County still waiting word on fate of CETC building

Whitman County is going to spend $7,200 on the engineering plans to repair the CETC building, and will then submit those plans to its insurance company, which may or may not pay for the eventual cost of repairs.

County commissioners directed facilities manager Bob Reynolds Monday to find out if the engineering costs would be reimbursed by Traveler’s Insurance, the county’s insurance company.

If so, the county has an estimate from E & J Enterprises in Pullman to engineer a repair plan for the building, which suffered extensive damage to its roof from heavy snowfall in January 2009.

The building...