Kirk v. Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 21

Williams, J. —

In this case we are asked to decide if a fire protection district violated the Open Public Meetings Act of 1971 (act), RCW 42.30, when it held a meeting to dismiss the fire chief. The Court of Appeals held there was no violation of the act, and we affirm.

In 1971, acting pursuant to a newly enacted resolution, the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 21 (district) appointed petitioner Robert E. Kirk to fill the new position of fire chief. He was hired on a monthly basis with no definite tenure, nor was he entitled to tenure by contract,…