The annual shareholders meeting with the Farmer’s Union Ditch Company stretched on for hours, as shareholders voted for new board members after forcing a quorum for the first time since the 1980s.
251 shareholders needed to show up at the Riverside Hotel to force a quorum, and 262 did because residents in Eagle are unhappy with an agreement the board made with the Eagle Sewer District to put wastewater into the Farmer’s Union Canal.
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The Farmer’s Union Canal has a new board because of a waste water issue
“People are passionate about this issue, and it was pretty feisty,” said Robert Netzly. “You can tell how important this issue is to keep this wastewater off our property.”…