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Show agesYraming os-deir allows connection to citfy line f Ashley Valley Water and Sewer einent District will be allowed to Vernal City's main water ifthe Maeser Fairview tank, but He allowed to put city water in e, according to a revised jig order filed by the city last - -Die Fourth District Court. (sday, Dec. 10, a restraining .as filed by the city as Western 5i contractor on the district je project had uncovered the ci-j; ci-j; line in preparation to connect ch district line. :ding to Lyle McKeachnie, : chairman, stalling of the com- of the water line project which fi connecting onto the city line ;t $3,000 a day. ring a Monday conference belly bel-ly attorney, Richard Davidson ;Jict attorneys Jackson Howard :yle McKeachnie; Judge J. 3ullock narrowed the original jg order to not damaging any if the city water line and taking water out of the Vernal City system. According to Shane Luck, city manager, the district has not made any plans with the city for connecting to its water line. Luck warned about a potential damage of tapping the water line without the proper know how. McKeachnie reported that water lines will be completed about the middle mid-dle of next week. Meanwhile, district and city attorneys will meet in Provo, Friday at 2:30 p.m. for a pre-trial for the city's suit against the district, the reason for the restraining order. Last October Vernal City filed a complaint com-plaint against the district which asks for punitive damages against each of its board members, questioning exten-tions exten-tions of district lines outside Air Village Hills and Maeser's ownership of 18 interest in-terest in the Vernal system which was traded' to the district. Since October the suit has been somewhat dormant, but statements from city attorney and district officials, and the recent restraining order suggest both sides are ready to go to court. The original suit stemmed from a letter let-ter circulated by the district asking residents to pay them for city water bills. Since that time Ed Clyde, city water attorney, has added the other issues to the suit. The decision by both parties will shelf negotiations of a water agreement between bet-ween the two entities, according to district officials. Owen Speirs, district trustee, said he had been led to believe by the city, that the city was fairly close to approving the water agreement which Maeser, Ashley and the city had worked out in meetings held almost weekly over the last six months. "It appears that without the desire on the part of the city to solve water problems, pro-blems, the issues will have to be resolved resolv-ed by the court in the expensive process of lawsuits which will probably go on for three or four more years," Speirs said. |