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The (Syracuse, NY) July 17, 2003 $15,000 APPROVED TO STUDY TRI-TOWN LIMELEDGE SEEMS UNAFFORDABLE. Sara Errington Staff writer The proposed tri-town water
district took a step forward at the July 14 Marcellus Town
Board meeting and the proposed Limeledge water district took a step
back. The money will go to engineers Barton & Loguidice.
"This is for the final stage to get this to a point where they can
get money and get this thing going," Supervisor Frank Wilson said.
The money will be reimbursed by water district residents if the
project goes through, he said.
Wilson said the proposed Limeledge water district has become
unaffordable since the Onondaga County Water Authority can no longer bid
out a number of projects each year.
The board agreed to have a public information meeting about the
status of the Limeledge district at the Marcellus Fire Station at 7 p.m.
Aug. 13 unless the meeting room is unavailable that evening.
"The impact of not being able to use OCWA is fairly simple," Wilson
said.
Earlier estimates from OCWA were that the Limeledge district would
cost residents about $3.5 million. Now, estimates from Barton &
Loguidice are about $5,677,000, he said.
That would cost homeowners about $1,185 per year for 38 years. Even
if the town got a $2.5 million grant, it would still cost $760 per year to
extend water to 288 properties.
"Neither of those figures is doable," Wilson said.
"Is that a dead issue?" asked Vince Murphy, of Glover Road.
"No. We've got to keep exhausting all the possibilities there are,"
Wilson said.
Glover said water quality is still a problem for residents in his
neighborhood.
"I still have water, but it's very rusty and I'm getting sulfur
now," he said, adding that many residents are waiting to see what happens
with the district before investing in more equipment for their wells.
In other business
The board voted to offer $160,000 for the Yuhas property, 22 E.
Main St., adjacent to the existing town hall.
The resolution is subject to permissive referendum.
The board has for some time looked at ways to expand the town
offices and possibly fold the library into a new municipal center. Copyright, 2003, The
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