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Council endorses prioritized sewer projects for DEP grant and approves water extension option for two homes on Tioga Lane
Summary
The council directed staff to make a DEP grant application focused on three wastewater projects (closure of Tomoka and Lake June Hills plants and construction of a main lift station and force main) and approved allowing a homeowner to install an inch‑and‑a‑half water service at his cost where utility upsizing is not yet feasible.
Lake Placid — Council members voted to prioritize a package of regional wastewater projects for the town’s next Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) grant application and approved a separate homeowner water‑extension option that will allow two residences on Tioga Lane to receive town water now at the homeowner’s expense.
On wastewater and funding priorities, council directed staff to package projects 1–3 (closing the Tomoka and Lake June Hills treatment plants and constructing a tying lift station/force main into the new central plant) as the town’s DEP grant submission. Council members said the combination reduces pollutant loading to Lake Henry and Lake June and positions the town to use state…
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