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Resident asks council to exempt his property from sewer access charge; city staff explains hardship rules
Summary
A Tuscaloosa resident urged the council to exempt his home from a newly applied sewer assessment; city staff said the code allows hardship waivers only for engineering/location issues, not financial inability, and staff will follow up.
Dan England, a resident and former county commissioner, urged the Tuscaloosa City Council during public comment to grant an exemption from a sewer access assessment that recently began appearing on properties not physically connected to the city sewer system.
England said the charge — which he estimated could force him to spend "$5,000 to $10,000" to connect or otherwise pay — fell hardest on lower-income residents and on older homes that were never tied into the sewer when they were built. "I should not pay for service I'm not getting," he told the…
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