The OMI no-bid debacle may have finally been put to rest.

City Councilman Adam Prins, elected on a promise of reform, began studying the problem well before he took office. He told a good-sized crowd at Tuesday’s City Council meeting that he’d come there that night with the intent of finally taking decisive action: Prins said he’d planned to ask the council to void its five-year, $11 million-plus contract with the Colorado-based firm that performs public works functions in Live Oak.

However, he said, he’d changed his mind.

Prins noted Tuesday that a shootout with OMI in court could cripple the city financially. Yes, we might come out ahead in the long run, but the risk is far too great, especially against the backdrop of the worst economic straits all but a few of us have seen.

We agree.

We’re frustrated as well with the hand we’ve been dealt.

However, we’ve no choice but to live with it — what’s done is done. Come 2015, perhaps we’ll undo it.

In the meantime, Prins is proving to be a fine public servant.

In response to a plan to make local business owners shoulder the entire load of rising utility rates, he proposed a solution that far more equitably distributes the burden. (You’ll read about that in Wednesday’s paper. The resolution likely came last night after this edition went to press.)

In response to criticism, he holds his ground and keeps his head.

Perhaps most importantly, he does his homework. You’ll rarely find Prins without the facts at his disposal during debate on city business.

There’s nothing you can do about this one, though, Adam. The game was over before you got into it. The decision to let it go and move on was a wise one.