Incorrect EWU assessed valuation numbers deprives city of tens of thousands of needed dollars for Fire Department over four years
Eastern Washington University has experienced a wealth of construction over the past decade that more than doubled its assessed value, including the new residence hall "snyamncut" (pronounced: sin-yam-en-suit) pictured above nearing completion in late summer 2013.
Nobody knows exactly how it happened, but somehow a misapplication of a payment formula has left the city of Cheney out of collecting tens of thousands of dollars on its annual fire contract with Eastern Washington University.
"I don't know what went wrong, but somehow the numbers changed dramatically to where we were shorting ourselves significantly," Cheney Fire Chief Mike Winters said in a recent interview.
Winters had been involved in all fire contract negotiations since coming to Cheney in October 2006, but was excluded from talks beginning in 2010. City Administrator Mark Schuller said t...
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