Committee debates oversight board versus wastewater authority after prior authority failed

The committee discussed whether oversight and enforcement of decentralized wastewater systems should sit with an appointed county oversight board, the planning commission, or a state-authorized wastewater authority. Chris White explained that a prior effort to form a wastewater authority failed to secure the necessary 0.667 (two-thirds) county commission vote and that public concern centered on perceived condemnation powers. "Now that is a that's a private act that has to take place with the state with the legislature... it has to have a 0.667 vote," White said while recounting the earlier proposal.