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Sidney Chamber asks city to review sewer line after repeated failures
Summary
Shannon Wicks told the Public Works Committee the Chamber has paid $30,000 twice for separate sewer repairs and asked whether the city will relocate the sewer main and manhole; the committee asked staff to inspect the line and legal counsel to review the Chamber lease.
Shannon Wicks, Chamber Executive Director, told the City of Sidney Public Works Committee that the Chamber's sewer line "part of the line collapsed a couple of years ago and they paid $30,000 to replace that part of the line" and that a separate section later froze due to a belly, creating another estimated $30,000 repair need. She asked whether the city has plans to relocate the sewer main or the nearby manhole that serves the Chamber property.
PWD Hintz responded that the city does not have relocation plans and said such changes are "usually the job of the property owner or developer." Committee members discussed the city's potential liability given that the Chamber leases city property for its building. The committee requested that PWD Hintz inspect the line and that City Attorney Kalil review the lease to help determine responsibility and next steps.
The committee did not record a timetable or funding source for any city-assisted relocation in the transcript; Wicks sought clarity on whether the city would assist, and the next procedural step recorded is a staff inspection and legal review.
