Wednesday, July 14, 1999
Warren rejects sewer proposal
53 new lots to need service, Deerfield says
BY SAUNDRA AMRHEIN
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — Warren County commissioners on Tuesday rejected a proposal by Deerfield Township to establish its own water and sewer district.
The commissioners unanimously passed a resolution against the effort by the township to provide its own services to 53 subdivided lots on 37.5 acres of the Black Raven Farm in the northwest section of the township.
“The creation (of the district) is not necessary,” Commissioner Pat South said during a break. “We are willing to serve this property.”
Initially, when several residents talked to the county last summer about sewer and water service, the county did not think it worth the money to build a pump station for the seven lots, according to Mrs. South and Richard Renneker, Warren County sanitary engi neer.
A pump station channels sewage away from where it naturally flows and directs it to nearby sewers, where it then runs to a treatment plant.
Since then, developers have proposed dividing the property into 53 lots. In the meantime, Deerfield Township filed a petition in Warren County Common Pleas Court to form its own district to finance water and sewer service for the area. The request is pending.
Ben Dotson, the township's chief fiscal officer, said the county knew all along about plans to subdivide the property and still chose to deny the proposal.
“Now that we went out and spent thousands of dollars to do surveys and pay attorneys fees and planning to do the district, everybody's changing their minds,” Mr. Dotson said.
The district's services could also provide an incentive to keep residents from annexing into Mason, he said.
But Mr. Renneker said the township would be better off by letting Warren County provide the service because it has the infrastructure and personnel to do so.
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