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Commission allows homeowner to install private 1.5‑inch water line; asks staff to write policy for future requests
Summary
After several options and cost estimates were discussed, the commission voted to allow a homeowner to install a 1.5‑inch line at his own expense and to direct staff to develop a formal policy for individual line‑extension requests.
The Lake Placid Utility Commission approved a motion permitting a homeowner to install a private 1.5‑inch water service to his property at his own expense and directed staff to draft a policy to govern similar future requests.
Homeowner William Clone told the commission he and a neighbor had been seeking municipal water for about 18 months and had offered to pay roughly $39,000 for an inch‑and‑a‑half service from the town main on Lake June Road. Brandon Copper (engineer/contractor), representing the work team, said the larger options — a 3‑ or 6‑inch line with hydrants — were substantially more expensive (estimates discussed ranged from…
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