Summary
Councilman Aleshire blasted Washington County's plan to hire a consultant to study water and sewer needs, arguing the city's system already serves the area, a state-funded study is already underway, and the idle Edgemont reservoir is the county's real alternative-supply answer. He suspects the effort is about gaining control of the city system.
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Last discussed May 19, 2026.
Impact analysis
County taxpayers could fund a consulting study that overlaps work already underway at no local cost.
City ratepayers if the duplication is avoided and the existing city-run system remains in place.
County taxpayers could bear costs of a redundant study or a costly parallel system.
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