Positive Response from Sarasota County

N3 Sewer Connection Fees Under Review

Good news!  I received an email this morning from Paula Parsons Grubb, Supervisor Utilities Connections.  She has received over a dozen emails/phone calls since yesterday (good work, neighbors!) and asked that I pass on this information:

“I am re-conferring with the utility leadership today regarding the utility capacity and connection fees”.  They will meet today and tomorrow and should decide by the end of this week if the “connection fees effective prior to 8 January 2020 will be applicable for property owners mandated to connect in Area N3 in the Phillippi Creek Septic System Replacement Program (PCSSRP)”

She goes on to say “noticing for emergency sewer connections in PCSSRP N3 has been completed, and noticing for non-emergency connections will start next week anticipating that formal notification for all property owners in N3 will be complete within the next four to five months or so.”

(The connection fee today as shown on the County website is $3,190.00.  Prior to Jan 8, 2020 the fee was $2,627.16)

The outcome of the Utility Dept. meetings should be available by the end of this week and I’ll post whatever information is sent to me.