Jim Toomey, executive director of the Port of Pasco, will talk about the state of the Port of Pasco at the upcoming Benton Franklin Mainstream Republican meeting.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. March 13 in the Lampson building, 607 E. Columbia Drive, Kennewick.
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Green Power has been evicted from the Port of Pasco's Big Pasco Industrial Park after not paying its rent.
But Green Power CEO Michael Spitzauer still is asking the port to let him continue to lease the space.
Port commissioners told Spitzauer last week that they will consider a new lease for his unfinished biofuels plant only if he pays the port more than $570,000 by Jan. 10. But they have made no promises about granting a new lease.
The Port of Pasco is moving forward with plans to sell parts from a troubled biofuels company.
Green Power CEO Michael Spitzauer missed the most recent deadline to pay what he owed to the port for past and future rent.
He had asked port commissioners to allow him to continue renting space at the Big Pasco Industrial Park after being evicted for not paying his rent.
It’s been 21 years since Port of Tacoma commissioners got a salary increase, and at least one commissioner thinks a raise might be in order.
Port of Pasco commissioners have decided to give Green Power another chance, but they put CEO Michael Spitzauer on notice.
The new six-month lease agreement for port property at Big Pasco Industrial Park was passed in a 2-1 vote Thursday. The approval came with a series of conditions that Spitzauer must meet.
Spitzauer recently was evicted by the port for failing to pay his rent for two bays and a building. It was the second time the port had started eviction proceedings.
Port of Pasco commissioners on Thursday inspected Green Power's warehouse and office building at Big Pasco Industrial park to make sure company owner Michael Spitzauer had cleaned up the building in compliance with his lease.
Getting the building back in order was one of the conditions of the latest six-month lease port commissioners granted Spitzauer -- after starting to evict him twice before.
Spitzauer in February handed the port a check for almost $500,000 to pay back rent plus court costs and an increase in the security deposit.
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