Watch the Nov 5 2015 City Council meeting, the last action item. The Water District Manager and the City Manager have been negotiating a new interlocal agreement. They narrowed it down to three possible options. But before the details like the cost of each option, who would pay for what could be discussed for the three different options the City Council opted to Approve Option 3. No discussion, no coordination, just the normal bully attitude of Take it or Leave it! The Water District Manager spoke up saying any action was premature as they had not worked out the details of any of the three options under consideration, for example who would pay for what, etc..
Then Council went ahead and approved Option 3, amending the contract saying the Water District would pay the first $50,000, (this does not have WD approval) then the city would pay $9,000 (nothing about who would pay from here on) plus the city would pay architecture and engineering fees to add an additional 250 Sq Feet of office space for the Water District's use. The lease would be extended to a 15 year lease with the same $100 and current water usage allowed by the current contract.
Ms Dodson said any action by council at this point was premature and the item should be tabled until the details were worked out. Then as per normal, the mouth pieces made the motion and it passed 4-1 over the objections of both the WD Manager and Ms. Dodson.
Now the council can say they Approved an agreement, but the Water District would not sign it. "Hello?" You now have a guarantee that the Mayor will remind citizens about this action many many times.
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