Friday, May 3, 2002
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Friday, May 3, 2002 |
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Peachtree City sewer officials agree to help Tyrone with its new sewer system By JOHN
MUNFORD
Peachtree City sewer officials have agreed to perform preventive maintenance for a small sewer system in Tyrone in exchange for $600 a month from the town to cover expenses. The city's Water and Sewerage Authority approved a contract with Tyrone officials to perform the service at its meeting Tuesday night. The agreement means WASA will periodically check the two pump stations in Tyrone's system, which was designed to serve a 292-home subdivision, some commercial parcels and a possible office complex. Tyrone officials initially resisted the sewer project until the developer, John Wieland Homes, won a court ruling. The system will pipe the flow to Fairburn for treatment; no treatment plant will be built in Tyrone and the limit each day is 250,000 gallons. WASA General Manager Larry Turner said he didn't think the preventive maintenance checks would overburden employees, since Tyrone's system is just five minutes away from the northernmost pump station in Peachtree City. But if it does get too unwieldy in the future, an escape clause is built into the contract, Turner noted. That clause allows either party to terminate the contract upon 90 days notice. Turner said he calculated the $600 a month figure using the hourly pay for the highest-paid employee who would inspect the Tyrone system, adding 35 percent to that to cover fringe benefits. The contract calls for that price to be revisied Oct. 1 of each year to "reflect actual labor costs." Turner said since the system is new, there should be relatively few problems with it. But if there are, Tyrone has the option to contract with WASA for the work or seek another source for the repairs. If there is an emergency with the sewer system, WASA will assist Tyrone if asked, but Tyrone must pay the authority's actual labor and costs, plus fringe benefits and all out of pocket expenses, the contract states. WASA Attorney Mark Oldenburg said the contract was written to specifically deliniate what services the authority would be responsible for. WASA member Mike Harman said he thought the contract should include a fee schedule for the "extra" work Tyrone might want WASA to perform in the future. But he was reminded that Tyrone officials had already signed the contract and the authority has been discussing this issue for several months. The contract was approved 4-1 with Harman voting against it.
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