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503 TUESDAY DECEMBER 23, 1980 ,- of William Overman and Associates were selected, respectively, by the City and County to arbitrate a capacity reallocation problem which arose as a result of a provision in the City- County contract which states that when either party exceeds its capacity it could call on the other party to reallocate the capacity. When the City exceeded its 4 MGD capacity, the City called on the County to relinquish part of the County's 2 MGD unused capacity and the County refused. The arbitrators recommended that the City and County drop the reallocation question and immediately proceed with joint interim improvements recommended by Wiley & Wilson's study and thereby provide temporary relief for both parties, and that long-range improvements to increase plant capacity be authorized and completed as soon as possible with the cost shared proportionately between the City and County according to provisions of the contract. Council voted to accept the arbitrators recommendations and Bob Grant advised Don Edmonds in a letter dated November 24, 1980, that "we concur with their recommendations". Based on what appeared to be concurrence by all parties to the recommendations of the arbitrators, Council voted, on December 9th to: (I) Accept Wiley & Wilson's proposed interim improvements to expand the plant capacity and eliminate the odor problem; and (2) To proceed with the long-term improvement study. The City Manager was charged with the responsibility of planning how the City was to pay its share, and he submitted his report tonight. And now, after all this, we find that County officials feel that joint sewer improvements should be tied into a package with water. The consultants have priced the interim improvements at $l.l million and the long-term improvements at $3.7 million. The prices are based on December I rates and the consultants advise that every month these prices will appreciate at about l%, about $48,000 per month--close to $60a,000 per year. Additionally, we have an odor problem and a capacity problem, both of which need to be corrected immediately. In my opinion, we have three alternatives to get this issue back on track: (I) Reopen the arbitration procedure on the basis that the County appears to be reneging on the arbitration results, and push the point that the City's immediate capacity needs should be satisfied under the provisions of the joint contract.