Who’s best suited to manage St. Helena’s financially strained and politically sensitive water system: the City Council or the people? A group of citizens is pushing for the council to form a permanent water and wastewater commission that would serve as a council-appointed board of directors overseeing water and wastewater operations, financing and staffing. … WASH has the council’s attention. On Tuesday the council agreed to form a temporary working group to identify how citizens can best support the water and sewer enterprises and make the recommendation to the council about a potential permanent advisory body.