GATE CITY — A handful of Dungannon residents have threatened to sue the Scott County Public Service Authority over a recent waterline extension project along Hanging Rock Parkway. The issue was discussed during Wednesday’s meeting of the Scott County Board of Supervisors. The waterline extension was intended to serve residents at about nine homes, but now some of them are pulling out due to a $1,500 tap fee that they didn’t realize they would have to pay. “This is so controversial that at church Sunday, (the residents) said, ‘We’re getting an attorney and suing the PSA over this.’ … I talked to all of them except one of the nine, and not one of them said they would’ve taken it if they had known this is what it’s going to cost,” said Danny Mann, BOS chairman. What’s the issue? Around two years before work began on the waterline extension, residents signed user agreements, which stated that if the project received outside funding, customers would not have to pay any tap fees to connect to the line. The SCPSA also sent out a letter with the user agreements to explain the zero tap fee, but neither the letter nor the user agreement disclosed what would happen if the project did not receive outside funding, Mann said. The project did not receive funding, but due to its importance, the SCPSA proceeded with it anyway and installed the line within the last couple of weeks. “Hearing from some members of our board and some members of the Board of Supervisors, water quality is really bad, so I felt a sense of urgency to get this done,” said Mike Dishman, director of the SCPSA.
Dungannon Residents Angered By Unexpected Tap Fee
Kingsport Times-News, Kingsport Times-News
Sun, 08/11/2019 - 9:00pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Tennessee Sullivan County Kingsport
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