JOHN DAY — The John Day City Council is getting set to put out a request for proposals (RFP) for their final design and construction of the long awaited replacement for the city’s aging wastewater treatment plant as a group with lingering concerns raise questions from the sidelines.
The Citizens for a Thriving Grant County Political Action Committee said they simply have questions that aren’t being answered. The most pertinent of those questions being what the plant will ultimately cost and what that will mean for the water/sewer rates of John Day and Canyon City residents who will be served by the new plant.
The Citizen PAC said they have had questions about the status of the wastewater treatment plant for some time, questions they say have gone largely unheard and unanswered. That dynamic led to the Citizen PAC feeling like the city wasn’t being transparent, which ultimately led to the filing a grievance outlining their concerns that was sent to both the city council and administration as well as the project’s funders, Business Oregon.