City seeks $1.2 million loan

Grant money didn’t come in, and now the city seeks a loan to pay for design work on the proposed wastewater treatment plan it needs to build.

The Green River City Council voted to apply for a $1.2 million loan to go with another $1.2 million loan it already received from the state. Initially, the loan was planned to be paired with a $1.2 million mineral royalties grant from the state, but the city did not receive the grant.

Because of the economic downturn the state is experiencing, the city’s public works department decided to request permission to seek a second state loan to finish th...