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Council approves second reading to clean up Chapter 82 language on water/sewer charges
Summary
The council advanced an ordinance amending Chapter 82 to remove COVID-era language about charging customers for water or sewer when services are not used and to replace references to the city engineer with the public utilities director.
The Statesboro mayor and city council on Aug. 5 approved second reading of Ordinance 2025-04 to amend Chapter 82, removing obsolete COVID-era language about water and sewer charges and replacing references to the city engineer with the public utilities director.
The change is intended as a housekeeping amendment, city staff said, removing a requirement to charge for services when customers do not use them and updating the responsible departmental title.
Mr. Penn, staff member, described the amendment as "just cleaning up some language and replacing the name," and told the council that staff recommended approval. The council approved second reading by voice vote; no roll-call totals were recorded in the meeting transcript.
The ordinance does not impose new charges or immediate rate changes; staff characterized it as clarifying which department is responsible for administration and removing collection obligations that staff said would be difficult to enforce in practice. Council members had no further discussion on Aug. 5.
The ordinance will be recorded as Ordinance 2025-04 in council records; the transcript shows the council completed second reading and recommended adoption.
