Leesburg Residents May Receive Sewer Bills In Spring
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jen Gibson-jgibson@timesuniononline.com
Joe Tierney, of GRW Engineering firm, said Monday at the Leesburg Town Council meeting that the loan payback period begins when construction begins in May or June. Until sewer service begins, residents will pay a portion of what the regular bills will be.[[In-content Ad]]After a pre-bid meeting with several contractors Monday afternoon, town officials and representatives from GRW will set a deadline to receive bids. The original tentative date for receiving bids was March 21, but due to questions from some contractors and the fact that March 21 is Good Friday, the date will be moved to somewhere around April 3.
Once bids are received and a contractor is chosen, closing on the loan for the project will be in 60 to 90 days. Construction probably will begin in May or June, and the project should be substantially complete in 270 days.
According to Tierney, substantially complete means that the system is tested and ready for people to begin hooking in to it. Also, the one-year warranty begins on the equipment in the project when it is substantially complete.
The project will take about 10 months when all is said and done.
Since the agreement between Warsaw and Leesburg is nearly complete, the next step for the town council is to approve an ordinance that mirrors Warsaw's sewer use ordinance.
The council also heard from Bob Jordan, a representative of E/One Sewer Systems Inc., about what to do once the project is done. He told the council that they should put together a list of approved contractors to connect houses to the grinder pumps.
Jordan suggested that the town make a list of approved materials and procedures to use to connect to the system. He also said the approved contractors should go through training before they are allowed to work on the system.
By requiring the training sessions for the contractors, the town can protect their investment in the sewer system, protect the integrity of the system, and protect itself from the expense of damages caused to land or property of residents by contractors.
Homeowners also can do their own work, but they must attend a training session about the system like the contractors. The training sessions take about 2-1/2 hours.
While residents will not need to connect to the sewer until it is finished, Jordan told the council members they should think about the training and contractors now.
"You'll want to start the process (of approving contractors) now because nine months will go very fast," Jordan said.
In other business, council members discussed residents leaving trash containers in the tree lawn after garbage is picked up. They said trash containers should not remain in the tree lawn all week, but should be taken in after the trash is picked up.
Leesburg Town Council members are Rick Stookey, president; Jay Weaver and Ryan Robinson. Clerk Treasurer is Melissa Robinson and street commissioner is Ed Riordan. Riordan was absent from Monday's meeting.
Joe Tierney, of GRW Engineering firm, said Monday at the Leesburg Town Council meeting that the loan payback period begins when construction begins in May or June. Until sewer service begins, residents will pay a portion of what the regular bills will be.[[In-content Ad]]After a pre-bid meeting with several contractors Monday afternoon, town officials and representatives from GRW will set a deadline to receive bids. The original tentative date for receiving bids was March 21, but due to questions from some contractors and the fact that March 21 is Good Friday, the date will be moved to somewhere around April 3.
Once bids are received and a contractor is chosen, closing on the loan for the project will be in 60 to 90 days. Construction probably will begin in May or June, and the project should be substantially complete in 270 days.
According to Tierney, substantially complete means that the system is tested and ready for people to begin hooking in to it. Also, the one-year warranty begins on the equipment in the project when it is substantially complete.
The project will take about 10 months when all is said and done.
Since the agreement between Warsaw and Leesburg is nearly complete, the next step for the town council is to approve an ordinance that mirrors Warsaw's sewer use ordinance.
The council also heard from Bob Jordan, a representative of E/One Sewer Systems Inc., about what to do once the project is done. He told the council that they should put together a list of approved contractors to connect houses to the grinder pumps.
Jordan suggested that the town make a list of approved materials and procedures to use to connect to the system. He also said the approved contractors should go through training before they are allowed to work on the system.
By requiring the training sessions for the contractors, the town can protect their investment in the sewer system, protect the integrity of the system, and protect itself from the expense of damages caused to land or property of residents by contractors.
Homeowners also can do their own work, but they must attend a training session about the system like the contractors. The training sessions take about 2-1/2 hours.
While residents will not need to connect to the sewer until it is finished, Jordan told the council members they should think about the training and contractors now.
"You'll want to start the process (of approving contractors) now because nine months will go very fast," Jordan said.
In other business, council members discussed residents leaving trash containers in the tree lawn after garbage is picked up. They said trash containers should not remain in the tree lawn all week, but should be taken in after the trash is picked up.
Leesburg Town Council members are Rick Stookey, president; Jay Weaver and Ryan Robinson. Clerk Treasurer is Melissa Robinson and street commissioner is Ed Riordan. Riordan was absent from Monday's meeting.
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