Bonds fail, funding canceled, Hill resigns

SEELEY LAKE - Voters in the Seeley Lake Sewer District rejected a pair of bonds by a 70% margin Feb. 23 that were proposed to pay for construction of a wastewater treatment plant and Phase 1 of the collection system. As a result of the failed election, the Sewer District Board received a letter canceling the primary funding package.

The results of the election were discussed at a Feb. 24

Board meeting where Director Walt Hill also resigned his position on the Board.

The General Obligation bond for the treatment plant was turned down by a vote of 198 “no” to 98 “yes” votes in the entire Distric...