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find funding opportunities for the
estimated $1.7 million to $2 mil-
lion project, he said.
"We're disappointed," said Bel-
fair Water Commission Chair
John Phillips. "This is a tremen-
dous blow to our customers ... the
things they talked about at the
hearing don't have anything to do
with construction grants. We're
not perfect, but this is all for North
Mason."
Water district manager Dave
Tipton, who could not attend the
hearing, also expressed disap-
pointment and said that the coun-
ty commissioners have a skewed
perception of how the water dis-
trict meetings are run.
"Lynda Ring Erickson and Tim
Sheldon have never attended any
of our meetings," he said. "I felt
that the county commissioners
once again let down the people of
Belfair, and it only hurts our cus-
tomers ... Our customers deserve
much better representation than
Tim Sheldon."
As for December washout, Tip-
ton said the water district con-
tracted Zephyr's Inc. in Allyn to
rebuild the line and that the fire
district was notified, though some
may have felt "it wasn't done
quickly enough."
Some speculate whether the
county's relationship will suffer
with the water district, particular-
ly whether the water district will
still cooperate with sewer manag-
ers to provide them with water us-
age data so that the county can set
sewer rates.
The county sent the water dis-
trict a list of more than 300 homes
for which they needed water use
data two weeks ago, and the dis-
trict is in the process of compiling
that information for them, said
Emmett Dobey, the county's direc-
tor of public utilities.
"No bridges have been burned,"
Ring Erickson said. "I would like
to see a capital facilities plan,
I would like to see a thoughtful
work plan for annexing those ar-
eas into the water district, I would
like to hear from the fire district
that they have managed to reach
an agreement with the water dis-
trict over adequate access ... It's
not that I'm not willing to work
with the water district in the fu-
ture, even for this project, but it
would have to be with a different
sense of stewardship."
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public meeting.
Following a public com-
ment period that was cut
short when Bonnie Pope
asked for an apology from
Tipton and Phillips for Tip-
ton's e-mail, the commis-
sioners came back from an
executive session and voted,
2 to 1, for a raise for two wa-
ter district employees, Mike
Brown and Jenn Tipton.
The vote angered former
water district employee
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Isaac Mangum, who was let
go September 8.
Tipton told Mangum he
had never deserved a raise,
and Mangum, who is half-
black and half-Mexican,
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of the vote of no confidence
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