The sewer plant, constructed in the 1950s and updated in 1995, was the topic of debate as councilman Jon Rinker began to insist to the board that it needed another engineering firm to inspect the plant and give a second opinion.

Rinker said, "Right now, we are just going by the word of one man. I think we need an engineering firm with more experience. For now we can agree on the (sludge) hauler, but we still need to get a firm to come in here and look at plant. There might be other repairs that need to be done.""I get it," Jones said. "If you were told you were dying, you would want a second opinion."Councilman Bob Steets brought the board's attention to the roof repair needed for the pump station."They've been telling me for three years there's a leak," he said.Councilman Joseph Wechsler said he only knew about the leak under heavy rain conditions."It doesn't seem to leak unless the rain is real bad. Usually it sits in the center," he said.Councilman Bryon Reed said, "If it sits in the center, it doesn't leak.""Bob said they've been telling him for three years, it's not a pretend problem," Councilman David Schnaars said. "We need to come to a resolution."Schnaars suggested someone check the roof for clogs that might have built up in the roof's drainage system."It needs to be cleaned," Wechsler agreed."Well let's make a work order to do this. Let's have them clean it. Once again it falls on the maintenance of our buildings. Maybe we just need to maintenance our buildings and do this once a year, like they do with leaves in the sewers," Jones said.As discussion shifted to the replacement of pump one in the three-pump system, Rinker reiterated the need for more opinions from different engineering firms."I'm serious, we really need to do something about the engineering. Right now Carl will get it bandaged up for five years but we will still end up spending millions. How long are we going to discuss it?" Rinker asked."Let's get a price on getting an opinion," Jones said.Duane Dellecker told the board it needs to solicit proposals from different firms to do the evaluations.Reed's concern is paying for the second or third opinions. "They are all going to cost," he said."We know we need to do something, either sell the plant or rehab it," Jones said.