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City to Seek Intergovernmental Agreement with MetroConnex to Address Failing Sewer Main Serving Kemet
Summary
City staff said they will present an intergovernmental agreement with MetroConnex next month to transfer sewer-collection responsibility for the Kemet area because the city’s sewer main under I-385 is in poor condition and cannot be repaired in place.
City staff told the Simpsonville City Council that an intergovernmental agreement (IGA) with MetroConnex will be brought to the Committee of the Whole next month to transfer sewer-collection responsibility for the Kemet service area.
The staff presentation said the existing sewer collection main that serves Kemet runs under Interstate 385 (referenced in the meeting transcript as “$3.85”) and is in very poor condition. According to staff, the pipe cannot be repaired in place and replacing it would require building a new sewer line in a different alignment. Because the Kemet area is outside the city limits, staff and Director West have consulted with MetroConnex about MetroConnex taking over collection responsibilities.
“I just received the intergovernmental agreement yesterday, so it'll be a topic on next month's Committee of the Whole,” a staff presenter told council members. The city signaled it expects to present the IGA for review at that meeting and said MetroConnex will seek compensation for allowing the city to route sewer flows through its collection system if that approach is pursued.
Staff also gave an update on other sewer infrastructure work. The city received a change order from the Rural Infrastructure Authority that allows continuation of cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) lining in additional basins. When bids were originally accepted on the project, staff said there was approximately $3,000,000 remaining that could be allocated; with the contractor catching up, the city plans to expand CIPP work into another basin.
Council members asked questions but no council vote or formal decision on the IGA occurred at the meeting. Staff said they will return with the IGA and supporting documents at the next Committee of the Whole meeting for council consideration.
