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Daggett County Municipal Building Authority hears progress update on health, business and community center; debate over meter ownership
Summary
Board members reported transformer delivery and trench compaction work completed at the Daggett County Health, Business and Community Center; contractors will finish wiring and meter installation. Board members disputed who owns and pays for the water meter, with county staff and another speaker offering differing accounts.
Daggett County Municipal Building Authority members heard a construction update on Feb. 10, 2025, saying transformer sets are inside the Health, Business and Community Center and trench compaction and piping work have been completed, though wiring remains to be run.
The update came from an unidentified board member who said county crews backfilled and compacted a trench the contractor had not compacted and that piping and a meter were in place and awaiting installation. "We had to buy the meter," the board member said, noting the county purchased the device and turned it over to the contractor.
A second unidentified board member responded that the county typically supplies and owns system meters, stressing continuity across installations. "The county always has the operator of the system. The system supplies meters," that speaker said, describing ownership as consistent with utility practice.
The meeting record shows differing accounts about whether the meter purchase was a county cost or part of a hookup fee that would be offset by the town. One speaker said the town would "take the price of the meter off of the hookup fee," while another said meters are owned by the county once installed. The transcript contains overlapping, shorthand exchanges on this point and no formal written resolution on ownership was recorded at the meeting.
Board members also noted the transformer delivery should help with parking-lot work and that wiring remains for final hookup. The board set a construction coordination meeting for later in the week to continue scheduling and technical coordination.
The meeting record does not include a formal decision on meter ownership or billing authority; board members agreed to continue coordination with town and contractor representatives. The meeting adjourned at 9:43 a.m.
