Rialto Accepts Suit Deal (SB Sun Feb. 19, 2008) SB County Would pay $4Million over Perchlorate!

BS Ranch Perspective

Rialto's acceptance of the suit Deal was a good one over all, however the City is still out $19 Million in total battling the County, and the other Businesses to clean up the Perchlorate mess to begin with. However having said that the city was reported to be in the hole at $23 million at last printed report that I had read via the SB Sun, and the case was then placed on hold. then Owen was Fired (Thank God) and now they have decided to somewhat close the case with the county by receiving a payment of $4 Million and now I am left wondering what happened to the rest of the money, that would be $19 Million, that was spent on the whole mess and it is missing that would have been used on the Police Departments 3% at 50 Retirement Package or maybe they could have, used that money more importantly to build a Brand New POLICE DEPARTMENT! TO QUIT PIECING TOGETHER AN OLD OUTGROWN BUILDING THAT IS THE POLICE BUILDING NOW. THE CITY OF RIALTO WAS GOING TO BUILD A POLICE BUILDING BACK IN 1991!! However there was a claim that there was never enough money to build it!! Now there was $23 Million to spend on a Law Suit for Perchlorate, and Now they are $19 Million at Loss in the deal and I venture to state that the new Police Building would only cost the city some 10 Million or more to build I am not sure but I am one to say that the City of Rialto is at the short end of the stick.

All because of miss management by the Management of the City of Rialto, and the City Council of Rialto City!!

BS Ranch

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Rialto accepts suit deal

SB County would pay $4M over perchlorate

Jason Pesick, Staff Writer

Article Launched: 02/19/2008 10:04:34 PM PST

RIALTO - The City Council voted in closed session on Tuesday night to settle its lawsuits against San Bernardino County regarding perchlorate contaminating groundwater.

Under the terms of the agreement, which the council unanimously approved, the county would pay Rialto $4 million and clean up the western portion of the contamination.

That cleanup could costs tens of millions of dollars.

"They are really the only responsible party that has stepped forward," Councilman Ed Scott said.

The county's contamination is flowing from the county-owned Mid-Valley Sanitary Landfill in Rialto's north end.

The county Board of Supervisors still has to approve the deal.

Perchlorate, used to produce explosives, is flowing through local drinking water, but officials say it is not being served to residents.

The city filed a federal lawsuit against dozens of parties, including the county, that it suspects of contaminating the water.

The city has also filed a separate lawsuit against the county in state court.

Also during the closed session, the council voted to have one of its outside attorneys, Susan Trager, manage its perchlorate-related legal battle.

Former City Attorney Bob Owen had served in that role until the council fired him in January.