Funding Offer Received, Strings Attached

SEELEY LAKE - The Seeley Lake Sewer District (SLSD) board received a possible funding package for the proposed treatment facility and Phase I of the collection system.

The offer from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development (RD) was discussed at the board’s March 17 meeting. It consisted of 5.7 million dollars in grants and 4.4 million in loans.

District Manager Greg Robertson called the offer a “recipe for disaster” if the board accepted all the conditions that come with it.

“Based on the structure that they are insisting upon, assessments on a monthly basis will be anywh...