Skeeter1996, post: 453215, member: 9224 wrote: I'm sure I'm in the Sewer District Boundary. Are they removeing every septic tank in the sewer district?
I don't know. I don't work for RPA, I just remember seeing the plan set when I put a bid together for a dirt contractor. My guess is, if you are in the sewer district boundary, the district by law can enter and remove septic tanks. I would be interested to see what you find out.
Brad Ott, post: 453153, member: 197 wrote: Looking forward to the summary of that conversation.
I talked to the County Sanitarian this morning. They know nothing about the Town removing septic tanks. The Sewer Plans only address removing septic tanks when sewer line connections are made. Sounds to me like there is miscommunication between the Contractor and the sewer board as to who will and who won't be connecting to the sewer system. The Contractor seems a little overzealous in removing tanks since the contract States they are to be decommissioned when the sewer is connected. The Sewage Treatment Plant is a ways from being completed.
In short the County Sanitarian didn't know squat what was going on.
Next stop is the Sewer Board Chairman.
Skeeter1996, post: 453292, member: 9224 wrote: The Contractor seems a little overzealous
Skeeter1996, post: 453292, member: 9224 wrote: Next stop is the Sewer Board Chairman.
Keep on, keeping on, and also thanks for keeping us posted. I am looking forward to a happy ending to this story.
Well my best hope for a happy ending is a sewer stubout with cleanout. Since I'm located in the Flood plain building a permanent structure could be another problem. My plan currently is to try and work it out with the Contractor. The least amount of bureurocrats the better.
Get the town involved in an attempt to get a stub out on the new system and they will likely turn you down. Then your on their radar. They might put a lien on the property for installing a "new" tank without permits. Or maybe since they are at fault, they look the other way.
Maybe the tank just needs to magically show back up with a rectangle of fresh dirt surrounding it?
Brad Ott, post: 453316, member: 197 wrote: Keep on, keeping on, and also thanks for keeping us posted. I am looking forward to a happy ending to this story.
Well oops OMG. I got ahold of the Contractor's Project Manager today. They screwed up. Now they are going to install a new sewer stub where ever I want it. I have to go up tomorrow and show them where to put the stub. Bad part of the story is they'll be sending me a bill every month for $29 for a sewer fee.
The little town where I had an old house that I rented out stopped charging the sewer fee when I disconnected from the water line. No input, no output.
Actually, I disconnected from all utilities and intend to raze the old house and garage one of these days.
That sewer fee was $35 per month. The minimum water bill was $12.50. Output cost three times the cost of input.
[SARCASM]So they are not going to bill you directly for the removal, just a monthly fee forever....OUCH![/SARCASM]
I suppose this means that they won't let you hook up your trailer next year.
Holy Cow, post: 453343, member: 50 wrote: The little town where I had an old house that I rented out stopped charging the sewer fee when I disconnected from the water line. No input, no output.
Actually, I disconnected from all utilities and intend to raze the old house and garage one of these days.
That sewer fee was $35 per month. The minimum water bill was $12.50. Output cost three times the cost of input.
That's because of the additions you make using the water. 😉
Gene Kooper, post: 453344, member: 9850 wrote: [SARCASM]So they are not going to bill you directly for the removal, just a monthly fee forever....OUCH![/SARCASM]
I suppose this means that they won't let you hook up your trailer next year.
The septic tank removal was part of a sewer connection incurred by the Sewer District. They will get that back by the Sewer fee I guess. Reading back through the letters they sent me in the past I'm required to pay the fee whether the stub is hooked up or not. The Contractor gets $3500 for every stub line they run. I'm going to try and get out of the monthly fee because the information they sent me says those who opt out of connecting to the sewer system can continue to use their septic systems. If it fails and they opt to hook up to the sewer system, they have to pay all costs to do so.
Now if I had Lawyered up I would be several thousand dollars in the hole by now.
9.72 yrs @ 30$ a month = 3500$.
So, if you get them to:
Hook you up for free.
Waive the 30$ a month fee.
Nate The Surveyor, post: 453352, member: 291 wrote: 9.72 yrs @ 30$ a month = 3500$.
So, if you get them to:
Hook you up for free.
Waive the 30$ a month fee.
Well I'm going to try and get the $30 a month fee waived because would only use the sewer less than 10 days a year. The Contractor is on the hook to get me sewer service, because he wasn't suppose to remove the septic tank until sewer service was installed.
In my opinion the Contractor is on the hook to eat the sewer installation fee and the Sewer District is on the hook to drop the sewer fee, because their Contractor mistakenly removed my septic tank.Many times though nobody thinks logically like me.
Congratulations. Happy ending. Don??t push your luck too hard.
From what I've heard and experienced, logic is rarely of any use at all when dealing with bureaucrats and idiots.
