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Show u Spate set ft lb paufl ft wt it 'June 15 will be the day water istomers of Ashley Valley Water and wer Imurovement District can vote )fr one of two treatment plant options- whether they want the water treated :all. The district board Wednesday night proved a resolution asking voters to cide whether they should join a oject with other water districts and jes, sponsored by the Central Utah ater Conservancy District, or lether a separate treatment plant ould be built just for the Ashley ylley District. JlThe board hopes just the intent of lding an election will convince the ite Department of Health to change unapproved rating on the district's iter system. The state's April 1 cision to declare Ashely Valley C strict not approved, brought a halt to me loans guaranteed by the federal vernment. Board member Dennis Mott said mjne builders in the area were starting band together to consider a lawsuit ;ainst the board. But secretary Ray jsh, said that half of mortgage funds 5 the state's problem and not the itrict's. "We've had so many people y that they're going to sue, that it's not a viable problem," said Nash, who said the board's legal counsel, Gayle McKeachnie, believes the district has no liability. "We've still got to fight it (a lawsuit) whether it's a viable problem or not," said board member Boyd Workman. The decision to hold an election was brought on by the Central Utah Conservancy District's refusal to accept an amended contract that the board believed would better protect the Ashley Valley interests in a plant project. Board chairman Brownie Tomlinson said negotiations would continue. The district would sell revenue bonds under either alternative, but it is not known how much money the district would have to come up with under the Central Utah district proposal. Proposition 2, the separate plant choice, states that $2.5 million in bonds would be sold. Proposition 1 states that the Central Utah district would issue bonds "without limitation as to the amount for which the (Ashley Valley District) would be obligated. ..to pay a proportionate amount." Proposition 1 also states that the Ashley Valley district would pay $1 per acre-foot of water into an emergency fund, in addition to the cost of treating water, and that the amount needed to be paid into the fund could be increased or decreased at will. |
