Clearwater County council takes poke at Wastewater Lagoon Agreement with Rocky

However, council’s discussion quickly changed from the funding request to discrepancies in the Wastewater Lagoon Agreement between the town and county.

This comes after the County recently notified the Town of Rocky Mountain House and Village of Caroline of its intent to terminate their Fire Rescue Services Agreement over cost sharing concerns, putting all other agreements between the three municipalities under the microscope.

“I would like to have administration put together a figure to show how much we’ve paid above and beyond the agreements so far,” requested Councillor Theresa Laing.

Deputy Reeve John Vandermeer added, “I think that the whole agreement needs to be put on the table… there’s a reciprocity that needs to be put in place.”

“Every dollar we spend on the town is a dollar we aren’t spending on our residents,” stated Councillor Tim Hoven.

County council agreed with Hagen’s statement that desludging was a maintenance cost, and that they would not be covering the 20% on it.

Reeve Jim Duncan countered by saying, “I believe we should cover something for desludging because our residents add to it.”

Other councilors agreed with Duncan but didn’t believe their residents used enough to cover such heavy costs.

In a 5-2 vote, council approved paying for some of the capital repairs to the lagoon up to a maximum of $106,000.

by Adam Ophus

Clearwater County council takes poke at Wastewater Lagoon Agreement with Rocky

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