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Catskill adopts sewer-extension policy, sets I&I credit at $2.00 per gallon
Summary
The Village of Catskill Board of Trustees adopted Resolution #6 of 2025 on March 26, creating a Sewer Extension Policy to manage new sewer connections while Combined Sewer Overflow and inflow-and-infiltration (I&I) work proceeds; it sets an initial I&I credit price of $2.00 per gallon and establishes a Repair Reserve Fund.
The Village of Catskill Board of Trustees voted on March 26 to adopt a new Sewer Extension Policy intended to govern approvals for new connections to the village sanitary sewer system while the village implements projects to reduce combined sewer overflows and inflow and infiltration.
The resolution, numbered 6 of 2025, directs that the initial cost for one I&I (inflow and infiltration) credit be set at Two Dollars ($2.00) per gallon and requires the creation of a Repair Reserve Fund to hold collected I&I credits. The reserve is to be used to offset costs of non-recurring capital repairs and improvements to the sewer system; the policy also requires annual accounting of deposits, expenditures and current balance as part of the village budget process. The resolution took effect immediately upon adoption.
The policy and the board’s stated rationale repeatedly reference the village’s State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) Permit No. NY0020389, an Order on Consent with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) addressing Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs), and applicable DEC procedures for sewer extensions in 6 NYCRR Part 750-2.10. The resolution notes that meeting the SPDES permit and Order on Consent requires mapping and hydraulic modeling, metering and monitoring, and capital work to separate storm and sanitary flows and to eliminate sources of I&I.
According to the adopted text, the $2.00-per-gallon figure is based on projected costs for the initial 2025 capital project; the policy establishes that the per-gallon cost of I&I credits will be reviewed and updated in future years on the basis of actual construction, engineering, and administration costs. The resolution also cites Section 6-d of the General Municipal Law as the authority enabling a Repair Reserve Fund for non-recurring capital improvements and repairs that do not require a referendum.
Board members recorded a roll-call vote on the resolution. The minutes show votes in favor by President Joseph Kozloski, Vice President Natasha Law, Trustee Jamie Mitchell and Trustee Daniel Ward; Trustee Jeffrey Workman was marked absent in the roll call. The resolution language and the meeting minutes indicate the policy was adopted by the board and is effective immediately.
The transcript did not list a mover and seconder for Resolution #6, and the full text of the Policy is referenced in the minutes as attached to the resolution. The minutes also state that the Repair Reserve Fund accounting will be reflected in subsequent annual budgets. Questions about how the credit price will be applied to specific properties, or about the procedure for measuring gallons of I&I credits for individual connections, were not recorded in the transcript and therefore are not described in this report.
