Export to notify 55 property owners of lateral sewer line issues

Patrick Varine | Tuesday, November 1, 2022 10:51 p.m.

Patrick Varine | Tribune-Review

Downtown Export as seen in January 2021.

Export officials will notify 55 property owners who must correct issues identified in smoke-and-dye testing of lateral lines mandated by the borough’s consent agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to have the Franklin Township Municipal Sanitary Authority send the letters.

“I’d like to move ahead with this while it’s fresh in people’s minds and marked in their yards,” council President Barry Delissio said.

Council also voted to contract sewer authority officials to perform camera work on about 1,600 feet of borough sewage lines on Washington, Harrison and Madison avenues.

“They weren’t (done) during the original camera work because we turned out to be missing manholes that needed to be installed,” Delissio said.

FTMSA will perform the work at a cost of $150 per hour.

According to the framework of the state consent order, issues identified during smoke-and-dye testing must be remedied within 18 months of being identified.

Paving contract

Council awarded a $107,000 contract to Tresco Paving for asphalt paving at the borough’s parking lot.

That project is moving ahead as the short, 750-foot extension of the Westmoreland Heritage Trail is wrapping up. Council spent a good portion of Tuesday’s meeting discussing the best way to line the lot to maximize parking and direct trail users to the spaces with direct trail access.

That would leave other spaces for customers of downtown businesses.

Councilman John Nagoda said he and Mayor Joe Zaccagnini met with borough consultant Lisa Intrieri about getting additional parking spaces into the lot by eliminating some of the planned green spaces.

“We already have a huge green space — the creek,” Nagoda said. “I think this is worth looking at if we can get more spaces in there.”

Zaccagnini said the important thing is getting the paving work done.

“It’s difficult enough to visualize the paving, let alone the line painting,” he said. “We can get the paving finished, then look at the best way to proceed with parking.”

2023 budget

Zaccagnini presented a $1.1 million budget for 2023 that does not propose a tax increase.

Council voted unanimously to advertise the budget, which will be adopted either at the Dec. 6 council meeting or at a special meeting later in the month.

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