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St. Tammany council to refer $1.5M DEQ application for sewer studies and septic receiving station
Summary
At an agenda-review meeting, the St. Tammany Parish Council discussed Resolution No. 7273 seeking preliminary approval to apply for up to $1.5 million from the state for engineering studies in three unsewered subdivisions and a septic receiving station; council voted to refer the item to the full council with a recommendation to postpone one month for more details.
St. Tammany Parish council members spent the bulk of an agenda-review meeting debating Resolution Council Series No. 7273, a request to seek preliminary approval for up to $1.5 million in state revolving funds to study sewer options for unsewered subdivisions and to design a septic receiving station.
The resolution would place the parish on the State Bond Commission list to pursue a $1.5 million ceiling, administration and bond counsel said. "This 1,500,000.0 is not to run that program. It's a it's a separate study that we're gonna be doing on 3 areas, Tammany Hills, Forest Glen, and Ozone Wood subdivisions," said Tim, the utilities presenter at the meeting.
Why it matters: council members said the item could shape whether the parish pursues community sewage in dense, unsewered…
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