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Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012 -- The Voice of Mason County since 1886 -- Published for Mason County and Sandra Herndon of Shelton $1 Construction company seeks compensation for wastewater plant By GORDON WEEKS gordon@masoncounly.com The city of Shelton has offered to pay $433,700 to settle a claim by a con- struction company that it was not com- pensated for some of its work on the Shelton wastewater treatment plant. Stellar J Corp., a construction compa- ny in Woodland, was awarded a $20-mi1- lion contract in the fall of 2009 to help rebuild and modern- ize the treatment and pumping facili- ties within the city Mike sewer system. Michael According to City Engineer Mike Mi- chael, Stellar J states it was not compensated for about $700,000 of work it claims was completed outside of the original con- tract scope, including the completion of a security access control system, the installation of electrically operated roll-up doors, for supplying fill inside ~@da structures and gravel for trenching, and for installing ground fault current interupt electrical circuits in the facil- ity laboratory. Along with the request for $700,000, Stellar J claims about an additional fRCQ Off $800,000 in damages from delays, Mi- chael said. If the company takes the $433,700 settlement, the city will be (~ See Settlement on page A-7 Courtesy photo The Mason Conservation District received $129,710 to improve conditions for salmon on the Skokomish River, including the removal of cars. • • • By GORDON WEEKS gordon@n2asoncounty.com Three Mason County organizations re- ceived $460,152 in state grants to restore and enhance salmon runs on the Skokom- ish River, Beard's Cove and Like's Creek. The Washington Salmon Recovery Funding Board last week announced that it is awarding $97,500 to the Great Peninsula Conservancy to restore the shoreline at Beard's Cove; $129,710 to the Mason Conservation District to re- move cars from the Skokomish River and plant trees on its riverbanks; and $232,942 to the South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group to remove barriers to fish on Like's Creek, a major tributary to Goldsborough Creek west of Shelton. The state board awarded $19.2 million in grants to organizations in 28 counties. Grant recipients will use the money to re- connect rivers and streams, remove bar- riers that prevent salmon from migrating and replant riverbanks to shade and cool the water. That creates places for salm- on to reproduce, feed, rest and hide from predators. See Salmon on page A-7 Courtesy graphic The Great Peninsula Conservancy will use $97,500 in state grant money to conduct a site evaluation and develop a final project design to restore the shoreline and aid salmon at Beard's Cove, on Hood Canal southwest of Belfair. Journal, et 8 Christmas fund reaches $26K STAFF REPORT pr(@nasoru:ounty.com The 66th 40 et 8/Shelton-Mason County Journal Christmas basket i!lJ!l!!lll!![ll!l!llll program has raised $26,944.50. Arlene and Robert Jacobson donated $100, Robert Strand and Marjorie Shields gave $40 and Barbara Ingraham gave $300. Several organizations also made contributions to the fund, including $310 from the Friends of the Museum, $270 from the Shelton Nimrod Club, $1,000 from the Yesteryear Car Club and $50 from the Optimist Club of Mason County. One anonymous donor gave $50. Hugh and Mary Gruver donat- ed $50, Tim and Shawn Anstey donated $100 and Bernard and Patricia Skahill donated $300. "Dr. Jerry" contributed $104.50, "Walt" gave $20, and Mason County employees gave $500. Alden and Kai Vea-Barrett contributed $100, Dave and Judy Glover gave $50 and Darrell and Julie Winans contributed $200. Anonymous donations were • ' ~ee Fund on page A-7 $1.2M payout approved for union Commissioners delay vote on Teamsters contract By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@ma~oncounty.com The Mason County Com- mission addressed its settle- ment with the Tean~sters Local 252 union Tuesday, approving a $1.2 million lump sum payout, but de- laying a vote to approve a contract with the union. This summer, Thurston County Superior Court up- held a decision from the Public Employment Rela- tions Commission (PERC) that concluded the Mason County Board of Commis- sioners engaged in unfair bargaining practices when it rejected a contract that had been signed by the union in April 2O09. The original order from PERC required the county to ratify the 2009-2010 con- tract. The county is paying out about $2 million to the union to cover back benefits from the contract. Patrick LeMay, county human resources director, said an agreement on the settlement, as required by PERC, should be signed by the commission, as well as a representative from the union. Commissioner Lynda Ring Erickson agreed, say- ing the commission needs to approve the contract in order to pay out the settle- ment. "You have to have some- thing to fund," she said. "It is incumbent in the court order that we approve the contract to make the pay- ments." However, commissioners Tim Sheldon and Terri Jef- freys expressed reservations about voting to approve a contract they did not agree with. While the monetary as- pects of the contract are taken care of by the lump sum settlement, LeMay said there are "non-monetary agreements," in the 2009- 2010 Teamsters contract as well. "It doesn't bind us to anything more or less than what the Thurston County Superior Court mandated," he said. See Contract on page A-7 t