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Resident email urges ready‑to‑serve exemption for occupants of trust‑owned homes
Summary
An emailed comment requested that the county modify the ready‑to‑serve exemption so occupants of homes owned in trust can qualify based on occupant income, and asked for limited waivers where properties have paid for service but had no usage.
Staff read an emailed public comment from Valerie Edge (Seaford, Delaware) asking the county to amend the ready‑to‑serve exemption eligibility so that occupants of trust‑owned properties can qualify based on the occupant's income rather than the owner's. Edge said her 86‑year‑old uncle lives in a property held in trust; the family has paid water and sewer fees for decades despite the lot never requiring service and she requested narrow changes that would not materially affect the billing system but would reduce burdens on low‑income occupants.
Edge also proposed that properties with no current or past water/sewer usage but that have paid fees for many years be granted a nominal billing amount until an arm's‑length transaction occurs. Staff acknowledged the comment and indicated the requested code revision would be beyond the scope of the specific rate hearings and could require a change to county code.
