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County accepts Suwannee River Water Management District donation to resolve Lance Water receivership
Summary
Columbia County commissioners voted to accept a donation of land from the Suwannee River Water Management District that county staff said will allow the county to lift a receivership and return Lance Water utility operations to owner Lance Hill, subject to follow-up negotiations and verification of recorded easements.
Columbia County commissioners voted to accept a donation of property from the Suwannee River Water Management District that county staff said will let the county move to dissolve a receivership over Lance Water and return the utility to owner Lance Hill.
County staff member Joel told the board he circulated “a copy of the court's order vacating that consent final judgment from back in 02/2017,” and said the vacatur “now positions us to be able to lift the receivership over Lance Water, return Lance Water back to its owner, mister Lance Hill.”
Joel said the land the district offered includes the wellhead used by Lance Water and that possession of the district…
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