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Disabled veteran asks Carroll County PSA to connect her home to county water
Summary
Roseanne Matthew, a disabled U.S. Air Force veteran and resident of 92 Windmill Road, told the Carroll County PSA she no longer has a working well and asked the authority to consider a county water hookup after county crews previously offered service for about $700; staff said they will get contact information and provide an estimate.
Roseanne Matthew told the Carroll County Public Service Authority on the citizen comment portion of the meeting that she no longer has a working well and asked the authority to consider connecting her home to county water. "I am a disabled veteran... I am a single homeowner, and I don't have water," she said.
Matthew said county crews had previously offered a hookup and quoted an "approximately $700" installation fee, but she declined at that time because she lacked funds. She told the board the nearest meter is very close to her property line and that in her view a connection should be feasible at a lower cost than running a line a long distance. "I was told I could have it later if I needed it," she said, adding that she would have found a way to pay if she had known the later opportunity was limited.
Board members asked follow-up questions about where the meter and utility main are located and whether any service lines exist on her side of the road. A board member asked staff to send someone to estimate the distance and cost of connecting her home, and the chair asked Matthew for a phone number and email so staff — identified in the discussion as Dana — could follow up. The chair said staff would get an estimate and report back to the board.
The meeting record does not show a final decision on the hookup; the board's next step, as stated in the meeting, is for staff to provide an on-site estimate and then inform Matthew of the authority's determination.
