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Board of
County Commissioners at July 27, 2002
Meeting
The Reporter
News writes about Commissoner decisions at the BOCC
Meeting held on July, 2002. Included within the report
were several wastewater matters of interest to Duck
Key.
The BOCC approved
- a resolution to
equalize sewer hook-up and monthly fees. The BOCC chose
as a goal for fees throughout the Keys - no higher than
$2,700 for hook-ups and $35 monthly fees.
- pursuing a
stand-alone sewer project for Conch Key.
Commissioner George
Neugent protested the decision with Neugent and staff
appearing to favor hooking Conch Key up to waste water
plant at Hawk's Cay with the take over the sewer
operation eventually by the county. Because of too many
unknowns about costs for the Hawk's Cay project,
commissioners eventually chose the stand-alone project
for Conch Key.
In an article by
Alyson Matley in the Keynoter entitled , "Politics
helps decide Conch Key wastewater site" it was reported
that, " Monroe County commissioners last week chose to
steer clear of political controversy, even if the
decision costs a little more, when they opted to pursue a
stand-alone wastewater treatment plant for Conch Key, "
rather than tie into the Hawk's Cay trteatment
plant.
Ironically although
the Commission chose to equalize monthly fees throughout
the Keys with a $35 monthly fee as a goal at the meeting,
their decision to go with a stand alone system for Conch
Key probably means residents of Conch Key will pay an
estimated $79 monthly fee, instead of a monthly fee of
$64 should the system be joined with Hawk's Cay Waste
Water. Debt-service fees, administrative and other costs
make the stand-alone system, more expensive said a report
from Consultant engineers CH2MHill.
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