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Statesboro staff proposes continuing sewer lateral assistance program, council to consider expansion to apartments
Summary
City staff recommended continuing a homeowner assistance program for sewer lateral failures and offered to provide street opening and repair services to ensure standards; council asked staff to return a formal proposal and consider expanding assistance to apartments and rental properties.
City staff updated the council on a sewer lateral assistance program first discussed in 2023 that helped homeowners pay for lateral repairs where failure extended to the city right-of-way. Staff recommended the city continue to require property owners to be responsible for the lateral repair to the right of way while the city provides street-opening and street-repair work so repairs meet city standards.
The city manager said the program helped homeowners but is expensive for the utility and proposed that assistance not be retroactive. He asked whether council wanted to extend the same assistance to apartment buildings and tenant-occupied properties; staff will return a formal change for council consideration at a future meeting or work session.
Council members encouraged staff to bring a detailed ordinance or program outline back for review; no policy was adopted at the meeting.
