The back and forth between the county and town over the county’s Quaker Neck sewage project continues.
At Monday night’s utilities meeting, Chestertown Mayor Margo Bailey said a letter to the county outlining the town’s concerns over the project is still awaiting final approval from the town attorney.
“It’s a very comprehensive letter. It’s very good. It’s a long letter but quite thorough,” she said.
The town wants to know, among other things, why it hasn’t been paid for water and sewer hookups; if the line is a true “denied access line;” and if the “denied access line” will hold up against any legal challenges.
“This letter has a lot of questions. I think it will clarify a lot of things once we get the answers,” Bailey said.
The county is extending sewer lines along Quaker Neck Road to replace failing septic systems. The extended line, coming from and returning to the Chestertown plant, would provide service to 12 lots in the Prestwick Woods subdivision and properties along Lovers Lane. Even though the county is putting the lines in and billing for the services, the town’s plant is where the water and sewer would be treated.
During last month’s meeting, Chestertown Utilities Manager Bob Sipes said he had concerns over the number of allocations the county had used, what the infill was, and if the town was receiving its fair share of the county’s water and sewer bill from those hookups. Because the county is using the town’s wastewater treatment facility for the project, the county has to pay the town for allocations.
The commissioners invited the town to their regularly scheduled meeting earlier this month, but the Mayor and Council voted to postpone the meeting until more research about the project could be completed.
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