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Council weighs project‑manager hire, reuse incentives and county plans ahead of April 24 conditional‑use hearing
Summary
City council members and staff on April 8 debated strategy for a long‑planned wastewater treatment plant, including whether to hire a dedicated project manager, how to incentivize county cooperation through reuse revenue, and the critical conditional‑use permit hearing set for April 24.
Council members and staff devoted much of the April 8 meeting to the long‑running effort to build a new wastewater treatment plant and to related county planning that could affect the city’s ability to complete the project.
Councilman Cusack pushed for the council to consider hiring an experienced project manager or project engineer to coordinate permits, grants, BDI/consultant work and county negotiations. “We need to find a person that can coordinate it all together, that has the experience of building a wastewater treatment plant in other areas,” Cusack said, arguing a single dedicated point person would accelerate the project and make the city a more reliable partner for the county.
Councilman Lee and other members discussed reuse and revenue‑sharing as a potential inducement to the county. Lee suggested exploring effluent reuse that developers could…
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