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Delavan council approves special assessment for Bluffs of Lake Comas sewer after heated public hearing
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing with multiple township residents saying they were not notified, the Delavan Common Council passed a resolution to special-assess prior sanitary sewer installation costs in the Bluffs of Lake Comas subdivision with a 10-year repayment option.
The Delavan Common Council on Nov. 17 adopted a resolution to special-assess prior expenses for sanitary sewer mains serving the Bluffs of Lake Comas subdivision, approving a 10-year repayment option after a public hearing that drew several township residents who said they had not been properly notified and would face large assessments.
City staff presented an engineering and finance report outlining a potential 200-acre service area based on pipe size and grades and explaining the calculation method used to translate historical installation costs into a per-acre assessment. The city attorney and staff emphasized that only parcels currently inside the City of Delavan can be assessed without town approval; properties in the Town of Delavan were included in an illustrative list but, staff said, cannot be…
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