By Becky Pallack | Arizona Daily Star
Marana and Pima County are calling a cease-fire in the sewer-takeover conflict.
After more than five years of political fights and hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal expenses, the next step is finalizing a settlement agreement.
“And then all of this is behind us, and we’re kind of pleased that it finally is,” said County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry.
After Marana lost a series of court battles last year, the Pima County Board of Supervisors offered to allow Marana to buy the Marana Wastewater Reclamation Facility, 14393 N. Luckett Road, for $18.2 million as part of a settlement, as long as the town could get proper legal authority from voters.
About 75 percent of Marana voters said “yes” to the wastewater-facilities authorization questions in Tuesday’s election, signaling the beginning of the end of the wastewater conflict.
