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Commissioners approve extra utilities staff and $2,000 replacement fee to address meter-box damage backlog
Summary
Brunswick County approved adding field staff, a reclassification and a deputy director at the Northwest Water Treatment Plant, and directed staff to adopt a $2,000 fee for replacing crushed meter boxes after an extended backlog and contractor-caused damage slowed meter installations.
Brunswick County commissioners approved additional utilities staffing and a new fee designed to reduce a backlog of pending meter installations caused in part by damaged or crushed meter boxes at developments.
John (utilities staff) described more than a thousand pending meter drops at the time the agenda was prepared and said crews encountered damaged meter boxes frequently. Staff proposed three new field positions dedicated to meter installations, a reclassification of an existing supervisor role to provide additional oversight, and the addition of a deputy director…
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