Loganton weighs creating a stormwater authority after sewer authority declines
Council discussed two options after the sewer authority declined responsibility for stormwater: (1) ask the sewer authority to update its by-laws to include stormwater, or (2) create a new borough authority that could implement a stormwater fee. The solicitor told the council it cannot itself levy a stormwater fee.
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Council President Ryan Bierly summarized a meeting with the solicitor and the Maintenance Committee about stormwater management. The solicitor told council that the borough itself cannot bill or add a fee for stormwater and that implementing a dedicated fee would require either the sewer authority to take on stormwater by updating its by-laws or creation of a separate authority.
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