Here it comes!

As predicted, Utilities & Waste Management are already in trouble. They casually asked the MC Commissioners for a $2.5 million loan, which would be added to the consent agenda for the July 6 meeting. They proposed to repay their $800,000 interfund loan due this year and pay for contaminated soil issues on the Belfair Wastewater project. When the County Treasurer called this "huge", she was corrected by Lynda Ring Erickson, but Current Expense would be liable for this loan. It was not brought up how much remains in the contingency fund for this project. I think they said the money would be made up with ratepayer hookups. It raises eyebrows because this same office would "manage" the money for the Potlatch Bubble, Hoodsport and Skokomish Tribe wastewater treatment plants. Are we in over our heads? Maybe we should consider more heads for utilities. Should the County even be in the utilities business?