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Williamsport committee identifies nominees for sewage-enforcement officer and alternate after DEP notice

2295103 · February 12, 2025
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Summary

Following a local DEP notification, staff proposed appointing an outside sewage enforcement officer (SEO) and alternate to provide on-call inspections for septic-system matters in the city; nominees are John Gio and Mike McLean and staff said the work is expected to be infrequent. Transcript records no final vote.

The Public Works Committee reviewed a Department of Environmental Protection notification that the city must appoint a sewage enforcement officer (SEO) and an alternate.

Bill Scott (city engineer) explained that city clerk Janice Frank received the DEP notice and staff researched local officers who could serve. Scott said the staff recommendation was to ask John Gio (the SEO for Old Wyoming Township) to serve as the city SEO and Mike McLean (SEO for Hepburn Township) to serve as the alternate. "John would be interested in being our SEO and Mike could be our alternate SEO," Scott said, and he described the need as primarily a formality because most properties in the city are on public sewer.

Scott told the committee the expected workload is low and the positions would be on-call: "I don't expect much, need. Really now ... It is not a full time job. It's an on call." He also described the function: the SEO would inspect and investigate reports such as septic discharge or illegal disposal and would be called when an issue is reported. Scott said the proposed hourly rate for the SEO would be about $58 per hour, "not to exceed $60 an hour."

Committee members asked why the authority was not being asked to name an SEO; staff clarified that the SEO requirement applies to the municipality for septic enforcement and that many city properties are connected to the water authority, but some septic systems remain in the city. The transcript does not record a formal appointment vote.

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