The final piece of a “tile puzzle” – so named and long worked by former Belgrade City Manager Ted Barkley – slid into place this week when the city council
Developers who annexed property into the city of Belgrade after June 2018 were told their projects would not be eligible for city sewer service until additional treatment capacity became available.
That changed last week, when city officials proposed extending eligibility for sewer service to properties annexed into the city before Jan. 1, 2020. The City Council authorized the change at its May 3 meeting.
âWe have about 800 equivalent residential units that we can allocate to the wastewater treatment plant capacity,â explained Ted Barkley, city manager, before the council voted. âWhat you donât want to do is just put a hold on all development until a new plant comes online because of an administrative rule.â