Water and Sewer board awaits attorney recommendation

Leak found in residential area

The Saratoga Carbon County Impact Joints Powers Board (Water and Sewer) is still uneasy about paying the $182,000 retainage to Reiman Corporation three years after the meter replacement took place.

Ken Schwerdt, an engineer with PMPC, said he and Paul McCarthy reviewed the contract and cannot find a reason to not pay the retainage.

Richard Raymer, a member of the Water and Sewer Board, said his biggest concern is that there has not been a 24-hour period that the system has been fully functional.

Schwerdt said he understood Raymer's concerns, but that the contract...