A deal this week, is Pruitt’s prediction

“I’m optimistic we’ll approve a contract this coming week” is the prediction from Terry Pruitt, general manager of Pioneer Rural Water. Pioneer’s board of directors holds a special meeting at the noon hour today apparently to take up the counter offer that came out of a closed-door meeting last week of the Seneca City Council. Both sides are working against a Seneca-imposed extended deadline of Thursday this week for the two sides to reach agreement on a new wholesale arrangement.