[Vision2020] Sewer Agreement

[Saundra Lund]

Hi MoscowSam and Other Interested Visionaries,

 

Thanks for the response!  I think your question is a good one I don't know
the answer to - perhaps Roger Falen (I've cc'ed him my response) might have
some comments?  I seem to recall that he's got a keen interest in and
understanding of ID Open Meeting Law.

 

Awhile back (2005), I attended a local workshop sponsored by the AG's office
regarding open meeting and public records laws, which I found very
informative!  And, this is why the whole stinkin' (pun intended) sewer
agreement folded into the water negotiation puzzles and troubles me.  Of
course, I'm not a legal eagle or attorney . . . 

 

Regardless, it seems to me that if we, as local citizens, can't ensure that
Open Meeting law is followed on a local level, it's a dicey proposition to
think that it will be respected and followed on a state level.  Which is why
I asked the question regarding the secret negotiations regarding the secret
sewer negotiations and agreement regarding the Hawkins development in
Washington state.

 

 

Saundra Lund

Moscow, ID

 

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.

~ Edmund Burke

 

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From: Sam Scripter [mailto:moscowsam at verizon.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 10:52 PM
To: Saundra Lund
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sewer Agreement

 

Please see below, in black . . .

Saundra Lund wrote: 

Visionaries:

 

As I continue to try to understand the Council's decision, I've come across
something else that puzzles me, and I'm hoping someone here can help me to
understand.

 

My understanding is that the City of Moscow had appealed the transfer to
Hawkins of  three water rights, and the mediation was an attempt to resolve
that issue.  Apparently, the City agreed to confidentiality in negotiations
as part of that deal.

 

However, why was the sewer (in more ways than one!) part of agreement
secretly negotiated and what's the legal authority behind removing that part
of public business from public scrutiny and public input?

 

To quote Idaho Attorney General Lance Wasden:

"Open and honest government is fundamental to a free society. The Idaho
Legislature formalized our state's commitment to open government by enacting
the Idaho Open Meeting Law in 1974. The Open Meeting Law codifies a simple,
but fundamental, Idaho value: The public's business ought to be done in
public."

 

Do committees of the Idaho State House of Representatives and of the Idaho
State Senate adhere to the Idaho Open Meeting Law????

MoscowSam



Inquiring minds want to understand!

 

 

TIA,

Saundra Lund

Moscow, ID

 

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.

~ Edmund Burke

 

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