The Lucas County Board of Commissioners on June 2 approved a bundle of sanitary, water and solid-waste items presented by the county sanitary engineer.

Sanitary engineer presenter Nate Incrat told the board the first three approvals were private agreements for water and sanitary sewer connections: Bridge Creek plat 6, Brookside plat 11 and an agreement for Aurora Drive (just off Gunn Road). He said the board was also asked to approve a pay-cash-to-tap private agreement described on the record as a partial repayment for sanitary sewer "9 11" on Riverfort Drive, just off Technology Drive.

Incrat described a planned professional services agreement with Fishbeck for inspection of the S-500 interceptor sanitary sewer and asked the board to accept an easement for a water supply line for the Centennial Road waterline loop (identified on the record as "10 59 a"). Under solid waste, Incrat requested permission to award a bid to Rugged Steel or Americon for the purchase of recycling containers.

Explaining the interceptor, Incrat said, "Our interceptor sewer is the big, starts out as 90 inches at the plant, down on the river. And then it essentially runs up pretty much, most of McCord Road. And it so it starts out as 90 inches and it reduces all the way down to 60 inches at Central Avenue. And then after that, it becomes a 42 inches and it becomes the city of Sylvania sanitary sewer." The commissioner asking for clarification then asked, "And what is sewer?" and Incrat replied, "Sewer would be any waste. So anytime you flush your stools, laundry, sinks, everything goes down your drain into the sewer system. Different than a storm ... that's, basically clean water, your rainwater, catch basins along streets and stuff. And that essentially is supposed to go back out to the river." These explanations were recorded during the item and are attributed to the sanitary engineer presenter.

A motion to approve the items was moved by Commissioner Gerken; the clerk recorded affirmative roll-call votes from Commissioner Gerken, Commissioner Lopez and Commissioner Ciebeck, and the package was approved.

The record does not include contract dollar amounts for the Fishbeck agreement or the recycling container purchase, nor does it provide detailed schedules or funding sources for the listed agreements. The board did not receive public comment on these items during the meeting.