The Village of Macksburg is a giant step closer to realizing a dream its residents have had for more than a decade. They received approval June 16 of a $3,364,
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The Washington County Commissioners voted to increase county sewer rates by $3.65 per month during Thursday’s board meeting.
Commissioner Jamie Booth said he spoke with Jeff Carr, the county’s sanitary engineer, who had looked at the repairs and maintenance needed within the county.
“There are a lot of things in the western part of the county that need to be repaired,” said Booth. “The county sewer is not just the Devola sewer project. It is the infrastructure that has been in place for years and years that is failing.”
He explained that over the past month, they have been dealing with a lift station that is down. The approximate cost to replace one pump and the rails is about $20,000.
¯ Regular county commission meeting, 9 a.m. Thursday, 1115 Gilman Ave.
¯ Viewing to vacate Bartlett Street, 10:30 a.m. May 6, intersection of South Street and Ohio 555.
Source: Washington County Commission Clerk.
It was standing room only at Thursday’s Washington County Commission meeting as the board declared the county a “Second Amendment Sanctuary.”
Commissioner Jamie Booth read the resolution, which states in part that the board has “all taken such oaths and are obligated to support the Constitution of the United States, including the Second Amendment. And whereas, the Board of County Commissioners of Washington County does not have unlimited authority, but only the authority granted to it by the Ohio legislature.”
Apr 16, 2021
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently selected the Devola sewer project for federal funding in the amount of $1.075 million.
Washington County Commissioner Charlie Schilling announced the funding at Thursday morning’s commission meeting.
“This is a really big deal and it just goes to show the work that we have been putting in … in order to help the residents of Devola,” he said. “Not only the residents of Devola, but the residents of Washington County when it comes to the sewer system.”
A letter from the Corps’ planning, programs and project management division said the sewer project was deemed eligible for the Section 594 Program. The funding is applicable toward project design and construction costs.
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Devola’s upcoming sewering was debated at Thursday’s meeting of the Washington County Board of Commissioners.
Devola resident Glenn Pawloski asked the commission if they had talked to the township association that a majority of households in Devola do not support or want to be sewered. The township association had met Wednesday night at the offices of Washington County Engineer Roger Wright.
“Did you inform the township association that merely 161 of 563 Devola households approved the (right of entry) agreements solicited by Heritage Land Services on behalf of the Washington County Commission?” he asked.
Commissioner Jamie Booth said he was at last week’s meeting and they had asked for a letter of support for H20 funding, not as a consent decree or that they have a final permit to install.