Sandpoint Reader

City Hall to host open house on wastewater plant bond measure

October 15, 2025

By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff

A holding tank at the Sandpoint wastewater treatment plant. Photo by Soncirey Mitchell

Ahead of the Nov. 4 election, the city of Sandpoint is hosting an open house Saturday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. on a $130 million bond measure to replace the wastewater treatment plant. The gathering will take place in Council Chambers at Sandpoint City Hall (1123 Lake St.).

Sandpoint Mayor Grimm said at the Oct. 15 meeting of the City Council that even if the bond passes, sewer rates will increase dramatically, later adding that if voters reject the measure, City Hall could seek a judge’s ruling that the project represents a “necessary and ordinary expenditure” and can proceed anyway. 

Regardless, Grimm said, “We will continue to ring every bell in the nation that I can ring to secure federal and state funding.”

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