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Village engineer recommends accepting Farnsworth plan after Lebanon business offers $180,000 to extend sewer
Summary
Village engineer Pablo Lamar reported a Lebanon customer with poor onsite effluent offered $180,000 toward bringing a gravity sewer under the railroad to Ross Lane; the board moved to accept Farnsworth's engineering proposal and authorized survey/design work estimated at about $27,000.
Village engineer Pablo Lamar described negotiations with a Lebanon business that has struggled with onsite waste treatment and is willing to contribute up to $180,000 to extend Tilton’s gravity sewer under the railroad to the west side of Ross Lane. Lamar said bringing the sewer across the railroad is strategically desirable to support future development west of the tracks.
"Based on the price they got, they're willing to provide a $180,000 to get a gravity sewer from the last manhole there by Carlson under the railroad and to heading to the west," Lamar said, describing the proposal and noting the village would take over design, bidding and construction. He cautioned that railroad licensing and review fees could add to project costs and recommended moving forward with the Farnsworth engineering proposal and a topographic survey estimated at roughly $27,000.
Trustees discussed risk and monitoring, and Lamar said the village would test effluent and could surcharge the customer if industrial discharges continued. The board moved to accept Farnsworth’s proposal for engineering/design tasks and to proceed with the survey and initial design work; staff said they would track costs against the $180,000 contribution and return with any necessary contract language about monitoring and restrictions on industrial discharges.
