Philosophical difference when it comes to Seneca and Walhalla

The philosophical differences that divide Seneca and Walhalla members of the Joint Regional Sewer Authority were in play during a JRSA committee meeting, and they reflected disagreement over whether Seneca should receive increased representation on the full board, the commissioners who set the policy for sewer operations in and around the county’s three largest municipalities.  Debate between Seneca’s Scott Moulder and Walhalla’s Scott Parris and Walhalla-Westminster member Tally Grant arose during discussion of the JRSA’s capital project list.  First priority on the list is repair work on the Flat Rock pump station near Walhalla city limits.  But Seneca’s Moulder voiced his belief that the potential for growth should be evaluated before the JRSA commits millions of dollars to various projects.  Ten projects currently make up the JRSA’s capital improvement project list, with the first three being Flat Rock, improvements to the county treatment plant, and upgrades to the Seneca Creek pump station.  JRSA staff has identified projects that are regarded necessary to bring the JRSA into permitted or regulatory compliance, replace equipment well beyond useful life, among other reasons. Moulder and Parris’s dialogue led to Parris’s position that money paid by Walhalla sewer customers shouldn’t have to be spent on expansion projects that benefit another part of the county.  Moulder is questioning the model on which the JRSA is based, and suggests change is needed.