City to pay contractor to run sewer plant

Grand Coulee’s city council voted just days before they had no operator to sign a one-year contract for operation of its sewer plant via an independent contractor, on an emergency basis.

At the time on Aug. 23, the current employee had given notice earlier this month to retire on Aug. 25 after months of being the lone operator.

The contractor, SJ Environmental, had already been in talks with both...