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[Jeff Harkins]

Sue,

Moscow City currently serves the sewer needs of Moscow as a 
monopoly.  It might be interesting if Whitman County decided to get 
competitive with Moscow by constructing their own sewer treatment 
facility.  Not all that much of a reach - if we fail to meet EPA 
standards (and as I am told, we are operating on an extension of 
standards), it is conceivable that Whitman could build a state of the 
art facility and offer that facility to Moscow.  I know if I were 
working with the economic planners on the west side of our border, I 
would certainly advise them to do a business plan.  If they can treat 
sewage better than we can, we might be forced to up our investment to 
meet standards or buy from them.  The protocol reached by the Moscow 
City Council seems to have diverted that pressure - at least in the 
near term.

My goodness - you certainly are looking hard for things to complain 
about.  But at least you seem to acknowledge that an executive 
session over the litigation over water was a legal path for the 
council to pursue.  Now, do you also accept that the litigation was 
instigated by the previous council and the mediation would never have 
been required had that body not tried to litigate the issue?