Commissioners adopt revisions to Clay County subsurface sewage code after public hearing

The Clay County Board of Commissioners closed a public hearing July 1 and adopted revisions to Clay County Code Chapter 61 governing subsurface sewage treatment systems (adopted in the meeting transcript as "ordinance 2025-6"). Environmental services staff presented the proposed deletions and explained that two lines in the current code required removal: a requirement for a minimum annual pump-out of holding tanks and a requirement that pumpers regularly tabulate and submit their data to the county. Staff said the reporting requirement is not currently practicable and that county staff would not have the capacity to maintain and use that data.