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NOTE: The information on this web page making reference to a Lebanon Utilities sanitary sewer rate increase was current as of October 12, 2015.
Lebanon Utilities is preparing a sanitary sewer rate increase proposal for approval by the Lebanon City Council. The proposed sanitary sewer rate increase would apparently add about $15 a month to the Lebanon Utilities bill for most Lebanon homeowners.
Part of the proposed sanitary sewer rate increase would pay for sanitary sewer capital projects planned for 2015 through 2021. One such planned capital project is the Elizaville Road Project, which would cost $769,265 and is described as follows: This is a gravity system to address the homes along Elizaville to John Bart and includes running a line into Winding Way. This addresses a number of homes without sanitary. This Project would construct a gravity system to serve 28 homes now on individual septic systems along Elizaville Road to John Bart Road, and also would include running a stub line into Winding Way.
A Boone County GIS map of the proposed Elizaville Road Project is listed next. The new sanitary sewer line is expected to connect to an existing sanitary sewer line that runs north through back yard easements in the homes along the East side of Elizaville Road to Tyre Road (at parcels #1 and #2 on the map). NOTE: The new sanitary line depicted on the map below will actually be placed alongside Elizaville Road in front of the homes (and will not be run through the back yards of the homes) - also, just a stub line will be run across Elizaville Road to Winding Way (an entire sanitary line will not be run into Winding Way).
The following 21 parcels adjacent to the Elizaville Road Project do not have
sanitary sewer service and are located WITHIN the
Lebanon city limits:
1. 702 Tyre Drive Steven E. & Jeryl M. Cross
2. 2001 Elizaville Road Craig M. & Natalie S. Parks
3. 2003 Elizaville Road Steven Craig & Melissa Jill Barber
4. 2005 Elizaville Road Ed & Eva Jane Shelley
5. 2007 Elizaville Road Trisha Rae Walker c/o Trisha Myers
6. 2009 Elizaville Road Emerson H. & Nina Curts
7. 2011 Elizaville Road Grant A. Hodges
8. 2013 Elizaville Road Annette C. Giles
9. 2015 Elizaville Road Regina Ann Bartolomei
10. 2017 Elizaville Road John F. Reinke Rev. Trust
11. 2019 Elizaville Road Jennifer L. Richard
12. 2025 Elizaville Road Michael S. & Krista M. Burtron
13. 2101 Elizaville Road Deanna D. & Steven L. Fuller
14. 2103 Elizaville Road Christopher A. & Alice Ferguson
15. 2105 Elizaville Road David W. Vansickle ETAL
16. 2107 Elizaville Road Tamra J. Scott
17. 2109 Elizaville Road Cynthia A. Cohee
18. 2201 Elizaville Road James D. & Alberta G. Johnson
19. 2203 Elizaville Road Chadd & Jennifer Wheat
21. 2209 Elizaville Road Daniel L. & Susan I. Lamar
24. 2223 Elizaville Road Jeremy J. & Meghan E. Lamar
The following 10 parcels adjacent to the Elizaville Road Project do not have
sanitary sewer service and are located OUTSIDE the
Lebanon city limits:
20. 2205 Elizaville Road Glennda K. Miller
22. 2215 Elizaville Road John L. & Doris J. Hayden
23. 2221 Elizaville Road Gary J. & Ann R. Davis
25. 2225 Elizaville Road Brett A. Klingler & Rebecca J. Trepcos-Klingler
26. 2227 Elizaville Road Ronnie C. & Candis K. Minick
27. 2229 Elizaville Road Howard L. & Karen L. Hosfield
28. 2231 Elizaville Road Justin W. & Jovan N. Spivey
29. 2240 Elizaville Road (Est.) Castle Farms, Inc.
30. 2230 Elizaville Road David & Christina Newby
31. 2226 Elizaville Road Phillip I. Taylor
A stub line will be run across Elizaville Road to Winding Way so that the
following 11 parcels may connect to Lebanon Utilities sanitary sewer
service:
32. 109 Winding Way Jack W. & Jill V. Kelley
33. 105 Winding Way C. Steven Jones
34. 103 Winding Way Debra B. Barnes
35. 200 Winding Way Karl P. & Paulette M. Hiller
36. 104 Winding Way David K. & Susan E. Jones
37. 118 Winding Way Blaine E. & Amy L. Boyland
38. 116 Winding Way Joseph J. & Eleanor G. Suscha
39. 106 Winding Way Melvin Eugene & Dar Bilderback
40. 108 Winding Way Kerry C. & Susan K. Richardson
41. 119 Winding Way J. Fred Duff
42. 115 Winding Way Eric S. Frazer
The following 10 parcels adjacent to the Elizaville Road Project already have sanitary sewer service and are located inside the Lebanon city
limits:
43. 2208 Elizaville Road David A. & Maryanne V. Koehler
44. 2200 Elizaville Road Christopher M. Brown
45. 2112 Elizaville Road Brock & Lisa Hesler
46. 2110 Elizaville Road Kevin L. & Holly Fields
47. 2108 Elizaville Road Jake & Kelli McQueen
48. 2106 Elizaville Road Lewis C. & Sandra J. Dailey
49. 2104 Elizaville Road Motie F. Finney
50. 2102 Elizaville Road David B. Quick
51. 2024 Elizaville Road Lucien M. & Holly A. Perras
52. 2018 Elizaville Road Ryan A. & Sarah J. Herald
The Elizaville Road Project is estimated to cost $769,265, or about $26,500 per home served. It appears that 19 of the 28 homes can be served by laying sewer lines within the Lebanon city limits, while it would require laying sewer lines outside the city limits to serve the other 9 homes.
It is poor public policy for Lebanon Utilities to raise the sanitary sewer rate to complete capital projects outside the Lebanon city limits. Lebanon Utilities is a municipal utility for the City of Lebanon, and homeowners who choose to live outside the city limits to avoid Lebanons high municipal property tax rate should not benefit from having utility ratepayers within the city provide them with free sanitary sewer infrastructure to replace their individual septic systems.
The portion of the Elizaville Road Project outside the Lebanon city limits should NOT be completed by Lebanon Utilities and the $240,000 portion of the Elizaville Road Project outside the city limits must NOT be used in the computation of any Lebanon Utilities sanitary sewer rate increase. Removing the portion of the Elizaville Road Project outside the Lebanon city limits from the proposed new bond issue to pay for selected capital projects would save $13,306 in annual Proposed Debt Service and save $2,661 in annual Debt Service Reserve.
The decision whether or not to eliminate the portion of the Elizaville Road Project outside the Lebanon city limits may end up having a political component.
The 1.02-acre parcel #21 at 2209 Elizaville Road is owned by Dan Lamar, who is a member of the Lebanon Utilities Service Board. This parcel of land was voluntarily annexed into the City of Lebanon on June 9, 2014, by Ordinance No. 2014-08.
The 1.865-acre parcel #24 at 2223 Elizaville Road is owned by Jeremy Lamar, who sits on the Lebanon City Council. This parcel of land was voluntarily annexed into the City of Lebanon on October 24, 2011, by Ordinance No. 2011-21.
The Elizaville Road Project sanitary sewer line would have to be extended through adjacent parcels OUTSIDE the city limits to reach parcels #21 and #24. If the proper decision is made to NOT extend the new Elizaville Road Project sanitary sewer line through parcels outside the Lebanon city limits, then parcels #21 and #24 owned by the Lamars would not get free sanitary sewer infrastructure from a sanitary sewer rate increase to replace their septic systems.
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