or other matters properly discussed during the executive session, will be taken following the executive session. 

1:00 p.m. ADJOURN