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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
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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
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