Benton County v. Donna Zink

¶1 — Donna Zink threatened suit against Benton County for its decisions not to make electronic copies of paper records responsive to her public records request, and to charge her the outside vendor’s cost to make such electronic copies. Benton County filed a declaratory action against Ms. Zink and moved for summary judgment, seeking confirmation that its decisions were lawful under the Public Records Act (PRA), chapter 42.56 RCW. The trial court granted Benton County’s summary judgment motion and entered a declaratory judgment. Ms. Zink appeals. We affirm the trial court’s order and…