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Commission approves homeowner sump-pump outlet near county road after highway superintendent review
Summary
Highway Superintendent Dirk Rogers described a sump-pump drain installation on North Roosevelt (County Road 12 north of the fairgrounds) and recommended approval; the commission voted to allow the drain to discharge to the road edge, noting prior issues when household gray water was discharged into county right-of-way.
Dirk Rogers, Brown County highway superintendent, told the commission about a sump-pump drain proposed on a residential parcel on North Roosevelt (County Road 12, north of the fairgrounds) that would discharge to the edge of the county road.
Rogers said the area had been split into multiple houses and that the county only occasionally receives these requests. He cautioned about a prior problem when a resident discharged gray water from a septic system, creating maintenance problems every 60 days, and said the department tries to avoid that. "The only one that was ever a problem is a guy put his gray water from the sewer out there... and it rot over about every 60 days," Rogers said. He recommended approval and the commission moved to grant the request.
Ending: The commission approved the sump-pump outlet to discharge at the road edge; staff will monitor compliance and address any recurrence of improper discharges.
