Officials representing Clark County’s small cities on a committee revising the composition of C-Tran’s board of directors are willing to risk millions of dollars from the state if it means they get more representation.

On Wednesday, the committee, which includes six representatives from the small cities, four from the Clark County Council and one from the city of Vancouver, voted 8-3 in favor of a “3-3-3” plan that would give the small cities, county and city of Vancouver an equal number of seats on the transit agency’s board.

In June, the Washington State Department of Transportation sent a letter to C-Tran officials telling them that C-Tran’s board is not in compliance with a state law requiring a population-based representation on transit agency boards. The state said the city of Vanc

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