Victor Wastewater Hearing Pushed to September

DRIGGS — The judicial confirmation hearing for the Victor wastewater borrowing plan has been rescheduled to September 11-13, expanding from a single-day hearing originally set for April 7 to a three-day proceeding, according to Teton County Court records.

The Driggs City Council voted unanimously to authorize its attorneys to retain outside experts following a closed executive session in response to the pending lawsuit filed by the City of Victor -- a separate matter from the judicial hearing.

Two Victor residents filed a challenge last week against Victor's approach to financing the estimated $35 million wastewater treatment plant.

The Victor wastewater plan calls for an independent plant on an annexed 40-acre parcel, ending a decades-long shared arrangement with Driggs. The two cities mediated earlier this year under a nondisclosure agreement but did not reach a resolution. Victor sued Driggs in March.

During the Driggs City Council public comment on Tuesday, Driggs resident Robert urged the council to release the mediation NDA. He said opponents of Victor's borrowing have secured funding to challenge the judicial confirmation "all the way to the Supreme Court" and that Victor would not meet its project timelines.

"I hope the City of Driggs would consider letting the City of Victor know we would be willing to speak with them again as soon as they drop all threats of litigation, current, past, and present," he said, "because they're going to need us at some point."

Victor has remained open to continuing the mediation, which has not formally ended. With the lawsuit between the cities pending, it's unlikely that the City of Victor would waive all claims at this point in the process, considering the cost of staying with Driggs is equivalent to building their own plant.

Victor must close on the 40-acre property purchase for its proposed treatment plant by April 30. The city council ratified an amendment to the site purchase agreement on March 25.

The five-month gap between now and the September hearing leaves Victor in a bind: the city needs judicial confirmation of its borrowing authority to finance the plant, but the hearing now falls months after its property closing deadline.

What to watch: Victor's April 30 property closing deadline. The three-day judicial confirmation hearing begins September 11. Driggs council meets April 21, when the Targhee Hill Estates water agreement is on the agenda, but wastewater litigation may surface again.

Sources: Teton County Court Records, Driggs City Council meeting, April 7, 2026. Prior Valley Signal coverage.