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Wilson County stormwater staff outlines maintenance rules, five-year inspection requirement
Summary
Stormwater staff reported a drop in inspections, distributed trees to residents, and said maintenance agreements and five-year engineer inspections for subdivisions will be enforced under existing permits and regulations.
Wilson County stormwater staff reported fewer inspections compared with last year, described a county tree-distribution event, and told the board that new subdivisions must include as-built documentation, a stormwater maintenance plan and a long-term maintenance agreement that assigns responsibility to owners or homeowners associations.
The stormwater presenter said March inspections were “about 40 less total inspections than last year at this time.” Staff reported distributing about 1,100 trees during a Tennessee tree day event (transcript wording), which staff said would be planted across the county. The presenter told the board the stormwater budget was included in the meeting packet and asked the board to approve a status-quo budget; the board approved that budget by voice vote.
On an item the presenter described as “stormwater allegations,” staff said they plan to meet with the county attorney and then hold a public meeting with affected citizens before returning to the board for a decision. The presenter told the board that the enforcement mechanism for features outside the county right-of-way is a recorded long-term maintenance agreement tied to deeds, which obligates owners or homeowners associations to perform required maintenance. Staff said every new subdivision will be required to have an engineer perform a site assessment of stormwater infrastructure five years after subdivision release to confirm the stormwater pollution prevention plan is functioning per design.
Staff asked for a board vote next month on proposed changes and said legal review was needed first. The presenter said the proposed actions derive from the county's referenced permit and regulations: “everything I sent you is pretty solid. It all came from our NPS permit and, regulations that's already in effect.” Board members agreed to meet with the county attorney and to schedule a public meeting for affected citizens to discuss the proposal before the board votes.
The transcript records no roll-call tallies; the stormwater status-quo budget was approved by voice vote.
