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 Daily News in Longview reports the city received the $1,200 citation Friday. It says Woodland did not comply with the governor’s COVID-19 emergency proclamation prohibiting businesses from operating unless all customers inside the building are wearing facial 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. (Jay) Inslee’s stay-at-home order.” Woodland Mayor Will Finn couldn’t be reached for comment.
City fined after council members go without masks
