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Harrison council approves wastewater rule changes, awards sewer and bridge contracts and authorizes electric aggregation
Summary
At its April 7 meeting, Harrison City Council approved an ordinance aligning local wastewater discharge limits with EPA adjustments, awarded contracts to replace a State Street siphon and smooth the New Haven bridge approach, authorized the mayor to enter an electric aggregation agreement, and voted to enter executive session on property.
Harrison City Council on April 7 approved several measures intended to update environmental limits and fund local infrastructure work.
The council passed an ordinance amending section 9 35.23(b) of the city's codified ordinances to revise discharge limitations for the Harrison wastewater treatment plant and declared the ordinance an emergency to match recent Environmental Protection Agency adjustments. "The EPA made some adjustments to our discharge requirements, and all we're doing is adjusting those numbers in our legislation to meet what is being set by the EPA," the mayor said. When asked whether the standards were being tightened, the mayor replied, "Actually, our tolerance is higher. We're allowed a little bit higher tolerance on a couple ... It's because our crew down there does an excellent job." The ordinance passed on a roll-call…
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