Surgoinsville's Main Street residents have until July 31 to sign up for sewer hookup

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July 16th, 2014 10:30 am by Jeff Bobo

SURGOINSVILLE Time is running out for Surgoinsville's Main Street sewer customers to sign up for home installation at a discounted rate supplemented with grant funding.

Mayor Johnny Greer said there are still about 30 out of 90 Main Street customers who haven't yet signed up at City Hall for their sewer hook-up.

For those who sign up prior to July 31 the grant subsidized fee is $1,285, which includes everything materials, tank, equipment and installation labor.

The installation cost for those who miss the deadline could be closer to $6,500.

The sewer system hasn't been met with 100 percent approval form the Surgoinsville residents, and the Board of Mayor and Aldermen is anticipating there may be some residents who choose to boycott the sewer system altogether.

Building inspector Vince Pishner noted, however, that if the septic tank ever fails, residences that have available sewer service will not receive a septic repair permit from the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation.

"Right now for the $1,285 hookup fee the town is going to come in and put a new tank in your yard, with pump, and hook it up to your house with the grant," said Mayor Johnny Greer. "All that will be covered, and you won't have to pay a penny to have anything else done. If you don't hook it, and you go past the deadline, and the town has to come back, that deal is gone."

Greer said those who miss the deadline can still buy the tank from the town "at cost" but they'll have pay someone to install the tank and hook up the line, and then still pay the town's $1,285 hookup fee.

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Surgoinsville's Main Street residents have until July 31 to sign up for sewer hookup