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Committee tables policy on who pays to extend city water to newly annexed properties
Summary
Findlay's Water and Sewer Committee discussed whether the city or property owners should pay to extend mains to newly annexed properties; members tabled the issue for further study.
Committee members debated who should bear the cost of extending city water mains to properties that annex into Findlay and currently rely on private wells.
Staff presented the issue as recurring: some homeowners outside city limits who annex in want to connect to city water but are far from existing mains. Under current water rules discussed in the meeting, new wells are not allowed once a property is inside city limits; committee members said that enforcement could force owners to seek a city main if their well…
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