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Hayden council backs HARSB cost-allocation change despite warning of long-running dispute
Summary
Hayden City Council voted to accept the Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board’s proposed cost-allocation option (referred to as option 2), a change staff said would raise the city's share by about $11,012.20 per year. Council members discussed the long-running dispute and the risk of budgetary consequences if the board refuses to approve a budget.
The Hayden City Council on Sept. 23 directed the city’s representative to the Hayden Area Regional Sewer Board (HARSB) to accept the district’s preferred cost-allocation option 2, even as several council members described the wider dispute with the district as prolonged and costly.
The council was responding to a memo from the sewer district’s attorney that identified three possible options for allocating operation and maintenance costs under the board’s Joint…
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