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Council delegates limited eminent‑domain authority to utility board for wholesale water main; staff say easements preferred, condemnation a last resort
Summary
Lebanon’s council voted to delegate limited eminent‑domain powers to the Lebanon Utility Service Board to acquire easements and one fee parcel needed for a wholesale water main project that must be in service by January 2027 under the city’s delivery agreement with the water supplier.
The Lebanon City Council on May 12 adopted a resolution delegating limited eminent‑domain authority to the Lebanon Utility Service Board for land needed to construct a wholesale water main and associated storage tanks.
Jeff Jacob, representing the utility, told council the city has an agreement to receive treated water from an external supplier with delivery milestones beginning January 2027 (2 million gallons per day). To accept the supply and meet the timetable the utility must construct roughly 50,000 linear feet of main plus one ground storage tank and one elevated storage tank. The planned…
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