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Campbell Township sewer board asks attorney to draft mutual release to lift $968 lien on late resident’s property
Summary
After hearing from resident Sean Callahan, the Campbell Township Regional Sewer Board voted 4–1 to have its attorney draft a mutual-release agreement that would remove a $968 lien on property owned by the caller’s late mother, contingent on the heirs releasing further claims.
Sean Callahan, a resident who said he was speaking for his mother (identified in his remarks as Christine Lauder Mill), told the Campbell Township Regional Sewer Board that his late mother continued receiving sewer bills after she moved to assisted living and died in May 2022.
"She continued to receive bills which were paid up until some point in time," Callahan said, and asked the board to review the account, remove any improper charges and close the account. He told the board a lien had been placed on the vacant property and said removing it would make the property easier to sell.
Board members asked staff to check records — in particular water shutoff dates and billing history — to establish when service and billing should have stopped. The board’s attorney noted estate and title questions that could affect liability and whether a mutual release would be appropriate.
After discussion the board moved to have the board attorney draft a mutual-release document to remove the $968 lien on the property in exchange for a mutual release of claims by the property heirs. The motion, as recorded in the meeting minutes, passed 4–1.
The board did not record named individual votes in the transcript; the motion text authorized the attorney to prepare an agreement and return it for the board’s approval. Staff asked for contact information so the board could provide the draft to Callahan and his sister and move toward a written settlement.
The meeting record shows the board treated this as a case-specific resolution rather than a new, general policy on liens for deceased owners. Board members said they wanted to see draft language before giving final approval. The attorney’s draft and any final vote on a mutual release would be resolved at a future meeting or through subsequent correspondence from the board.
The board scheduled follow-up work: staff will pull the billing and shutoff records, and the attorney will prepare a proposed mutual-release document for the parties to review.
