Monday, January 25, 2010

Sewer Department to Request New Foreclosure Regulations

The WPCA (Water Pollution Control Authority) met last week in a special meeting, ostensibly to talk about purchasing software which will help the departments identify and catalogue backflow filters in businesses around the city.  These filters prevent independent water systems from sending water from these systems from flowing back into the public supply, and demand regular inspections.  Since the Water and Sewer Department can charge for these inspections, this $19,000 software system is expected to generate many times its purchase price in inspection fees.

The WPCA also took up the topic of procedure for foreclosure of property as a result of payments which are past due.  The proposed regulations, which must be approved by the Common Council indicate that the WPCA will continue to pursue foreclosure proceedings on all accounts past due prior to 2005.  They seek approval to pursue foreclosure on more recent accounts overdue in "more recent years provided that they are initiated by prioritizing the most aggregious (sic) accounts."

The WPCA will not present the Common Council with a proposed procedure for termination of services for non-payment until after further consideration.

1 comment:

NOBO said...

I'm sure the WPCA will continue to "pursue forclosures" right up until their terms expire-after which they will pass the problem onto someone else.